Most people with phlegm-dampness constitution are obese, heavy, easily tired, like to eat greasy and sweet food, and eat a lot. In dietotherapy, the first thing is to abstain from fat, sweetness, thickening, drinking, overeating and eating too fast. Always eat light and mild food, eat more fruits and vegetables, especially some foods that have the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, removing blood stasis and resolving phlegm.
Foods suitable for people with phlegm-dampness constitution include mustard, leek, kohlrabi, Toona sinensis, pepper, garlic, onion, ginger, papaya, white radish, water chestnut, laver, onion, loquat, ginkgo, jujube, lentil, adzuki bean, Chinese cabbage, yam, coix seed, wax gourd seed and beef. The intake of salt should be limited, and it is not advisable to eat more greasy and sour foods, such as caramel, pomegranate, jujube, grapefruit, loquat and sugar. In addition, almond paste, lotus root starch and tuckahoe cake are all good supplements for this physique.
People with phlegm-dampness constitution often have cough, asthma, excessive phlegm, dizziness, gastrointestinal discomfort, vomiting and other symptoms, and are prone to chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, arteriosclerosis, chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis, obesity and so on. Therefore, people with phlegm-dampness constitution can be nursed back to health by warming dryness and resolving phlegm drugs.
People with phlegm-dampness constitution are obese, heavy and prone to fatigue, so it is best to stick to physical exercise for a long time, and you can choose walking, jogging, ball games, swimming, martial arts, Baduanjin, Wuqinxi and various dances. The amount of activity should be gradually enhanced, so that the loose muscles can be gradually transformed into strong and dense muscles. In qigong, it is advisable to erect stakes, preserve health and prolong life, and strengthen luck.