Autumn health care
Damp-heat sufferers often like to grow pimples and comedones on their faces, bad breath, bitter taste, sticky stools, and damp-heat connotation, which is mainly manifested in damp-heat manifestations such as greasy face, bitter taste and yellow greasy fur. Need to pay special attention to their living habits, less alcohol and tobacco, less fatigue, less spicy food.
1, the diet is mainly light.
Autumn diet is mainly light, you can eat mung beans, red beans, celery, cucumbers, lotus roots and so on. Don't eat mutton, leek, ginger and pepper, and eat less hot pot, barbecue and deep-frying. You can eat more mung beans, cucumbers, melon, lotus seeds and so on. Damp heat constitution has something in common with phlegm-dampness constitution, and he can also eat more coix seed. When the early autumn is hot and dry, you can eat more sweet and watery fruits, drink more rice porridge, and drink a small cup of light salt water or honey water every morning to moisten the intestines and relax the bowels.
2. Take traditional Chinese medicine for eliminating dampness and clearing heat.
Traditional Chinese medicines can be taken, such as plantain, bamboo leaves, talc, rabdosia, kapok, etc. However, the above traditional Chinese medicines are too cold to be taken for a long time. You can drink plenty of water or herbal tea at the right time to clear away heat and relieve summer heat and promote diuresis.
3. Avoid damp dwellings.
Avoid living in low-lying and humid places, and choose a well-ventilated, dry and cool living environment. Clothes should be loose, not tight. We should develop good habits of work and rest and keep our head, face and body skin clean and dry. Don't stay up too late.
4. Develop good living habits
Avoid long-term activities in the hot sun. Keep adequate and regular sleep. Underwear should be comfortable and breathable with natural fibers, cotton, hemp and silk. People in damp heat constitution should not hold their urine and hold their stools, but keep their urine and urine unobstructed to prevent the accumulation of damp heat.
Step 5 quit smoking and drinking
People in damp heat constitution avoid alcohol and tobacco. Chinese medicine believes that tobacco is pungent, hot and dirty, and it is easy to generate heat and help wet. Alcohol is hot, which contributes to yang-heat, but also has the disadvantage of phlegm-dampness, so people who drink hot and humid are easy to brew hot and humid.
6. Adjust your schedule and take a nap.
Staying up late will increase damp heat. Because staying up late hurts the liver and gallbladder, it will greatly affect the rise of liver and gallbladder qi, and it is easy to get damp heat. Sleep at least 7 hours a day to give your body enough time to repair itself. It is especially necessary to take a nap at night. Overwork is easy to consume qi and blood, which will further aggravate the stagnation of water and dampness. Proper sleep at noon can make your body lighter and more energetic to work in the afternoon.
7. Keep a peaceful mind.
People in damp heat constitution are impatient and irritable, and they like to lose their temper. We should keep a balanced attitude, take things easy and deal with difficult things calmly. Always think of others and learn to resist emotional impulses. According to the situation, take different methods such as restraint, catharsis and transfer to resolve and release bad emotions. We should cultivate a wide range of hobbies, such as calligraphy and flower cultivation. Listen to those smooth and melodious, soothing and calm music, such as "The First Song" and "Moonlit Night on a Spring River".
8, the right amount of water.
Damp heat constitution is characterized by turbid and exuberant yang, which is suitable for large-scale and high-intensity activities, such as middle and long-distance running, swimming, mountain climbing, various ball games and martial arts. Can consume excess heat in the body, excrete excess water, and achieve the purpose of clearing heat and eliminating dampness. You can combine strength contact with middle and long distance running. Pay attention to stretching the joints of bones and muscles to increase the flexibility of the body. If the joints of bones and muscles are stiff and stagnant, it is not conducive to the excretion of liver and gallbladder, which will aggravate irritability, tension and anxiety.
9. Scraping and cupping to remove damp heat
There are many methods of eliminating dampness in TCM, such as eliminating dampness in TCM and eliminating dampness at acupoints, among which scraping and cupping are the most popular. Scraping focuses on eliminating damp-heat, summer-heat dampness and common cold; Cupping focuses on eliminating cold and damp common cold in meridians. People in damp heat constitution can do some cupping and scraping from time to time to improve the irritability of yellow urine.
Reminder: damp heat constitution should pay attention to eating less greasy food, eating more fruits, exercising more, and keeping a good lifestyle!