It is well known that one of the most important and effective weight loss methods is the diet adjustment method, which essentially means controlling caloric intake while eating foods that can detoxify and promote digestion. In terms of traditional Chinese medicine diet, some delicacies are very helpful for detoxification and weight loss. So what are the common weight loss diets in traditional Chinese medicine? What are the common Chinese medicinal materials for healthy weight loss?

1. Common Chinese medicine for weight loss

Cucumbers mixed with vinegar

5 tender cucumbers, appropriate amounts of vinegar, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil. Wash the cucumber, cut into long strips, marinate for 20 minutes, remove the water, and mix well with refined salt, monosodium glutamate, vinegar, sesame oil and a small amount of sugar. Eat as a cold dish. Clear away heat and diuresis, lose weight. Suitable for simple obesity.

Lotus leaf porridge

1 piece of fresh lotus leaf (about 200 grams), 100 grams of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the rice and add water to make porridge. When it is almost cooked, wash the fresh lotus leaves and cover the porridge, simmer for about 15 minutes, remove the lotus leaves, the porridge will turn light green, and cook for a while. Add sugar when taking it, and it can be eaten at any time. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting body fluids, quenching thirst, lowering fat and losing weight.

Winter melon and coix seed porridge

150 grams of winter melon and 50 grams of coix kernels. Cut the winter melon into small pieces, add water and boil with coix kernels until cooked. Once a day, with a meal. Strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, eliminate cellulite and lose weight. Suitable for obesity and weight loss and bodybuilding.

Three fresh winter melons

500 grams of winter melon, 30 grams of cooked ham, 25 grams each of winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms, chopped green onion, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, pepper, chicken juice, water bean powder, sesame oil , refined lard each appropriate amount. Slice the winter melon, blanch it in a pot of boiling water until just cooked, and then pick it up. Cut the cooked ham, winter bamboo shoots, and mushrooms into thin slices; put the wok on medium heat, add lard and heat until 30% hot, add the winter melon, ham, winter bamboo shoots, and mushroom slices and stir-fry, then add chicken juice, refined salt, pepper noodles, and MSG Cook until soft and cooked, then thicken with water soybean flour, add chopped green onion, drizzle with sesame oil, stir evenly and serve. Serve with food. Eliminate cellulite and relieve fatigue, lose weight and strengthen muscles. Suitable for nutritional obesity.

Several common Chinese medicines commonly used for weight loss

Lotus leaf

Modern research results of traditional Chinese medicine show that lotus leaf has the effect of lowering blood lipids. Lotus leaf decoction is used to treat hyperlipidemia. A course of treatment lasts for 20 days. The total effective rate of lowering cholesterol reaches 91.3%, of which 37.8% is markedly effective. There are reports that the alkaloids in lotus leaves have blood-lipid-lowering effects and are often used clinically to treat obesity. Lotus leaf has the advantages of safe use, accurate dosage, and no toxic or side effects. It is an ideal choice for people with "three highs", middle-aged and elderly friends, and women who love beauty to lose weight and maintain health.

Bupleurum

Bupleurum is bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature. It enters the liver and kidney meridians and has the effects of soothing the liver and promoting gallbladder, dispersing qi and relieving depression, and dispersing fire. The unique saponin components in Bupleurum have lipid-lowering effects.

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature. It is good at clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing fire and removing dampness. It is especially suitable for taking in summer, but it is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.

Wheat germ

When you are full or eat too much meat, you are prone to abdominal distension or even discomfort. Malt can digest food, break the air conditioner, and relieve bloating in the heart and stomach. Promote normal body metabolism and maintain a healthy weight. In addition to weight loss, it is more important to beautify the body shape. Many people suffer from bloating and protruding lower abdomen due to food stagnation. Malt has a remarkable effect on the lower belly.

2. Common sense about healthy weight loss

1. Eating smaller meals more often will not necessarily lead to weight loss

Eating smaller meals more frequently is a diet method that many girls choose to lose weight. In fact, this method is based on the fact that some girls have a relatively strong metabolism and always feel hungry. If you reduce the calories in each meal and increase the frequency of meals, you can ensure that the calories do not exceed the standard and you are not tortured by hunger. But it doesn’t mean that every girl who eats smaller meals more frequently will lose weight. If the ingredients you choose are high in calories, frequent meals will actually increase your weight. If your own metabolism is not strong, eating small meals often will increase the metabolic burden and make obesity worse.

2. Vegetables and fruits are not the most effective way to lose weight

Some girls who have successfully lost weight understand that vegetables and fruits cannot be eaten as staple food for a long time because the body lacks lipids, proteins and Minerals, metabolism will be reduced, which is detrimental to weight loss.

3. Don’t think that you won’t gain weight if you eat too much and exercise.

During the weight loss period, it is always inevitable that you will want to eat taboo high-calorie foods, and you really can’t help but eat more. Many girls will exercise desperately, trying to use the calories consumed by exercise to offset the calories in the food they eat. In fact, if the food you eat does not have a lot of calories, there is no need to increase the amount of exercise. Because this will make the weight loss plan more chaotic. When you really can't control your food addiction, you can snack on your favorite foods, which is beneficial to weight loss.

4. The greater the amount of exercise, the better the effect is not necessarily better

Exercise can burn fat, so exercise more at one time, so that the weight loss effect will be better. Many girls think so, so they exercise overload every time. Doing so will destroy the body's metabolic balance and lead to muscle and bone strain in the long run. Exercise to lose weight should also be done step by step, especially for girls who rarely exercise. They must exercise according to the limit of what their body can bear.

5. Staying up late is the enemy of weight loss

If there was a ranking list for destroying metabolic rate, then staying up late would definitely be at the top of the list. Young girls have a relatively strong metabolic capacity. Maybe you think it’s okay to stay up late occasionally, but if staying up late becomes a habit and you don’t get enough sleep every day, your metabolism will begin to decline rapidly. Staying up late will definitely not help you lose weight. It will only cause endocrine disorders and a decrease in metabolism, which is the enemy of weight loss.

6. Don’t ignore the impact of emotional stress on weight loss

Life is becoming more and more stressful, but many girls ignore the negative impact of emotion and stress on weight loss. If you find that you eat more when you are upset, and you are also emotional and have difficulty falling asleep, then you must be vigilant. You have a body that is easily affected by emotions. Experts remind that getting close to nature, singing loudly, writing diaries or talking are all good ways to reduce stress. Don't turn depression into appetite.

7. Don’t let yourself go hungry

There is a saying in China: “One table is full for three meals.” Usually after a big meal, starvation follows. Why is missing a meal a bad thing? Let us imagine that you are trapped in a prison, and the guard will only give you food when he thinks of you. Then, when a meal is delivered, what will you do? How to do it? Store food! Because you never know when you will have food next time. In the same way, if you often eat a big meal and then go hungry again, your body will form the inertia of storing food, which will directly cause us to gain weight.

8. Be sure to eat breakfast

Breakfast is very important to us, it is a metabolism booster. Within eight hours after eating breakfast, fat burning in the body will accelerate. If this first meal is omitted, the body's metabolism will be destroyed throughout the day, and the consequences can be imagined.

9. Chew slowly when eating.

You must know that whether you are full or not is not what your stomach tells you, but your brain sends a signal to you that you have eaten enough food. . Unfortunately, there is a 20-minute delay in the connection between your brain and your body, meaning you won't feel it until 20 minutes after you've actually eaten. The faster you eat, the more you'll eat because you don't give your brain a chance to tell you you're full. Therefore, you should still chew slowly when eating.

10. Drink more water

Metabolism needs water to "burn" fat, so if you don't drink enough water, it will also make people gain weight. Under normal circumstances, a person should drink at least eight glasses of water every day! In fact, weight loss does not depend on how much you eat, but on how you eat. If you can develop good eating habits, you don't have to go on a painful diet or waste your life and money on a bunch of diet pills.