As the saying goes, "summer is cold and sick", as soon as you enter the dog days, the weather is humid and hot, and you just want to blow the air conditioner and drink cold drinks indoors. However, this will damage the body's yang energy and make the spleen and stomach damp.
No matter what kind of physique friends are, at this time, you should actually pay attention to dampness.
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These 4 types of people always have endless dampness
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People who think too much
If the brain loses essence and energy, the energy supplied to the spleen and stomach is insufficient, and it is easy to get wet.
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People who sleep late
Swiping your phone, watching TV, working overtime, or eating supper are all things that require qi and blood to operate. If you want qi and blood, you need your spleen to work overtime, and if your spleen doesn't move, it's easy to get wet.
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People who are not aware of eating
Many times it is not eaten because of hunger, sometimes because of emptiness, and some because of the stimulation of heavy tastes. Food waste that exceeds the ability to digest is wet.
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Always the one who washes his hair before going to bed
Yang Qi is relatively weak before going to bed, and even if you dry your hair after washing your hair, some water will remain on the scalp, and the water vapor will not completely evaporate and vaporize, and it will easily accumulate into dampness.
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Avoid moisture 3 things to remember
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sunbathe
Basking in the sun is a free way to replenish yang, and if the body's yang energy is sufficient, it is difficult for evil qi such as dampness to invade the human body. You should make full use of the "gifts" of nature and insist on basking in the sun on sunny days, for about 30 minutes each time.
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motion
Appropriate exercise such as running, walking, ball games, yoga, tai chi, etc., can help promote qi and blood circulation, increase water metabolism, and accelerate the excretion of moisture from sweat, urine, etc.
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diet
The doctor pointed out that the diet should also strengthen the spleen, dispel dampness and clear away heat, and eat more foods that dispel dampness and water, such as red adzuki beans, coix seeds, yams, etc. At the same time, pay attention to the combination of humidity and heat, which can easily lead to food mold, if moldy food is found, it should be destroyed immediately and not eaten.
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Remove dampness Do this 1 thing before bedtime
This thing is - foot soaking.
In the hot season, people can't do without air conditioning, cold drinks, etc., too much consumption of cold drinks will damage the spleen and stomach, resulting in abnormal spleen and stomach transport function, diarrhea, no appetite, body sleepiness and other manifestations of spleen deficiency and dampness.
The foot is called the second heart of the human body, the foot has a number of meridians such as the spleen, stomach, liver, kidney, etc., bringing together many acupuncture points, soaking the feet can promote blood circulation, dredge the meridians, for chronic fatigue, improve sleep quality, improve human immunity has a very good effect. Many people think that foot soaking is exclusive to winter, but in fact, foot soaking is a year-round way to maintain health. Insisting on soaking your feet in summer will help to reconcile qi and blood, dispel dampness and heat, and invigorate yang energy.
How do you soak people who are cold and wet?
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The primary version of the foot soaking party
When soaking your feet in summer, if you can use Chinese herbal herb herb decoction, the effect of dispelling heat and dampness is better.
Huoxiang foot soaking recipe:
It is recommended to take 30~50 grams of Huoxiang, add 2000 ml of water, decoction with fire for 40 minutes, and then fry to 1000 ml with a simmer; After taking the juice, add 2000ml of water and fry to 1000ml.
Put the liquid in a basin and soak your feet so that the liquid is soaked over your ankles. A foot massage is performed at the same time as the immersion process.
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Upgraded foot soaking party
Different Chinese medicine decoction foot baths have different indications, and the foot soaking prescription should also be combined with your own specific situation, and a TCM doctor with clinical experience should prescribe Chinese medicine for foot bath.
The following foot soaking formula has a good adjuvant treatment effect on hypertension, insomnia, rheumatism, rheumatoid, cervical and lumbar spondylosis, spleen and stomach diseases, chronic asthenic diseases and various diseases based on yang deficiency, especially the effect of removing summer heat and humidity is very good, and can be used under the guidance of a physician.
Foot soak :
Take 15 grams of peach kernels, 15 grams of safflower, 10 grams of frankincense, 10 grams of myrrh, 15 grams of tendon grass, 15 grams of bone-penetrating grass, 30 grams of earth dragon, 30 grams of chicken blood vine, 10 grams of aconite, 10 grams of aconite, 10 grams of asarium, and 30 grams of clematis. Add 3000~3500ml of water and decoction for 30 minutes.
After the temperature drops slightly, you can put your feet in the basin to soak, and the temperature of the potion must not be too high to avoid burns.
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When soaking your feet, the potion must not exceed the ankle joint.
The soaking time should be slightly sweating all over the body, and it is not appropriate to sweat too long or too short; If cold patients do not sweat, they can drink some warm water to promote perspiration.
Be sure to drink 150~200ml of warm boiled water after soaking your feet to promote human metabolism.
How do you soak hot and humid people?
People with hot and humid people have red tongues and yellow coatings; The stool sticks to the toilet, and the urine is yellow and red; The skin is prone to acne, redness, pustules; Dry mouth and bad breath, sweat smell, body odor.
People with these manifestations can not use the recipe to dispel cold and dampness to soak their feet, the following recipe is mild and not cold, which can not only dispel dampness and heat but also protect the spleen and stomach, soak about 3 times a week.
Moist hot foot soak:
Take 20 grams of coix seeds, 10 grams of Huoxiang, 10 grams of Poria cocos, and 15 grams of Zhuru, and dry them in warm water after decoction.
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Attention should be paid to foot soaking
There are also some precautions when soaking your feet.
One is not to take a foot bath immediately after eating, so as not to affect digestion.
Second, the indoor environment should be quiet and comfortable during the foot bath, the room temperature should be moderate, do not blow the wind directly, and the spirit should be relaxed.
The third is to keep the water temperature of the foot soak warm, too cold is easy to cause colds and other discomfort, too hot will burn the skin, especially for diabetics, the water temperature should not be too high.
In addition, people with burns, impetigo, chickenpox, measles and foot trauma should not take foot baths.