Phlegm-dampness constitution, what does it mean?
- When the viscera functions of the human body are dysfunctional, it is easy to cause the imbalance of qi, blood and body fluids, the accumulation of water and dampness, and the accumulation of dampness into phlegm.
- Often manifested as obesity, abdominal fatness, chest tightness, excessive phlegm, easy drowsiness, unhappy weight, fond of fatty alcohol
How does the phlegm-dampness constitution come from?
- Insufficient innate endowments
- Cold and humidity invade the humid climate, wading in water and rain, and living in wetlands for a long time
- Irregular diet, excessive consumption of fatty alcohol and wine
- old age and chronic illness
- Lack of exercise, long-term liking to lie down and sedentary
What are the symptoms of the body?
- body fat
- Abdominal fatness
- chest tightness
- phlegm
- easily drowsy
- feeling unwell
- Likes to eat fat, sweet and thick
Want to improve, what should I do?
Health principles:
- Strengthen the spleen: pay attention to controlling the diet, eat more bland food, avoid eating cold and cold foods, and enhance the spleen's ability to transport and transform water and fluids
- Dehumidification: Change bad habits, avoid living in a damp environment, do more outdoor sports, and dress loosely
Environment shot:
- It is not suitable to live in a humid environment; in the rainy season, pay attention to the invasion of damp evil
Three ways to promote sweating:
Those with phlegm-dampness must find a way to promote sweating, and sweating will expel part of the phlegm-dampness from the body, thereby promoting high-quality improvement. Generally speaking, there are three ways to promote sweating. Those with phlegm-dampness may wish to try it.
1. Exercise more, exercise until you sweat:Every exercise until the whole body is slightly sweaty and the face is red. Or take a hot bath or drink hot water before exercising
2. Stick to hot showers: It is best to take a hot bath or sauna, and wash until the whole body is slightly red, so that the pores are opened, which is more conducive to the diffusion of moisture.
3. Eat less frozen and cold food:Especially on hot days, you should eat less frozen food, which will promote the tightening of pores and is not conducive to the diffusion of moisture
Vegetable taboos |
should |
White radish, water chestnuts, seaweed, kelp, onion, lentils, barley, adzuki beans, broad beans, cowpeas, mushrooms, cabbage, winter melon, chives, mustard greens, chili peppers, lentils, yam |
avoid |
beet |
|
Meat and fishy taboos |
should |
Beef, Lamb, Chicken, Loach, Eel, River Shrimp, Sea Cucumber, Abalone, Jellyfish |
avoid |
Snails, snails, duck meat |
|
Fruit taboos |
should |
Ginkgo, Lychee, Lemon, Cherry, Betel Nut, Chayote, Chestnut |
avoid |
Pomegranate, grapefruit, loquat, hawthorn, watermelon, bayberry, lemon |
|
Condiments taboos |
should |
Ginger, White Garlic |
avoid |
Wolfberry |
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What is phlegm-dampness?
- When human body system dysfunction, it easily cause dysfunction of generating qi, blood and body fluid, which leading to accumulation of dampness and occurrence of phlegm.
- Manifested as obesity, chest discomfort, fluffy abdomen, easily feel tired, heaviness of body, prefer eating food that is sweet and contain high calories.
What causing phlegm-dampness?
- Congenital deficiency.
- Invasion of cold-damp due to weather or living place.
- Overeating food that is sweet and contain high calories.
- Lack of exercise
What is the symptoms?
- Obesity
- Fluffy abdomen
- Chest discomfort
- Easily feel tired
- Heaviness of body
- Prefer eating food that is sweet and contain high calories
How to improve?
- Control diet and avoid eating sweet food in order to strengthen the function of spleen.
- Avoid living in dampness area, do more exercise
Three methods to promote sweating:
- Do more high intensity exercises
- Having hot shower or warm drink before doing exercises
- Avoid eating cold and raw food
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