1. Spleen is the source of phlegm.
"Spleen is the source of phlegm and lung is the reservoir of phlegm." Spleen is the source of phlegm. Because of the weakness of the spleen, Shui Gu's subtle energy cannot be transported in time, so it stays and condenses into phlegm. Spleen governing ascending Qing will lose subtle substances to the lungs. When spleen deficiency produces phlegm, these phlegm will also be lost to the lungs together with fine substances. When the sputum in the lungs accumulates more and more, we will feel it and instinctively spit it out by coughing. But this does not fundamentally solve the problem. Because the spleen and stomach are weak, phlegm will be produced one after another. Even if you keep vomiting, you can't spit all the phlegm after all. For example, if the water upstream is not clean, there is no clean water downstream.
These phlegm are wet together with the water that has not yet condensed into phlegm, which is phlegm dampness. Phlegm dampness is irregular in the body and will wander around with qi. When phlegm stays in the liver, it will form fatty liver. What remains at the waist is the general's stomach and the waist of the bucket. Overflow on the skin and muscles, muscles are full of water, and the face and limbs will be swollen and swollen. Therefore, people with severe phlegm and dampness often look fat. In addition, phlegm-dampness can easily cause irregular menstruation, increased leucorrhea, low back pain, headache and cervical spondylosis. Therefore, Chinese medicine has the saying that "all diseases are caused by phlegm".
2, spleen and phlegm wet scented tea is a good drink.
How to dissolve phlegm-dampness in the body? Since spleen is the source of phlegm, let's start with spleen. How to strengthen the spleen? This paper introduces a kind of scented tea for strengthening the spleen-white lentil flower Chenpi tea.
Go to the Chinese medicine shop to buy some white lentils, dried tangerine peel and poria cocos. If you grow white lentils at home, you can take out the tofu brain that is not fully open and dry it when it blooms. Pulverize the white lentil flower, dried tangerine peel and Poria into powder, scoop out about 10g powder with a spoon every day, put it into a teacup, then pour boiling water for brewing and stew for 5 minutes, and then drink tea instead.
White lentils enter the spleen, stomach and intestine, which is a rare medicine for strengthening the spleen in flowers. There is "white lentil flower, regulating stomach and strengthening spleen, clearing away heat and eliminating dampness" in the Annals of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine. Records of summer heat, dizziness, dampness stagnation, dysentery, purulent blood, summer diarrhea and leucorrhea.
Speaking of dried tangerine peel, everyone should not be too strange. Many people like to put a few pieces of dried tangerine peel in soup or cooking, which can not only solve the greasy and fishy smell, but also make the soup sweeter and fresher, with good color, fragrance and taste.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, as its name implies, is the peel that has been stored for a long time, mostly citrus peel, among which the citrus peel produced in winter is the best. After a long period of drying, dried tangerine peel becomes a dried product, that is, dried tangerine peel. The longer the storage time, the better the effect.
Although this kind of small tangerine peel is ugly, it can be used as medicine in addition to multi-purpose, and its medicinal effect is also very important. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "To cure all diseases, we should always take the power of regulating qi and drying dampness, supplement it with the same medicine, purge it with the same laxative, ascend it with the same medicine and descend it with the same medicine. The spleen is the mother of primordial qi, and the lung is the qi of receiving qi. Therefore, orange peel is a medicine that divides the qi of two meridians, but it can be used to tonify deficiency and diarrhea. " Dried tangerine peel tastes bitter and warm, enters the lung and spleen, and has the functions of invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for dyspepsia, epigastric fullness, cough, excessive phlegm and other symptoms. Therefore, tangerine peel is widely used to regulate spleen and stomach or prepare Chinese patent medicine. The main ingredient in the ancient prescription "Erchen Decoction" and "Chenpi Banxia Decoction" is Chenpi, which is a good medicine for regulating qi, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm.
Modern medical research also found that tangerine peel contains a large amount of volatile oil, which has a slight stimulating effect on gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive juice, eliminate the stagnation of gas in intestinal tract, stimulate appetite, and make the sputum in the body easier to cough up.
In autumn and winter, the elderly are prone to cough, asthma and excessive phlegm. At this time, it is advisable to soak dried tangerine peel in water or drink more dried tangerine peel soup, which has a good effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.
Chinese medicine experts believe that: "Chenpi can disperse, bitter can dry and diarrhea, and warming can replenish vitality and harmony. It is a medicine for spleen and lung qi, regulating middle energizer, promoting diaphragm, inducing stagnation, resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis, dredging five internal organs, regulating qi and drying dampness, and can cure all diseases. Chen Jiu is a good man, but the novelty is unbearable. "
Poria cocos is a good medicine for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, calming the heart and calming the nerves, among which the function of strengthening the spleen is particularly prominent. Spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow. Whether the spleen and stomach function is normal or not largely determines a person's physical strength.
Poria cocos has the function of strengthening the spleen, the spleen and stomach are strong, and the human body can naturally live longer. This can be seen from Cixi's use of poria cocos as a food to strengthen the body and prolong life. Phlegm-dampness constitution is spleen and stomach weakness, which can not transport water and dampness, leading to excessive drinking and excessive phlegm. Taking Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, thus contributing to the elimination of dampness and phlegm. Moreover, Poria cocos can be eaten for a long time, because it "nourishes the stomach and benefits the body, and does not hurt the body fluid".
This kind of scented tea has a very good effect of eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, but the dried tangerine peel in tea is warm and dry, and people with qi deficiency and dry cough and yin deficiency should not eat more. Patients who are taking other drugs, it is best to consult a doctor before eating, so as not to affect the efficacy of dried tangerine peel.
Of course, spleen and stomach weakness is not without reason, mostly because of excessive consumption of greasy things, so if you want to protect the spleen and stomach, you'd better eat less of this kind of food.
3. What is good for phlegm-dampness constitution?
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, ginkgo, jujube, lentil, adzuki bean, broad bean, Chinese cabbage, yam, coix seed, wax gourd seed, beef and mutton. The intake of salt should be limited, and it is not advisable to eat more fatty and sour foods, such as caramel, pomegranate, grapefruit, loquat and sugar. In addition, almond paste, lotus root starch and tuckahoe cake are all good supplements for this physique.