The mechanism of this constitution is that phlegm and dampness spread all over the skin, then the body is obese, the abdomen is full and soft, and the facial skin is greasy and sticky; When phlegm stops the lungs, it will cause chest tightness and phlegm; When phlegm is turbid in the mouth, the mouth is sticky or sweet; Greasy fur and slippery pulse are signs of phlegm-dampness resistance.
Most people with phlegm-dampness constitution are obese. Chinese medicine believes that "fat people are wet" and "fat people have too much phlegm". The occurrence of phlegm-dampness obesity is closely related to the gradual decline of kidney qi, deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, spleen deficiency and dampness resistance, and water dampness and phlegm elimination after middle age. The principle of nursed back to health is invigorating spleen and qi, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and dredging qi and blood. Pay attention to regulating the physiological functions of lung, spleen and kidney.
(A) the emotional tone
People with phlegm-dampness constitution are gentle and patient. Excessive patience will also lead to qi stagnation in the chest, which will damage the liver and spleen over time, and the spleen will lose its nourishment, which will aggravate phlegm and dampness. Therefore, it is very important to adjust the spirit and mood.
1, feel better
People with phlegm-dampness constitution are often too patient with emotional stimuli, which is not conducive to maintaining a healthy mentality for a long time. Therefore, we should always pay attention to maintaining a peaceful state of mind and a happy mood, so as to feel comfortable and avoid the occurrence or aggravation of various stagnation in the body.
Step 2 cultivate a wide range of interests
I like to broaden my horizons, increase my knowledge, and arrange leisure, vacation and vacation activities reasonably, so as to relax my mood, regulate my body, improve my physique and health.
3. Enrich your spare time.
It is better to be active than quiet, and choose to enjoy cheerful music, travel, mountain climbing, dancing and other projects to avoid excessive concentration for a long time.
(2) Daily aftercare
When dampness is divided into cold, "cold produces dampness and dampness produces phlegm" means that cold and dampness will aggravate the connotation of phlegm-dampness in the body and aggravate the biased state of phlegm-dampness constitution. People with phlegm-dampness constitution should pay attention to the following points in their living environment and habits.
1, living environment
The living and working environment should be dry, not wet, and you should choose a room facing south.
2. Daily leisure activities
People with phlegm-dampness constitution should do more outdoor activities to stretch the yang. Such as walking, jogging, air bath, sunbathing, etc. With the help of the power of nature, promote the yang of the human body. Clothing should be breathable, which is conducive to the divergence of dampness and turbidity.
3, long summer care
In the long summer, the natural environment is hot and humid, so we should pay special attention to prevent the invasion of dampness, but we should not be too greedy for cold, so as to avoid the spread of internal heat in the body and the invasion of cold rain and cold dampness.
(3) Diet aftercare
People with phlegm-dampness constitution should "keep your mouth shut" in their diet. They should not only adopt a scientific and reasonable diet, but also pay full attention to dietary taboos. People with phlegm-dampness constitution should focus on eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, strengthening spleen and benefiting qi. At the same time, we should fundamentally change their bad lifestyle.
1, common food
Eat more foods that can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness and phlegm, and the diet should be light. Such as coix seed, buckwheat, oats, sorghum, corn, broad beans, soybeans, tofu, lentils, adzuki beans, peanuts, taro, leeks, day lilies, fungus, water chestnut, loquat, eggplant, onion, loofah, wax gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, bamboo shoots, yam, radish and carrot.
2. Dietary taboos
Don't eat thick cream, and eat less greasy, nourishing, sour and bitter cold products. Such as fried food, fat, fat, cream, crab roe, turtle, bird's nest, cheese, chocolate, candy, ice cream tremella, sesame, walnut, chestnut, watermelon, peach, pear, banana, sugarcane, vinegar and so on.
3. Eating habits
Don't drink too much wine, eat slowly and don't be too full.
(4) Exercise and fitness
People with phlegm-dampness constitution are obese and weak. The principles, forms and methods of physical exercise should be practiced in the following aspects.
1, exercise principle
Different from person to person, step by step, long-term adherence. According to your own specific situation, the intensity of exercise should not be too low, such as walking, jogging, table tennis, badminton, tennis, swimming, martial arts, ball games, aerobics and various dances suitable for you, so as to strengthen yang and eliminate dampness. And we must persevere and persevere. People with phlegm-dampness constitution generally weigh a lot. When the intensity of exercise load is high, we should pay attention to the rhythm of exercise, step by step, and ensure personal safety.
2. Exercise method
People with phlegm-dampness constitution are more obese, which is obviously related to the occurrence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease. Therefore, all fitness methods for simple obesity are suitable for people with phlegm-dampness constitution. People with phlegm-dampness constitution should do aerobic exercise for a long time to strengthen the process of substance metabolism. All long-term whole-body exercises with medium and small intensity belong to aerobic exercise. The exercise time should be from 14: 00 pm to 16: 00 pm. A warm and pleasant sports place. For people who are overweight and have poor land sports ability, they should do swimming.
(5) Medicated bait health care
The key points of drug bait health care for people with phlegm-dampness constitution are strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, moistening the intestines and relaxing bowels, warming and tonifying the kidney and yang, and reasonably selecting drugs with the effects of aromatic turbidity, invigorating the spleen and eliminating dampness, and ascending and descending turbidity.
1, commonly used Chinese medicine
The occurrence of phlegm-dampness obesity is closely related to the gradual decline of kidney qi after middle age, deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, excess of spleen and dampness, and stagnation of water and phlegm resistance. The treatment is mainly to strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, and warm and tonify the kidney yang. Reasonable selection of drugs with the effects of dispelling turbidity by fragrance, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, lifting turbidity, such as Poria, Ginkgo biloba, Pinellia ternata, Coicis Semen, Atractylodes macrocephala, Astragalus membranaceus, Fructus Aurantii, Herba Agastaches, Eupatorium, Atractylodes macrocephala, Fructus Amomi rotundus, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Arecae Semen, Cimicifugae Rhizoma, Alismatis Rhizoma, Radix Puerariae, Radix Aucklandiae, medulla Tetrapanacis, etc. , can reduce the harm of phlegm.
2. Drug bait prescription
You can choose Erchen Decoction, Liujunzi Decoction or Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction.
3. It is forbidden to make up the law in disorder.
People with phlegm-dampness should not blindly use greasy products to prevent dampness from staying. In the process of taking some nourishing food and traditional Chinese medicine, it is easy to cause abdominal distension, loss of appetite and other discomfort. At this time, with some traditional Chinese medicines for invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, the occurrence of the above discomfort symptoms can be reduced.
1, edited by Liu, TCM regimen. Beijing: China Chinese Medicine Press 20 12.
2. Editor-in-Chief Wang Qi, "Traditional Chinese Medicine Majors Don't Need Traditional Chinese Medicine". Beijing: China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press, 20 15.