Two most effective acupoints for eliminating dampness:
Qushi point 1: Yinlingquan point
Proper stimulation of Yinlingquan point can play the role of clearing away damp-heat, strengthening spleen and regulating qi, dredging channels and activating collaterals, and can also help relieve abdominal distension, diarrhea, edema and knee pain.
Acupoint selection method: Sitting or supine posture is adopted. Yinlingquan point is located on the inner side of the calf, in the depression below the medial condyle of the tibia, between the posterior margin of the tibia and gastrocnemius muscle, and at the starting point of soleus muscle.
Qushi point 2: Diji point
Diji point has strong spasmolytic and analgesic effects, and can be used to help relieve abdominal pain, diarrhea, edema and menstrual disorders.
Acupoint selection method: It is located in the inner leg of human body, 3 inches below Yinlingquan point, that is, on the connecting line between the tip of the medial malleolus and Yinlingquan point, at the rear edge of the medial side of tibia.
Regular massage of these two dampness-removing points can improve the symptoms of heavy moisture, but if you want to completely remove moisture, you need to cooperate with other means:
1, often drink Yi Shu Tang coix seed tea, which contains coix seed and adzuki bean, all of which are very effective ingredients for eliminating dampness;
2, regular exercise can relieve stress, activate the operation of body organs, and accelerate the excretion of moisture;
3, cupping is also a good way to get rid of dampness, but you must choose a formal place to avoid being bad for your health.
Sixteen kinds of dampness-removing foods:
mung bean
It is the most commonly used food for clearing away heat and toxic materials, and has the functions of reducing blood fat and protecting liver, and it is a natural medicine for damp heat constitution people.
red bean shrub
It is a good product for diuresis, detumescence and clearing heat, especially suitable for eating in summer, which can dissipate heat and dry dampness, nourish the heart and spleen, nourish the liver and kidney.
kidney bean
It has the effects of invigorating spleen, regulating middle warmer, relieving summer heat and eliminating dampness, and is suitable for vomiting due to summer heat dampness, vomiting due to spleen deficiency, anorexia, loose stool, diarrhea edema, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, etc.
Coix Seed
It is a mild product for clearing away heat and dampness, and is often used by Chinese medicine to treat spleen deficiency diarrhea, muscle soreness, joint pain, edema, beriberi and other diseases.
cucumber
It can clear away heat and toxic materials, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and is rich in various vitamins and fibers, so it is a rare detoxification food. Cucumber can also promote metabolism, whiten skin and inhibit fat formation.
bitter gourd
It has the effects of quenching thirst, clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing away heart fire, improving eyesight, invigorating qi, relieving fatigue, tonifying kidney and diuresis. Bitter gourd contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, and contains special ingredients for clearing fat and losing weight, which can accelerate detoxification. According to the research, it also has good hypoglycemic, antiviral and anticancer effects.
wax gourd
Conducive to the effects of eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Damp heat constitution people can eat it if they have edema, fullness, excessive phlegm, heat and boredom, thirst, eczema, furuncle, etc., and can relieve alcoholism.
corn
It has the effects of regulating middle energizer, stimulating appetite, reducing turbidity and promoting diuresis, and is suitable for urinary calculi or edema of chronic nephritis, hypertension, anorexia, etc.
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onion
It has the effects of regulating stomach qi, eliminating dampness, eliminating phlegm, detoxicating and killing insects, and is suitable for chest distress, excessive cough and phlegm, and dysuria.
water parsnip
It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and is suitable for diseases such as stranguria, bleeding and leukorrhagia.
crucian
It has the effects of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, and is suitable for spleen deficiency, anorexia, weakness, thirst-quenching, edema, and dysuria.
purslane
It has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, dispersing blood and relieving swelling, and is suitable for acute enteritis, dysentery, hematuria, urinary fever, jaundice, gingivitis and other diseases.
celery
It can clear liver heat and nourish blood. In addition, celery has the effects of clearing stomach heat, promoting blood circulation, strengthening teeth and moistening throat, improving eyesight and refreshing brain, moistening lung and relieving cough. Therefore, people in damp heat constitution who are full of heat, have poor appetite and are tired and weak can often eat it.
cabbage mustard
It has the effects of eliminating phlegm, detoxicating and expelling wind, relieving summer-heat and fever, relieving fatigue, clearing heart fire and improving eyesight, moistening intestine to remove heat, relieving deficiency fire, stopping gingival bleeding, and also has adjuvant therapeutic effects on gastrointestinal heat, insomnia after staying up late, rising deficiency fire, gingival swelling and bleeding, etc.
couchgrass root
Sweet and cold, entering lung, stomach and bladder meridian. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and diuresis, and clearing lung and stomach heat. It can be used for stomach discomfort due to heat, nausea, cough and asthma due to lung heat, dysphoria in the heart, bitter taste, thirst, gingival bleeding, etc. Its effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying are mild, and it is also suitable for ordinary people to eat in summer sauna days except damp heat constitution.
lotus leaf
It has the effects of clearing summer heat, promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Modern research shows that lotus leaf also has the function of reducing blood fat, so many products for reducing weight, reducing blood fat and removing acne contain lotus leaf.
What to eat in summer to get rid of dampness?
red bean shrub
Red beans, which are cool in nature and sweet in taste, contain protein, fat, sugar, vitamin B, potassium, iron and phosphorus. Red beans can promote the activation of heart blood vessels and diuresis; People who are afraid of cold, low blood pressure, and easy to get tired often eat red beans to improve these discomforts. In addition, red beans also have the functions of invigorating stomach, promoting fluid production, eliminating dampness and benefiting qi, and are good medicinal and healthy foods.
seed of Job's tears
It is beneficial to reduce swelling, strengthen spleen and eliminate dampness, relax muscles and tendons, remove arthralgia, clear heat and expel pus, etc., and is a commonly used drug for promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness. Coix seed water is a good detoxification method. After directly boiling Coix seed with boiling water, add a little sugar to suit personal taste, which is a natural skin care product for whitening skin.
mung bean
Mung bean has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing dampness and diuresis, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. Drinking more mung bean soup is beneficial to detoxification and detumescence, but the cooking time should not be too long, so as to avoid the destruction of organic acids and vitamins and reduce the effect.
oat
Oats can relax bowels, promote the increase of feces volume and moisture, cooperate with fiber to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and play the role of relaxing bowels and detoxifying. It is a good choice to beat steamed oats into juice as a drink, and other ingredients, such as apples and raisins, can also be added when beating, which can promote defecation!
carrot
Carrots are very helpful to improve constipation, and are also rich in β-carotene, which can neutralize toxins. Fresh carrots have a better detoxification effect, because it can clear away heat and toxic materials, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, add honey and lemon juice into juice, which is delicious and thirst-quenching, and also beneficial to detoxification and dampness.
Chinese yam
Yam can clean up the digestive system, reduce subcutaneous fat deposition, avoid obesity, and increase immune function. Raw food has the best detoxification effect. You can cut peeled Baishan medicine and pineapple into small pieces and make them into juice to drink together, which has the function of invigorating the stomach and regulating the intestines.
great burdock
Burdock can promote blood circulation and metabolism, and has the effect of adjusting intestinal function. The dietary fiber contained in it can retain moisture, soften feces, help to detoxify and eliminate constipation. Can be made into burdock tea for drinking at any time.