1, Job's tears: Job's tears can be divided into two kinds: raw and cooked, and the raw and cooked parts can be balanced and quick-acting, achieving the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis. Coix seed can promote blood and water metabolism, promote diuresis and eliminate edema, and expel excess water from the body.
2, papaya: it has the effect of eliminating edema and treating beriberi. According to records, papaya cures beriberi.
3, wax gourd: even skin stew can diuretic, Yiqi, anti-aging.
4. Artemisia selengensis has the effects of strengthening the spleen and eliminating edema, clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting qi and diuresis, and relaxing bowels.
5, banana: rich in potassium, high potassium can help sodium excrete, improve edema and moisturize skin color.
6. Watermelon: Watermelon is sweet and slightly cold, and it is sweet and fluid-producing. It enters the heart, stomach, lungs and kidneys, and has the effects of relieving summer heat and diuresis. It can be said that it is a good fruit for edema.
Tea:
1, lemon tea: lemon tea can not only lose weight, but also make the stomach smooth. Moreover, it is rich in vitamin C, which is very effective in maintaining skin tension and elasticity and has a good cosmetic effect on eliminating body edema.
2. Peach Blossom Tea: Shennong's Herbal Classic says that peach blossom is "a good color", while Qianjin Fang Yao said that peach blossom can "slim the waist". Yang Guifei in Ishikawa uses a single peach blossom tea, and it can also make her face bright, white and ruddy, killing two birds with one stone.
Peach blossom can be used because it has the function of clearing phlegm and making it come out of the stool. Li Shizhen thinks that "the large intestine will benefit quickly if it is drained, but it will benefit the patients with qi deficiency, and the edema will not be able to accumulate" (Compendium of Materia Medica). It can be seen that peach blossoms have the functions of removing water, reducing fat and losing weight.
Excessive fluid retention in interstitial space is called edema, which usually refers to fluid retention in skin and subcutaneous tissue, and fluid accumulation in body cavity is called edema. According to the distribution range, edema can be manifested as local or systemic. At the same time of systemic edema, serous effusion, such as ascites, pleural effusion and pericardial effusion, often occurs.
Systemic edema mainly includes cardiogenic edema, nephrogenic edema, hepatogenic edema, dystrophic edema, mucinous edema, idiopathic edema, drug-induced edema and senile edema.
According to the degree of edema, it can be divided into mild, moderate and severe edema. Mild edema is only found in eyelid, suborbital soft tissue, anterior subcutaneous tissue of tibia and ankle. After finger pressing, the tissue can be slightly depressed and the weight can be increased by about 5%. Moderate: edema can be seen in all loose tissues of the whole body, and obvious or deep tissue depression can appear after finger pressing, which is calm and slow. Severe: severe edema of the whole body tissue, tense and shiny skin of the lower body, and even fluid exudation, sometimes accompanied by pleural effusion, peritoneal effusion and hydrocele of tunica vaginalis.