Diet regulation
1, eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis.
Stigma Maydis leaves: Stigma Maydis leaves have the functions of regulating appetite, reducing turbidity and diuresis. Pick clean corn stigma leaves and boil water to drink together. Drink it during the day, not before bed.
Yam: Yam has no direct dehumidification effect, but it can occasionally replenish spleen and dehumidify. It is best to choose iron bars for yam, which can replenish spleen and qi; You can fry, stew, cook porridge, steam and dip in sugar.
Coix seed+adzuki bean: this combination is beneficial to edema, spleen dampness, muscle relaxation and joint pain, clearing away heat and discharging pus.
Wash, dry and fry Coix seed, cook it with red beans (long-grain, round red beans), drink water and eat beans, and it will be effective if you persist for a long time.
Carrots: Carrots clear away heat and toxic materials, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, which is very helpful for improving constipation.
Fresh carrots have better detoxification effect. Adding honey and lemon juice to fruit juice is not only delicious, but also beneficial to detoxification.
Pepper: Pepper contains a substance called capsaicin, which can make people's heart beat faster, pores open, skin capillaries expand and thicken, and blood flows to the body surface, which is conducive to eliminating dampness.
Just green pepper or ordinary red pepper, don't eat the very spicy kind, or you will be in trouble if you get angry, and don't eat Chili sauce.
Euryale ferox: It has the functions of tonifying kidney, fixing essence, strengthening spleen, stopping diarrhea, eliminating dampness and stopping leukorrhagia.
Wax gourd skin: tonify the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and promote fluid production.
White lentils: spleen and stomach, heat and dampness.
Smilax glabra: Treating spleen deficiency and insomnia, eliminating dampness and removing turbidity.
2, eat less sweet and greasy food: such as desserts and cold drinks, because "sweet and greasy."
3. Avoid cold food.
Cold food, ice products or cool fruits and vegetables will make the digestion and absorption function of the stomach stagnate, so eat less. Such as lettuce salad, Chinese cabbage, bitter gourd and so on. It is best to add onions and ginger when cooking to reduce the coldness of vegetables.
4, drink less, eat less salt: wine helps damp evil, and less alcohol is better; Less salt is beneficial to kidney detoxification and drainage.
In work and life
1, keep indoor air circulation.
If the indoor humidity is high, it is recommended to keep the air circulating and let the air take away the humidity.
When the floor is wet, mop it up immediately to avoid water retention. If the external humidity is also high, you can turn on the fan and air conditioner to keep air convection with these appliances.
2, warm water bath+massage: after warm water bath (head), it should be fully dried, or after warm water soaking feet, with acupoint massage.
3. Keep clothes dry: don't wear wet clothes, don't cover wet quilts, and be diligent in bask in the quilt (padding).
4, take a proper nap, the body is lighter: especially the office family needs a lunch break to replenish energy.
5. Reduce going out in rainy days: avoid getting wet and wading, and don't let moisture wrap your body (put on dry clothes in time after getting wet).
Acupoint massage+moxibustion
Eliminating dampness through acupoint massage and moxibustion is not only an effective method of eliminating dampness in traditional Chinese medicine, but also very simple and easy to learn. You can do it at home by yourself.
1, Fenglong point
Location: Foot Yangming stomach meridian point, located at the anterolateral side of the calf, 8 inches above the lateral ankle tip and two fingers away from the front edge of the tibia.
Find the knee eye and the lateral ankle from the outside of the leg, connect them into a line, then take the midpoint of this line and find the tibia on the leg. The outside of the front edge of the tibia is 1.5 inches, about two fingers wide, flush with the midpoint just now. This place is Fenglong point. Massage Fenglong point will cause slight pain.
Massage method: press the acupoints with the joints of thumb and forefinger for 3 minutes, and then press the acupoints clockwise for about 5 minutes, usually twice a day for 3 minutes each time.
Efficacy: regulate the qi of spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness and resolve phlegm.
2. Zusanli
Location: Foot Yangming stomach meridian point, an important point for health care, is located 3 inches below the external knee and at the front edge of tibia 1 transverse finger.
Massage method: press the acupoints with your thumb or massage clockwise for 5 ~ 8 minutes, so as to feel sore locally.
Efficacy: Zusanli not only has the functions of regulating the spleen and stomach, expelling wind and removing dampness, but also can tonify the middle energizer, strengthen the body resistance and eliminate pathogens, which is beneficial to enhancing the body immunity.
3. Middle Bay (north-southwest)
Location: Upper abdomen, anterior midline, 4 inches above navel. The midpoint between the lower sternum and the navel is this point.
Massage method: Use fingertips or palm roots to act on acupoints and massage clockwise for 2 ~ 5 minutes.
Efficacy: It has the effects of regulating stomach, strengthening spleen, lowering adverse flow and promoting diuresis, and is suitable for patients with dampness stagnation, epigastric fullness and belching.
4. Quchi point
Location: At the intersection point of the large intestine meridian of hand Yangming, when the elbow joint is fully flexed, it is located at the lateral end of the elbow transverse stripes.
Massage method: Knead this point with thumb for 2 ~ 5 minutes, or pat this point with four fingers together until the local skin turns reddish.
Efficacy: It can relieve damp-heat in large intestine, and can be used for patients with burning anus, yellow stool and endless secretion, and can also treat eczema and other skin diseases.
5. Guanyuan point
Location: The location of this acupoint is about three inches below our navel. Put your hand under your navel, and point four fingers at Guanyuan point.
Massage method: One-press kneading method or tremor method. Trembling method is to put your hands on Guanyuan point, apply a little force, and then push it up and down quickly and slightly. Be careful not to push too hard, as long as you feel local pain when pressing and kneading.
If you use moxa sticks, the time should be controlled at 10~ 15 minutes.
Efficacy: Long-term moxibustion at this point can effectively regulate qi and blood, and also has a good effect on tonifying kidney and solidifying essence.