First: diet conditioning
If you want to better recuperate damp heat constitution, you'd better have a light diet and eat more foods with heat-clearing and dampness-eliminating functions. In addition, we should also eat less irritating food and eat less food that is too spicy and greasy.
Usually, the diet should be light. You can choose some foods rich in minerals or vitamins as the staple food, such as coix seed, red beans, poria cocos, ducks, fish and loach, which are all good choices. Besides the staple food, you should also eat more vegetables every day. It is best to choose foods with high vitamin content and organic acid content, such as Chinese cabbage, celery, loofah, wax gourd, cucumber, kelp and bean sprouts. Fruit is also a kind of eating more. Usually cantaloupe, loquat, orange and Sydney are good choices.
In addition, the old Chinese doctor also suggested that people in damp heat constitution should not eat too spicy or nourishing greasy food, and should eat less common animal viscera, peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, cream, wine and so on. Meat, dog meat, venison, mutton, these nourishing foods should also be eaten less to avoid physical weakness. Eating less sweets, drinking less alcohol and drinking less carbonated drinks every day can better avoid getting hot.
In addition, we should adhere to the principle of eight full points at ordinary times, don't eat too much at one time, and quit smoking and drinking, so as to be healthier. Usually, you can eat more coix seed tea or kudingcha. These bitter things have a good effect of clearing away heat and fire. Besides, bitter gourd is also a good choice.
Second: life adjustment
Damp heat constitution is divided into two parts, one is the choice and maintenance of living environment, and don't stay in humid environment for a long time. Another thing is to keep good living habits and let your body have a full rest.
Usually, it is best to choose a dry, cool and well-ventilated environment. You should also wear some loose clothes in terms of clothes. In addition, you need to develop good habits of work and rest, keep your body clean and dry, don't be overworked, don't stay up late, and don't exercise in the sun for a long time. In addition, many people have the bad habit of holding their urine, which is very bad.
Third: emotional adjustment
Always keep a good mood and a peaceful mind. Generally, patients in damp heat constitution are irritable. Therefore, we must maintain a balanced mentality, handle things calmly, and learn to control our emotions.
In addition, listening to some melodious and soothing music at ordinary times has a good calming effect and can better resolve some bad emotions.
Fourth: Exercise conditioning
How to do damp-heat acne in the body? In addition to the three methods mentioned above, such as keeping a good mood, paying attention to life and diet, you should also do more outdoor sports to achieve the purpose of clearing heat and promoting diuresis through sweating.
Usually, you can do more sports, such as mountain climbing, swimming, middle and long distance running and martial arts, which are all good choices. In addition, it is best to choose some more comfortable exercises in winter, which can make your body sweat slightly. At the same time, keep warm before and after exercise to avoid catching a cold. Usually, if time is tight and you can't spare a lot of exercise time, you can also exercise regularly, which can also regulate your body well.
Symptoms of specific damp heat constitution:
1, body characteristics: fat or thin;
2, often manifested as: greasy face, acne and acne, often feel dry mouth and bitter taste, red eyes, upset and slack, heavy drowsiness, short urine, dry or sticky stool, women often have more leucorrhea. The above signs are aggravated during the illness;
3, tongue image detection: the tongue is reddish and the coating is yellow and greasy;
4, pulse detection: the pulse is slippery;
5, psychological characteristics: sexual impatience, easy to get angry;
6, adaptability: can not stand the hot and humid environment;
7, susceptible to diseases: prone to jaundice, fever, carbuncle.
People of all ages may be affected by damp heat, especially those aged 30-45, who belong to the "earth" age in life and have heavy moisture in their bodies. The turn of summer and autumn belongs to the "long summer" season in traditional Chinese medicine, and it also corresponds to the "dirty" in the five elements. The combination of exterior and interior and humidification are more prone to the above symptoms.
If damp-heat attacks children, the most common symptoms are diarrhea and poor stool. If damp heat invades the elderly, there will be symptoms such as acid fatigue of lower limbs, backache and so on.
Diet conditioning, eat more aromatic food.
Vegetables:
Eat more fragrant vegetables such as coriander, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Pogostemon. But these dishes are also wet and you can't eat too much. These dishes can be eaten as side dishes to remove moisture. There are also bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, wax gourd, papaya and yam, which can be eaten as the main course to promote dampness.
Tea:
Folium Artemisiae Argyi and Eupatorium odoratum, which tend to be warm, can dehumidify, while bamboo leaves and lotus leaves, which tend to be cool, can clear away heat, and making tea every day can help clear away damp heat in the body.
Composition:
Ginger, star anise, cinnamon and other spices have the effects of dispelling cold, dehumidifying and sweating. When cooking every day, put a little warm to get rid of dampness.
Porridge:
Hot and humid season porridge is also a good choice. Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, millet, rice, the right amount, porridge every day, spleen and stomach.
Soup:
Boil soup with wax gourd, red beans and ribs to clear away heat and promote diuresis.
Children or people with long-term weakness of spleen and stomach, if they feel bored all over, or feel full, abdominal distension and diarrhea, can use fried yam and fried chicken's gizzard-membrane, mix them into powder according to the ratio of 1: 1, and drink a spoonful every day to relieve symptoms.
Eat less greasy and sweet food to prevent damp heat.
Damp heat constitution, except through diet conditioning, should not overeat, eat less greasy food and sweets, and maintain good digestive function. Drink water moderately to avoid water stopping inside or entering from the outside. You should go to bed early and get up early, often ventilate indoors, try not to use air conditioning, and develop the habit of defecating on time. Get up early and exercise until you sweat. Sweating helps to get rid of dampness, but don't sweat to avoid getting angry.
People who especially love acne will get better if they only show mild symptoms through the above conditioning. If the symptoms are serious and the conditioning effect is not good, it is best to find Chinese medicine to treat them based on syndrome differentiation to prevent the symptoms from being serious.