What is damp heat constitution?
Humidity needs water, and summer is rainy season. Medical research has found that there are more people in southern damp heat constitution, because there is much rain in the south. These are all factors of external dampness, and there is also a pathological product, which we call internal dampness, which is often related to digestive function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of "transporting water and dampness", and heat is a kind of heat image, because the external temperature is relatively high, which will make people feel uncomfortable. The temperature in summer is relatively high, accompanied by a lot of rain, so summer is prone to damp and hot symptoms, and people in damp heat constitution also have a lot of discomfort in the rainy season in summer.
The reasons for the formation of damp heat constitution
1. Innate endowment
When life is still an embryo, the mother's eating habits will have a certain impact on the physical condition of the fetus, so the parents' physique and eating habits have become the innate determinants of the fetus' physique. "Lingshu Tiannian" holds that: "When a person is born, his mother is the standard, his father is the threshold, his qi and blood are harmonious, he is healthy and healthy, and his five internal organs are complete." Therefore, heredity plays a very important role in the formation of physique.
2. Shaping the natural environment
The four seasons have their own changing rules and will not change because of your preferences. Six evils such as dampness, cold and heat are distributed in four seasons. If you live in a hot and humid environment for a long time, you will easily become damp heat constitution. In addition, the harmful substances discharged from the development of modern industry, for natural or man-made reasons, constantly destroy the ecological environment, and these harmful substances will combine with the metabolites produced in the human body to form damp heat constitution.
3. Complex social environment
With the progress of the times, our rhythm is also accelerating unconsciously, so we often encounter more pressure from study and work, as well as unprecedented psychological pressure, which affects different age groups. Moreover, in the cage built of cement and steel bars, there is no chance to communicate with people, and these pressures are often buried deep in our hearts. Long-term depression and sadness can easily lead to stagnation of human qi, which will turn into fire over time and cause disorder of body fluid metabolism.
4. Eating habits
In summer, the hot temperature makes us want to hide directly in the refrigerator, so many people eat too much cold drinks for a moment's pleasure, and the water won't melt after a long time, which has planted bad seeds for the formation of damp heat constitution. In some places, the difference in diet, eating too fast, or the atmosphere with too much fat, hot food is the main reason for the formation of damp heat constitution, so excessive smoking and drinking is the reason for the formation of damp heat constitution, because Chinese medicine believes that smoking.
How does damp heat constitution recuperate?
1. Eliminating dampness and pathogenic factors
In the view of Chinese medicine, dampness is a very difficult evil, especially in summer, when the humidity in the air is heavy, so you must go out to bask in the sun after a rainstorm. Of course, you can choose morning or night to avoid the high temperature at noon. The so-called damp heat constitution, in which the invasion of humidity is also the main reason, so we should first get rid of dampness, and we can choose red beans, yam, coix seed and other foods with better dehumidification effect.
Avoid angry food.
In damp heat constitution, the internal heat in the human body is relatively large, especially in summer, when people ask more questions, they often feel irritable, and their skin often aches, and it is red, swollen and painful. If they still eat some food that is easy to get angry or spicy, it is like adding fuel to the fire. Alcohol and tobacco are the most taboo foods.
Eat more fragrant food.
Our human body itself has an organ for eliminating dampness, that is, sweat pores on the surface of our human body. The primary task of conditioning damp and heat is to flush away air pockets and strengthen the circulation of qi and eliminate dampness. In damp heat constitution, people's pores are often wet by water, and there are no pores, so moisture can't be naturally excreted. Chinese medicine believes that aroma can effectively promote dryness and dampness in the body, and dryness and dampness can dispel dampness, so we should eat more aromatic foods, such as bean sprouts, parsley, papaya and yam.
Conclusion: Different people's constitutions have different ways of keeping in good health, because different constitutions have different requirements for the tastes of cold, hot and spicy food. People in damp heat constitution should not only pay attention to eliminating dampness, but also prevent the invasion of heat. It's extremely hot in summer, so you can eat more cold food. Most of damp heat constitution's food is due to the increase of internal humidity, which eventually leads to damp heat. Therefore, we should also pay attention to eliminating internal humidity in order to stay away from damp heat.