Damp heat constitution's physique, some people think that damp heat constitution accounts for about one-tenth of the normal population. From the clinical observation, people in damp heat constitution are more and more common now, and the more they are in the south, the more common they are; The more summer, the more you see; The more rainy it is, the more common it is. The following is a detailed analysis of the common reasons in damp heat constitution.

(a) the characteristics of damp heat constitution?

1. What are the physical characteristics of damp heat constitution people?

Overweight or emaciation, often manifested as dirty and greasy face, prone to acne, bitter mouth and dry mouth, heavy body and lethargy, red tongue and yellow and greasy fur. Eyes red, upset and relaxed, dry or sticky stool, short and red urine. Male scrotum is wet, and female leucorrhea increases. Pulse slip number. ?

Second, the psychological characteristics of damp heat constitution people?

Because of damp heat, liver and gallbladder depression, damp heat constitution is irritable. It has been found that people in damp heat constitution tend to be introverted and emotionally unstable. ?

Third, damp heat constitution's standards?

Damp heat constitution should have the following characteristics: acne and oil stain on the face; How irritable and irritable; The stool is sticky yellow and the urine is short and red; Thick tongue coating and sticky mouth. ?

Readers can refer to these standards to judge whether they or their families belong to damp heat constitution. If it belongs to damp heat constitution, you can refer to the health preserving method in this article. ?

(2) What are the causes of damp heat constitution?

1. How did damp heat constitution come into being?

The formation of a certain constitution is often influenced by congenital and acquired factors, and it takes a long time to gradually form. Damp heat constitution is no exception. ?

Generally speaking, damp heat constitution is born with spleen deficiency, and acquired factors, such as living in wetlands for a long time, eating greasy sweets, or drinking alcohol for a long time, lead to the accumulation of damp heat and long-term formation of damp heat constitution. ?

Ye Shi Tian mentioned in On Warmth: There are drinkers, the house is full of heat, external evil enters the house, and the inside is wet. Therefore, drinking too much, causing heat and dampness, has become an important factor in the formation of damp heat constitution.

Some people think:? The ancient climate was cold, and there were many people with yang deficiency constitution. The ancients ate more vegetarian food, but protein did not supplement it, and damp heat constitution did not? Now that the climate is warming, the quality of life is improving, and the diet is rich and greasy, it is easy to help damp heat and form damp heat constitution? . ?

An unhealthy lifestyle can easily lead to the formation of damp heat constitution. Nowadays, people like to eat fat, sweet, greasy, roast and hot pot, and do too little exercise, which will lead to damp heat constitution. ?

Furthermore, smoking and drinking well is one of the factors that lead to damp heat constitution the day after tomorrow. Nowadays, people pay too much attention to nutrition, and abuse warm tonics and nutritional supplements, which is also one of the factors leading to damp heat constitution. ?

Also, people nowadays are generally under excessive mental stress, with liver depression leading to spleen deficiency and spleen deficiency leading to dampness; Stagnation of liver-qi into fire is also one of the factors leading to damp heat constitution. ?

Second, how are these symptoms in damp heat constitution formed?

Damp-heat is common in the skin, but it is usually greasy on the face and prone to acne. ?

Damp-heat stagnation, gallbladder overflow, dry mouth and bitter taste; ?

Heat burning blood collaterals, red eyes; ?

Damp-heat resistance, yang suppression, then the body is sleepy; ?

When heat is heavier than moisture, the stool will dry; ?

Wet weight is heavier than heat, then the stool is sticky; ?

Damp-heat flowing down the liver meridian causes the scrotum to be wet, or the amount of leukorrhagia is large, and the urine is short and red; ?

The tongue is red, the coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is slippery, which is the image of damp heat. ?

Damp-heat stagnation in the liver and gallbladder is easy to irritate, and it is prone to jaundice, fever and other diseases; ?

Damp-heat stagnation is easy to cause sores on the skin; ?

A body filled with damp heat is the most difficult to adapt to a humid environment or high temperature, especially in a humid and muggy climate in late summer and early autumn. ?

(3) What diseases is damp heat constitution prone to? ?

Damp-heat syndrome does not necessarily appear in damp heat constitution, but damp heat constitution is an important factor of damp-heat syndrome, which is closely related to season, region and diet.

With regard to damp heat constitution and diseases, on the one hand, the dietary pattern of high calorie, high protein and high fat is an important reason for the formation of damp heat constitution; On the other hand, such a diet also increases the incidence of chronic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and colon cancer. ?

At present, a large number of studies have confirmed that damp heat constitution is closely related to many diseases. ?

For example, damp heat constitution is prone to high blood pressure; Damp heat constitution's patients tend to increase the number of white blood cells in prostatic fluid; Damp heat constitution is prone to oligospermia/asthenospermia; Male infertility has the highest proportion of damp heat, accounting for nearly a quarter; Damp heat constitution accounts for the largest proportion of keloid patients; In Malaysia, damp heat constitution is a common constitution of patients with coronary heart disease in this region; Damp heat constitution is the main physical type of fatty liver. Hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes and psychological factors are all risk factors for coronary heart disease. Among them, damp heat constitution is possessed by these risk factors, and it is also a generally neglected physical foundation; Damp heat constitution is the internal basis of non-insulin dependent diabetes, which determines the attribution of non-insulin dependent diabetes. Damp heat constitution is related to gastrointestinal diseases, hepatobiliary diseases, nephropathy and coronary heart disease. The occurrence of obesity is closely related to damp heat constitution. Most patients with anal eczema are damp heat constitution, which may be related to the strong taste of diet.

It has been suggested that diseases with damp heat constitution as the main physical factor include metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, prostatitis, oligospermia, male infertility, epilepsy, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic uveitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lumbar disc herniation. ?

Some people think that damp heat constitution involves 43 diseases in 7 systems of zang-fu organs, meridians and body fluids in TCM, and 72 acute and chronic diseases in western medicine 1 1 system. ?

It can be said that damp heat constitution is endangering our health. For the sake of health, we must prevent the formation of damp heat constitution. ?

(4) How to prevent the formation of damp heat constitution?

From the analysis of traditional Chinese medicine, we can temporarily ignore the congenital factors and focus on the acquired factors to prevent the formation of damp heat constitution. ?

First, regulate the spleen?

Spleen governs soil and spleen governs transport and transformation. Spleen hyperactivity leads to dampness and turbidity without stagnation, and soil does not turn into dampness. To prevent damp heat constitution, the first thing is to replenish the spleen. How to tonify spleen? ?

When considering the following factors: spleen likes warm and hates cold, likes dry and hates wet; The liver belongs to wood, and the wood is like mud. It is necessary to regulate the liver qi and reconcile the liver and spleen; Fire can lick the soil, warm the spleen and yang, and the soil is not wet; Spleen governs limbs and exercises limbs, so spleen dampness can be excreted from sweat; Acupuncture regulates the spleen meridian, and can also transport the spleen and eliminate dampness.

Second, adjust the diet?

Don't eat fried, barbecued, greasy, hot pepper and hot pot, these foods are prone to fever.

Avoid sticky food (refers to food made of glutinous rice and moon cakes). ) and raw cold (most cold fruits, ice cream, food and drinks just taken out of the refrigerator, etc. These foods are easy to damage spleen yang, which is weak in transport and easy to get wet. ?

It is recommended to be vegetarian and eat less meat. As the saying goes:? Fish makes a fire, but meat makes phlegm? Eating more vegetarian food and less meat can avoid making a fire and producing phlegm, and of course you can avoid getting wet. I have observed clinically that people who have been vegetarian for a long time seldom see damp heat constitution. ?

Do not drink, or drink less. The former sage said:? The taste of wine is bitter and spicy, which can nourish the heart and reduce the fire. If you drink it for a long time, your stomach will be hot and stagnant, but gas and liquid can't communicate. After a long time, it will become damp and hot. The drinkers mentioned by Zhongjing often come from damp heat constitution. ?

In addition to abstaining from fat and sweet taste, not drinking alcohol, we should also abstain from overeating, eating too fast and other factors that lead to endogenous dampness. ?

Third, active exercise?

Exercise can get rid of dampness, especially in summer. It is humid and sultry between heaven and earth, which easily leads to damp heat constitution. If you can take active exercise and make you sweat, you will be able to spread the sun's spirit, so that the dampness will not stagnate, and of course there will be no damp heat constitution. ?

Personally, I realized that when the tongue coating was yellowish and thick, I ran for ten kilometers and broke out in a sweat, and the tongue coating returned to normal the next day. It shows that sweating can dispel dampness and relieve damp heat in the body. ?

Fourth, medicine and food conditioning?

In order to change damp heat constitution, it is suggested to use both medicine and food. People in damp heat constitution, for example, can often take barley and red bean porridge. Here, I only say barley. ?

I like coix seed very much in clinic. Coix seed is beneficial to water infiltration, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is not only a common Chinese medicine, but also a common food. ?

Coix seed tastes sweet and light, and its nature is cool. I often use it to treat edema, beriberi, dysuria, diarrhea caused by dampness stagnation and spleen deficiency. Coix seed is a mild product for clearing away heat and dampness, which is the most effective and does not harm healthy qi. ?

The new edition of materia medica says: coix seed? It is best to use Yishui, so as not to consume the real Yin Qi. It is best for people with wet lower body. Depending on the severity of the disease and the dosage, it will not hurt Yin and Yang, but the wet disease will easily disappear. Therefore, in case of water-dampness syndrome, it is useless, not too late, and effective to use coix seed as a monarch to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. If it is mild and used lightly, is it useless? . ?

Generally speaking, if it is used for people with damp-heat stress, raw coix seed is used; If it is used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, it can be fried with Coicis Semen. Coix lachryma is very gentle. If I add decoction, my usual dosage is 30-60 grams, and I can also eat it with meals at will.

Five, acupuncture conditioning?

Acupuncture can balance yin and yang, harmonize viscera, dredge channels and collaterals, smooth qi and blood, strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil spirits, and calm the nerves. Of course, acupuncture can also improve damp heat constitution. ?

Clinically, we often start with spleen meridian and stomach meridian, and take Taibai, Yinlingquan and Zusanli, the original points of spleen meridian. Stomach points are selected in the abdomen, and the large intestine meridian runs through Zhong Wan, Shu Tian and the spleen meridian.

The above points can be acupuncture. Or moxibustion after acupuncture is helpful to strengthen the spleen, remove dampness and remove turbidity. Make spleen yang strong and damp heat constitution disappear naturally. ?

Sixth, take dampness tea?

We chose the dampness-removing tea refined by the Chinese Medicine Studio, which is especially suitable for people in damp heat constitution. This kind of tea tastes good, and leaves fragrance after drinking. It has the functions of eliminating dampness, invigorating spleen, clearing away evil and sleeping peacefully. It is suitable for eliminating dampness in summer, and also suitable for those who are sleepy due to dampness of spleen and depressed due to physical weakness. Anyone who sees yellow or white fur can take it. In addition, for people who live in air-conditioned rooms for a long time in summer, shoulder and back anxiety, or aversion to cold afterwards (commonly known as air-conditioning disease), also has the effect of clearing away evil and relieving muscle. ?

Seven, other measures?

In addition to the above measures, it is also necessary to avoid factors that cause external humidity, such as wading in the rain and staying in wetlands for a long time. ?

Furthermore, going to bed early and getting up early instead of staying up late is one of the keys to improving damp heat constitution. Because staying up late hurts the spleen and five internal organs, it is easy to lead to insufficient vital qi, while insufficient vital qi leads to excessive pathogenic factors, leading to physical decline. ?

Summary: There is a saying in Neijing:? Heat and yin are internal, salty and cold are the cure, sweet and bitter are the supplement, acid is the harvest, and bitterness is the hair. Dampness should be bitter and hot, sour and light, bitter and dry, light and light. ? For damp heat constitution patients, if we can follow the above principles and make adjustments in diet, daily life and exercise, the damp heat constitution of patients will definitely be improved. The standard of improvement is the improvement of symptoms and signs peculiar to damp heat constitution, and gradually tends to be peaceful. (Dong Hongtao)