Object: White-collar workers under the age of 30 gain weight due to excessive entertainment, greasy diet and heavy work pressure, which leads to excessive body heat, hyperactivity, bitter taste, bad breath, hunger, emotional irritability, yellow urine and constipation. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, besides reducing fat and diuresis, the key is to clear away heat, so that the metabolic function of the body will return to normal.
Use medicinal materials:
Cassia seed, slightly cold, can lower blood pressure, reduce blood lipid and relieve constipation. If you have high blood pressure and constipation, you should choose cassia seed tea. However, if the constitution is cold, people who are prone to diarrhea and stomachache are not suitable.
Green tea, cool in nature, can reduce fat and promote digestion. The Journal of American Nutrition Society has confirmed that green tea does have weight loss and anti-cancer effects. But green tea is not fermented tea. Chinese medicine believes that it is easier to scrape the stomach, and people with bad stomachs should pay more attention.
Spleen-strengthening type
Object: Some people are fat, just because of qi deficiency and need to strengthen the spleen. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi deficiency can make spleen function abnormal, replenish qi, restore body function naturally, have normal metabolism and lose weight naturally.
Use medicinal materials:
Coix lachryma-jobi seed, which is flat in nature and diuretic, is usually eaten with other medicinal materials or ingredients because of its mild nature and slow action.
Astragalus membranaceus is sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature, which can tonify the middle warmer, invigorate qi, induce diuresis and reduce swelling. There is no lipid-lowering effect in itself, but in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, qi deficiency requires qi to enhance the efficiency of metabolism, and astragalus can also enhance immune function.
Poria cocos, sweet in taste, flat in nature. Strengthening the spleen and diuresis can lower blood sugar, soothe the nerves, invigorate qi and enhance immune function. It's okay to eat for a long time. People eat poria cocos cream and Sishen soup.
Regulating qi type
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the smooth operation of "qi", so that its smooth system lies in the liver, and "liver depression will insult the spleen", so that digestion and metabolism will be incomplete, and it is easy to gain weight naturally, and most of them are young women. Common symptoms include chest tightness, bloating, and emotional ups and downs, which can lead to menstrual disorders in severe cases.
It is equivalent to the symptoms of anxiety, depression and neurosis in western medicine. This type of people tend to eat to alleviate the situation and are more likely to lead to obesity.
Use medicinal materials:
Chenpi can help digestion, eliminate phlegm and regulate qi. Losing weight alone is ineffective.
Roses can also regulate qi, with little side effects, and must be combined with other slimming herbs.
Nourishing yin type
The yin deficiency system of the elderly is prone to obesity, and the focus of TCM nursed back to health is nourishing yin. Old people love dizziness, poor sleep quality, backache, dry mouth and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is yin and blood deficiency. From the perspective of western medicine, they are old, their organs are aging, their metabolic rate is declining, and their circulation is not good. Blood can't nourish tissues. Chinese medicine attaches great importance to "blood", and such patients not only enrich blood, but also promote blood circulation.
Use medicinal materials:
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. can reduce blood lipid and replenish blood, and has a good effect on obesity in the elderly.
Salvia miltiorrhiza has the functions of enriching blood and promoting blood circulation. It has the effect of lowering cholesterol and blood lipid. It is also effective for coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, and can also improve circulation.