A scented tea for eliminating dampness and detoxicating
1, New Liang Yin
Practice: Coix seed 30g, Pogostemon Pogostemonis 3g, Eupatorium odoratum 3g, Amomum cardamom 3g. Because it is difficult to extract effective components from Coix lacryma-jobi during brewing, it is necessary to boil Coix lacryma-jobi in hot water for half an hour first, and then brew the other three kinds of tea material with Coix lacryma-jobi soup.
Efficacy: These four plants have always been regarded as the top grade for eliminating dampness. Taking it in summer and wet season can help the spleen and stomach dissolve moisture in the body. At the same time, coix seed has the function of nourishing the spleen and stomach, which can enhance the anti-moisture ability of the spleen and stomach and avoid the re-invasion of moisture.
2. Lycium barbarum barley tea
Practice: 300 grams of coix seed, a handful of medlar, 2-3 red dates, rock sugar and water. Pick out the impurities from the bought Coix seed, rinse it with clear water, and control the moisture; Put Job's tears in the pot, and don't put oil in the pot. Stir-fry and bake Job's tears with low fire until they taste, then turn off the fire. Cut the red dates in half or put them in the teapot. You can grab a handful of medlar and put it in. If you like sweetness, you can put a few crystal sugar, then add the roasted Coix seed, pour it into boiling water and soak it for 5- 10 minutes before drinking.
Efficacy: Coix seed is a commonly used medicine for promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, which is beneficial to detumescence, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons, removing arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus. Job's tears and wolfberry tea nourish the liver and improve eyesight, promote diuresis and eliminate dampness, which is suitable for spring health preservation.
3. Erhua honey tea
Practice: kapok 10g, Sophora japonica 10g, and proper amount of honey. Put kapok and Sophora japonica into a casserole, add 800ml of clean water, boil over high fire, and simmer for 15 minutes, remove the residue to leave juice, and add honey.
Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, cooling blood and stopping dysentery. Especially suitable for people with hemorrhoids, poor stool or bloody stool.
4. Five kinds of scented tea
Practice: honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, tofu, frangipani, kapok 15g, fresh Smilax glabra and coix seed 50g. After washing the above materials (fresh Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae should be chopped into fine powder), add appropriate amount of water and decoct for half an hour before drinking (appropriate amount of rock sugar can be added for seasoning).
Efficacy: All flowers with the efficacy of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis are selected, and the efficacy is self-evident. Adding Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae with the functions of promoting diuresis, detoxicating and benefiting joints, and Coicis Semen with the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, clearing heat and relaxing muscles and tendons, the tea has stronger diuretic effect.
5. Poria cocos barley ginger tea
Practice: Poria cocos 15-20g, Coicis Semen 20g, and 3 slices of ginger. Poria cocos and coix seed are washed with clear water, put in a bowl of water and soaked for 30 minutes. Add ginger, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. When there is almost only one bowl of water, turn off the fire and drink it while it is hot. When drinking for the second time, continue to add a bowl of water and boil for 20 minutes. You can drink it again and continue to fry it in water for 20 minutes.
Efficacy: Poria cocos not only eliminates dampness and strengthens the spleen and stomach, but also warms the stomach with ginger, which is very suitable for people with bad stomach and cold stomach.
6, kapok Amomum villosum beverage
Practice: kapok 10g, Amomum villosum 3g. Put the two ingredients together in a cup, pour them into boiling water, cover them with 10 minute, and serve.
Efficacy: it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. Suitable for people with abdominal distension, loss of appetite and heavy limbs after feeling damp and hot in spring and summer.
Food to help the body get rid of dampness.
1, cress
It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and is suitable for stranguria, hemorrhage, leukorrhagia, etc.
2. purslane
It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling, and is suitable for acute enteritis, dysentery, hematuria, urinary fever, jaundice and gingivitis.
Step 3: celery
It can clear liver heat and nourish blood. In addition, celery has the effects of clearing stomach heat, promoting blood circulation, strengthening teeth and moistening throat, improving eyesight and refreshing brain, moistening lung and relieving cough. Therefore, people in damp heat constitution, who are hot, have a bad appetite and are tired and weak, can often eat.
4. Chinese kale
It has expectorant, detoxicating, expelling pathogenic wind, relieving summer-heat, relieving fatigue, clearing away heart fire, improving eyesight, moistening intestine and clearing heat, relieving asthenic fire, stopping bleeding, and has adjuvant therapeutic effects on gastrointestinal fever, insomnia due to staying up late, rising asthenic fire, gingival swelling and bleeding, etc.
5. Maogen
Sweet and cold, entering lung, stomach and bladder meridian. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and diuresis, and clearing away lung and stomach heat. Can be used for treating stomach upset due to heat, nausea, cough and asthma due to lung heat, palpitation, bitter taste, thirst, gingival bleeding, etc. Its effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and detoxicating are mild, and it is suitable for ordinary people to eat in summer sauna days except damp heat constitution.
6. Lotus leaf
Has the effects of clearing away summer heat, promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Modern research shows that lotus leaf also has the function of reducing blood fat, so many products that reduce weight, reduce blood fat and remove acne contain lotus leaf.
What acupoints are used to dispel dampness and detoxify?
1, Quchi point massage for eliminating dampness
When the elbow bends, the lateral cross section with horizontal stripes is Quchi point, where the moist and turbid qi of the large intestine meridian gathers, that is, the qi of qi and blood gathers from the limbs. Massage this acupoint can regulate qi and blood and dispel rheumatism.
2, dampness massage Weizhong point
Weizhong point is in the center of the knee fossa. The bladder meridian is the largest channel for detoxification and dehumidification of human body, and Weizhong point is the sewage outlet on this channel. If it is not unobstructed here and the moisture can't be discharged, it may lead to arthritis.
3, wet massage Yin Lingquan
Yinlingquan point, belonging to the spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin, is located in the depression between the lower edge of the medial tibia and its main function is to expel spleen and dampness. It has the effects of removing dampness and stagnation during transportation. Proper massage can facilitate urination, so that the damp evil in the body can come out of the stool, which is conducive to the recovery of qi of the spleen.
4, dampness massage Fenglong point
Location: Foot Yangming stomach meridian point, located at the anterolateral side of the calf, 8 inches above the lateral ankle tip and two fingers away from the front edge of the tibia.
Massage method: Press the acupoints with the joints of thumb and forefinger for 3 minutes, and then massage the acupoints clockwise for about 5 minutes.
Efficacy: regulate the qi of spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness and resolve phlegm.
5, dampness massage Zusanli
Location: Foot Yangming stomach meridian point, an important point for health care, is located 3 inches below the external knee and at the front edge of tibia 1 transverse finger.
Massage method: Press the acupoints with thumb or massage clockwise for 5-8 minutes, and the effect will be better if there is a local ache.
Efficacy: Zusanli not only has the functions of regulating the spleen and stomach, expelling wind and removing dampness, but also can tonify the middle energizer, strengthen the body resistance and eliminate pathogens, which is beneficial to enhancing the body immunity.
6, dampness massage Zhongwan point
Location: Upper abdomen, anterior midline, 4 inches above navel.
Massage method: Use fingertips or palm roots to act on acupoints and massage clockwise for 2-5 minutes.
Efficacy: It has the effects of regulating stomach, strengthening spleen, lowering adverse flow and promoting diuresis, and is suitable for patients with dampness stagnation, epigastric fullness and belching.