Humidity is especially prevalent in summer, which not only makes us gain weight, but also causes many symptoms of bitter summer, such as dry mouth and listlessness. If you want to keep fit and enjoy summer, the key is to get rid of dampness and drain water. Here are 8 ways to get rid of moisture in your body.
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Method 1: Less salt helps the kidneys to drain water.
Eating too much salt will inevitably lead to more water intake, and many people with heavy mouths are not slim. Many popular science articles often remind people to add more salty boiled water or salty drinks in summer, which is correct. But this is mainly aimed at people who engage in strenuous exercise and manual labor in summer, and may not be suitable for white-collar workers who rarely sweat. Because the salt ingested in the body is mainly excreted through the kidney, when the salt ingested is too much or the kidney changes, the excessive sodium ingested in the body cannot be excreted in time. When the concentration of sodium ion in blood increases, more water enters blood vessels, which easily leads to water and sodium retention and edema. Although you don't eat much, you look one size older than others.
If you don't sweat too much, you should stick to a low-salt diet in summer (the World Health Organization recommends that the salt intake per person per day should not exceed 6 grams), especially for patients with kidney disease.
Method 2: * * Drainage is healthier than sauna.
Speaking of drainage, the most easily associated lazy trick is to take a sauna. This passive sweating method is not suitable for hot summer, especially for frequent use. Because sauna can speed up blood circulation and eliminate moisture in the body, sweating too much during sauna is not conducive to heart health. In fact, compared with sauna, taking a warm bath and taking a rest is a healthier way to drain water. Warm water bath can make the body sweat slightly, with simple coordination, which can not only drive away the moisture in the body, but also be a good way to relax. If you have time, you can get better detoxification and drainage effect by doing a physical SPA once a week under the physical therapy of professional teachers.
After summer exercise, in the case of dry sweat, taking a bath with warm water close to body temperature, supplemented by plant essential oil with drainage function, will help you relax faster.
Method 3: Take a proper nap to make your body lighter.
Experts believe that a good sleep can also make our bodies lighter. Because overwork is easy to consume qi and blood, it will further aggravate the stagnation of water and dampness. In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Many busy professionals often have insufficient sleep time at night, so they should pay special attention.
For white-collar workers, a proper nap can supplement the lack of sleep at night, relax the brain and body system, and greatly improve the work efficiency in the afternoon. Use the company lounge, take a nap on the sofa, or go to a nearby beauty salon for facial sleep, even if it's just a nap at your desk. For those women who cannot have a good lunch break at noon due to objective conditions, it is more important to ensure adequate night sleep.
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Method 4: Drain water to lose weight, starting from strengthening the spleen.
People with spleen deficiency tend to get wet more easily and weigh more than others. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of "transporting water and dampness". After the spleen and stomach are damaged, it can't be transported normally, and the water is wet and stops inside. After a large number of damp pathogens accumulate in the body, the body is heavy, even diarrhea, eyelid edema and other discomforts come to you in the morning. Summer is coming, if you eat too much ice cream and cold drinks, it will aggravate the problem of spleen deficiency and make the weight problem deeper. Experts remind that in addition to eating spleen-strengthening foods such as yam and red dates, you should also control your mouth if you love ice cream. Even if you eat it, it is best to eat it around noon. It is forbidden to eat it just after getting up in the morning or before going to bed at night. Besides, don't drink ice water.
Method 5: Eat red beans during menstruation and replenish blood and drain water together.
Experts say that eating adzuki beans during menstruation can drain water and replenish blood. Adzuki bean is rich in iron and has the function of enriching blood, which is a good tonic for women during their physiological period. Modern research has found that adzuki bean also contains a saponin, which can promote defecation and urination. Chinese medicine believes that adzuki bean has the functions of nourishing and strengthening, invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting diuresis and dehumidification, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and enriching blood, and is more suitable for people with spleen deficiency and damp heat. Drinking adzuki bean porridge or eating cakes containing adzuki bean before and after menstruation can not only eliminate excess water in the body, but also prevent iron deficiency anemia.
Mung beans, lentils, loofah, wax gourd, etc. Have a good diuretic effect. Smart and healthy, you can choose the food that suits your intelligence and drainage according to your own taste.
Method 6: Have a cup of tea in the afternoon, drain and decompress.
Some artists use diuretics to lose weight, which is dangerous and unscrupulous. In our life, tea is actually the most natural diuretic. Experts suggest that making yourself a cup of tea before starting work every afternoon can not only refresh your mind, improve work efficiency in the afternoon, but also take away excess water in time, because tea has diuretic effect.
Because there is no fermentation link in the production process of green tea, the nutritional components are higher than other kinds, but the chlorophyll content is also high and cold; Tieguanyin belongs to semi-fermented tea, because the fermentation period is short and it is still cold; Oolong tea is neither cold nor hot, and it is neutral tea. Dahongpao tea is warm but not cold; Pu 'er tea is mild and mellow, has the function of warming the stomach, and is especially suitable for people with bad colds.
Method 7: Exercise sweats the most.
In all drainage methods, exercise sweating is the most important one. Health management experts believe that in summer, engaging in moderate exercise can not only improve the body's resistance, but also help digestion and promote the circulation of qi and blood, thus preventing endogenous dampness. At the same time, sweating slightly during exercise can also take away excess water in the body, making the body feel lighter. Experts found that it is best to exercise in the early morning or evening when it is relatively cool, and take appropriate exercise methods such as walking, brisk walking, jogging, various ball games and Tai Ji Chuan.
During exercise, when you sweat too much, you can drink mung bean salt water soup properly, and you must not drink a lot of cold water, let alone punch and shower with cold water immediately.
Method 8: Balance hormones so that the body is no longer heavy.
Some people are overweight because of low thyroid function. With the increase of age, the problem of hypothyroidism becomes easier to find. The symptoms of hypothyroidism are not obvious, and it is often easy to miss the diagnosis. In fact, when you find yourself eating little but gaining weight, often feeling weak, always unable to sleep, afraid of cold, dry hair and other symptoms, it is necessary to do a hormone level check, especially thyroid function check. Adjust your hormones to a healthy level, and your body will become light again.
Summer health care: pay attention to six kinds of excessive behaviors. Modern Chinese medicine classifies the etiology as six evils. The "lewdness" here is not lust, but excessive meaning. Six lewdness is six kinds of excessive behavior. Summer health care believes that all diseases are caused by "six evils". So be sure to pay attention to the right amount to avoid getting sick.
The first prostitute in summer health care: epidemic disease "Huangdi Neijing" thinks: "The husband is born with evil, either in Yin or Yang, and those born in Yang get cold and hot weather; He was born in the shade, and he lives in a healthy diet in summer. Yin and yang are angry. " This means that people have two reasons, either "Yin" or "Yang". "Yang" derived from the sun refers to wind and rain, which means that the abnormal climate between heaven and earth will cause people. If the weather is evil and you are weak at this time, you will. Epidemic disease is the problem of yang mentioned in Huangdi Neijing, which is caused by wind, rain, cold and heat in nature. Huangdi Neijing says that "if you don't hide in winter, you will get sick in spring", that is to say, if you don't hide enough essence in winter and don't raise it well, the epidemic will definitely find you in summer and in spring. Expert advice: Take good care of your body at ordinary times, and this exogenous disease can be avoided. Health preservation is to follow the principles of spring, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage. Secondary sex: seven emotions here refer to excessive lust and emotion, which will make people sick. Emotional instability can also cause many diseases. A person's mood should not fluctuate too much. Chinese medicine says: If you are happy in summer, you will be sad, if you are afraid, you will hurt your kidney, and if you are angry, you will hurt your liver. Therefore, large emotional fluctuations will cause damage to human internal organs, leading to illness. The third sex: improper diet, rest and eating, such as overeating, can lead to diseases. Work and rest are divided into overwork and leisure. People can understand that overwork in summer health care will do harm to human body. But is an overly comfortable life also the cause of illness? Experts pointed out that the illness of modern people has a considerable relationship with the word "escape". Many people think that we are eating nutritious food and living in a good environment, so we should be full of vitality and not get sick. In fact, China's traditional culture attaches great importance to people losing their vitality if they don't exercise. Because these nutrients that people eat are generally transported and distributed in three parts after being digested by the spleen and stomach: first, the best nutrients will be transported to the heart and lungs; The second is to support the movement of viscera; Another part of health care in summer is reinforcing tendons and muscles. If people don't exercise, the skin's function of resuscitation and exhaust will be weakened, leading to blockage of the skin or meridians. If these nutrients can't be discharged, it will form damp evil, and the human body will adjust more vitality to eliminate moisture and gradually damage vitality. Lack of vitality can lead to illness. Therefore, people's excessively comfortable life will also cause diseases. The fourth sex: trauma is easy to explain, and it is caused by some external factors, such as sexual intercourse, knife injury, insect injury, animal injury and so on. Fifth Yin: Phlegm Drink There is a very special word in Chinese medicine called Phlegm Drink. Chinese medicine believes that "fish makes a fire and meat produces phlegm." Phlegm is the condensation of moisture. If moisture cannot be transported for a long time, it will cause blood viscosity, blockage of meridians and even thrombosis. So, what does Chinese medicine mean by drinking? Drinking is drinking water. If the water can't be drained, it will cause the human body to swell. For example, people with spleen deficiency will have symptoms such as puffiness. Phlegm drinking will do great harm to human body. Chinese medicine believes that mental illness, to a large extent, is also caused by phlegm and fluid occlusion. Sixth Yin: Blood stasis, like cancer, can be considered as a serious disease of blood stasis. If some blood stasis in our body is not solved, it will cause many diseases and damage our health. Authentic diet According to Huangdi Neijing, the diet should be authentic. "Authentic" is the solar term. "Authentic" means that people's diet should follow the changes of solar terms. People should eat according to the laws of solar terms and eat seasonal food, which is the most reasonable way to keep fit. For example, watermelon is cold, and it should be eaten according to the laws of solar terms in summer to neutralize the heat and balance yin and yang; Eating it in winter, coupled with the cold, is harmful to the human body. The so-called "sky" of living method means that the sun rises and the moon sets, that is, day and night. Living in harmony with the law means that people should get up at dawn, and their own yang should grow together with the sun of heaven and earth. If they always sleep late, people will have no spirit. People should sleep when it is dark, so as to hide Yang Can and nourish Yang with Yin. This is the law of life in heaven, which requires us to follow the four seasons of yin and yang and the cold and hot day and night, and arrange our daily life reasonably. Many people will go to the suburbs for two days on weekends and feel very comfortable. The reason is that people can get close to the earth, open windows to breathe fresh air and open doors to bask in the sun in the yard. This is a beneficial behavior that conforms to the nature and heaven.