Dog days are the best time to eliminate dampness and cold, so what are the good methods to eliminate dampness and cold in dog days? What are the benefits of eliminating dampness in dog days to the body? Let's take a look together.

Apply three-volt patch

Sanfutie is mainly made of some medicinal materials with pungent and warm hair, which can promote blood circulation and warm the interior. Sticking to the corresponding acupoints can play the role of dredging meridians, rising yang, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, and the dog days are the hottest time of the year. At this time, the dog days patch therapy can play a very obvious role in eliminating dampness and dispelling cold.

cupping glass

Cupping is an external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, which uses the suction of cupping negative pressure to produce a benign stimulus, thus forcing the cold evil and moisture in the body to be discharged, which has the functions of dredging meridians, regulating qi and blood, relieving fatigue and strengthening the body. The dog days are when the sun is at its peak. At this time, conditioning with the help of external sun can play the best dehumidification and cold dissipation effect.

Exercise to dispel dampness and cold

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spleen is active, spleen deficiency is easy to produce dampness, and dampness is easy to trap temper, so exercise has the function of invigorating spleen and qi, increasing the transport function of spleen and stomach, and properly strengthening exercise can make moisture excrete. In addition, the amount of sweat will increase during exercise, so that excess water in the body will be discharged with sweat, and it can also play a role in expelling cold.

Diet eliminates dampness and cold.

People with severe dampness and cold in the body can also regulate their bodies through diet. For example, they can eat more mild foods, such as beef and mutton, leeks, onions, ginger, garlic, red beans, purple potatoes, white gourd, pumpkin, millet, coix seed, yam and so on. People who pay attention to wet and cold constitution should eat less cold food in dog days.

Foot bath; foot?bath;?foot?soak

Soaking feet is a very healthy way. Soaking feet can promote the blood circulation of the body, and eliminate dampness by relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, sweating and relieving exterior syndrome. In addition, if the wet and cold is serious, you can also soak your feet with Chinese herbal medicines such as ginger, pepper, angelica pubescens, Gui Zhi and Lycopodium.

Benefits of eliminating dampness in dog days

Winter can prevent diseases.

The dog days are the hottest time of the year, and also the most vigorous period of yang in nature and human body. At this time, the cold and moisture in the body can be discharged faster and better according to the season, which is not only beneficial to health, but also plays a role in preventing and treating common diseases and chronic diseases in winter.