Spring is a rainy season. After several days of continuous rain, the air is filled with the smell of moisture. Coupled with the influence of living habits, many people will suffer from fatigue, loose stools and other symptoms of heavy moisture. Although it is not a serious illness, it does have a certain impact on your life. How should you deal with it? You might as well try to improve this situation through diet.
What should I eat if I have heavy moisture?
1. Bitter melon
Bitter melon has a bitter smell, is non-toxic, and is cold in nature. It enters the heart, liver, spleen, and lung meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying, lowering blood pressure and blood sugar, diuresis and cooling blood, relieving fatigue, clearing the heart, and replenishing qi. Because bitter melon contains quinine, it has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing dampness and relieving itching. It can be used to treat heat poisoning, boils, prickly heat, eczema and other diseases. Therefore, eating bitter melon appropriately can be of great help in clearing dampness and heat from the body.
2. Loquat
Loquat is a common fruit in the south. It has a sweet and sour taste and rich nutritional value. In particular, it is rich in fructose, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and other trace elements. Eating more of it is very helpful for body maintenance. Regarding the question of what kind of fruit is good for people with heavy dampness, eating more loquats has a good effect, because loquat has the effects of relieving coughs and moisturizing the lungs, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, and its effect of removing dampness is also very good.
3. Green tea:
Green tea also has a good dehumidification effect. Because green tea is not fermented, which means it has not been oxidized, it retains the original taste of the fresh leaves to the greatest extent, and almost all of the caffeine, tea polyphenols and other components in the tea are retained. Therefore, people with heavy humidity may wish to drink more green tea, such as Biluochun, Longjing, and Huangshan Maofeng, which are all delicious green teas.
In addition, you can also try some medicinal and dietary remedies, such as:
(1) Papaya and lean meat soup
Ingredients: papaya, lean meat 250 grams, half-cooked barley, Polygonatum odoratum, Huaishan
Method: Peel, core and wash the papaya and cut into pieces. Put the lean meat into boiling water and cook for five minutes, then take out the supercooled water. Bring an appropriate amount of water to a boil, add all the ingredients, and simmer for 3 hours. Season with salt when the soup is ready.
Efficacy: diuresis and dampness, removing heat and moisturizing, harmonizing Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, moisturizing the intestines and laxative, and is also helpful for eczema.
(2) Winter melon and lentil soup
Ingredients: soybean sprouts, winter melon, fried lentils, lean meat, and a slice of ginger.
Method: Wash the winter melon, remove the skin and flesh, and cut into large pieces. Wash soybean sprouts and lentils. Boil the lean meat in boiling water for 5 minutes, take it out and wash it. Bring an appropriate amount of water to a boil, add all the ingredients, bring to a boil, simmer over low heat for 2 hours, and season with salt.
Efficacy: relieve heat, remove dampness, strengthen the spleen, and stop diarrhea.
Of course, it is not enough to rely on diet alone to remove dampness. As mentioned earlier, besides diet, dampness in the body also has a lot to do with living habits and the environment. Therefore, in addition to eating less cold drinks and spicy and cold foods, you should also pay attention to strengthening exercise to improve the body's metabolism. Pay attention to keeping the living environment dry and clean, so as to better treat and improve the situation of heavy moisture.
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