Even drinking water can't quench your thirst? I'm afraid it's caused by "the body being too wet"! Doctor: Drink "1 soup" quickly to eliminate moisture
The “Great Heat” of the 24th solar term has just passed. If you still feel thirsty after constantly replenishing water, be careful, it may be a warning sign of “excessive moisture” in the body. Zhuang Huiqiao, a Chinese medicine doctor at Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Losheng Sanatorium, pointed out that a male patient recently felt that he could not feel energetic, and often suffered from headaches, chest tightness, shoulder and neck tightness, and could not quench his thirst even if he drank water. He suspected that it was caused by a cold. . After diagnosis, it was found that the patient was affected by summer heat and was complicated by “dampness evil”.
If you don’t maintain good health in summer, you will be more likely to catch colds and allergies in winter.
Zhuang Huiqiao, a Chinese medicine practitioner, pointed out that Taiwan’s summers are hot and humid, especially in recent days where high temperatures have frequently exceeded 30 degrees. People often go in and out of air-conditioned rooms while sweating, drink ice water when they are thirsty, or prefer to eat raw and cold foods. Want to cool down. However, a cold diet can easily cause the body to experience symptoms of external heat and internal cold, excessive excess and deficiency, such as insomnia, irritability, lethargy, sore throat, thirst, diarrhea, fatigue, etc.
“If you do not maintain good health in the summer, you will easily suffer from nasal allergies, repeated colds, cold sensitivity, joint pain, etc. in the winter!” Chinese medicine doctor Zhuang Huiqiao explained that traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to adapting to the climate characteristics of the “four solar terms” to achieve the purpose of health care. For example, the period from Minor Heat to Beginning of Autumn (7/6 to 8/7) is called “Long Summer”. Traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that “the spleen governs the long summer” and “the long summer governs dampness”.
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Eating “this type of food” will make your body wetter! Drink some soup quickly to eliminate the moisture
Traditional Chinese medicine doctor Zhuang Huiqiao pointed out that “dampness” is the dominant qi in Changxia, and the most important thing at this time is to “strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.” The “spleen” defined by traditional Chinese medicine is different from that of Western medicine. It mainly refers to “transformation”, that is, the digestion, conversion and transportation of nutrients in the body. Moisture can easily damage the yang energy of the spleen. “Eating too much cold food , which may lead to a decrease in digestion and absorption function and a weakening of the function of transporting water and moisture, further aggravating the growth of moisture in the body! "
Based on the above, food supplements in summer should focus on “strengthening the spleen and removing dampness”. Among them, the well-known “Sishen Soup” contains many ingredients that can strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, helping to eliminate moisture from the body:
Gorgon fruit: sweet taste and mild nature. It can nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, remove dampness and stop bandages.
Lotus seeds: sweet and slightly bitter, mild in nature, enters the lung and kidney meridian. It can replenish qi and nourish yin, consolidate essence and stop vaginal discharge.
Poria: light taste, mild in nature, enters the heart, spleen, and lung meridians. It can diuretic and dampness, strengthen the spleen and calm the nerves.
Yam: sweet in taste and mild in nature; returns to the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. It has the function of nourishing the spleen and stomach.
Can it relieve summer heat and relieve cough? Eating more of these ingredients can also “digest water and remove dampness”
In addition to the above four herbs, barley can also be added to soups. In addition to helping to “digest water and remove dampness”, it also helps to clear away heat and detoxify. It is suitable for use in Taiwan’s hot and humid climate. In addition, in addition to the traditional ingredients such as pork belly or pig intestines, Sishen soup can also add “winter melon”; according to the “Compendium of Materia Medica”, winter melon has the effect of “clearing away heat and diluting water, relieving summer heat, reducing heat and phlegm, and relieving coughs.” Its skin, seeds, and meat can all be used as medicine. If you want to strengthen the effects of relieving summer heat, clearing away heat, diuresis, and eliminating edema, it is better to boil the skin into soup.
Finally, Traditional Chinese Medicine Physician Zhuang Huiqiao reminded that Sishen Decoction is a tonic medicinal diet, suitable for people with spleen deficiency and excess dampness, and can be taken in appropriate amounts for those with deficient and cold constitutions or those with dry and hot constitutions. It is not recommended to take it if you are suffering from diarrhea caused by acute infection or acute gastroenteritis; in addition, pregnant women should also pay attention to whether the commercially available Sishen Decoction has alcohol or coix seed and other ingredients added to avoid harmful effects on the stomach. effects on the fetus.
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