Coffee contains caffeine, which can inhibit the effect of antidiuretic hormone, and achieve diuretic effect and eliminate edema.
Oedema occurs when excess fluid builds up in the interstitial spaces. Liu Shanru, a TCM physician at Ru Ritang Chinese Medicine Clinic, said that more exercise can help the lymphatic water return faster. In terms of diet, eggs, coffee and ginger have the effect of improving edema. Liu Shanru also shared the recipe of “coffee eggs” for the public’s reference.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the water movement of the body is closely related to the lung, spleen, kidney, and bladder, and involves the human body’s respiratory system, sweating function, digestive system, and excretion function. Affects the body’s water metabolism, causing edema.
Traditional Chinese medicine can be divided into two categories: “Yang water” and “Yin water” according to edema and accompanying symptoms. Yang water is a positive evidence (interference by external environmental factors), which is mostly caused by the feeling of wind and dampness. (Body internal environment problems), mostly due to weak spleen, lung and kidney functions, the onset is slow, mostly edema below half the body, press the depression, the treatment is mainly to warm the yang and replenish the qi, strengthen the spleen and help the movement.
Eggs are sweet and flat in nature, can nourish yin, moisten dryness and nourish blood, and can be used for the weak and weak. The taste of coffee is slightly bitter, astringent, neutral in nature, can refresh the mind, diuretic, and invigorate the stomach. Ginger is acrid and warm in nature.
From the perspective of modern nutrients, eggs are rich in protein, which can supplement the protein in the blood vessels, maintain a normal “colloid osmotic pressure”, and prevent excessive water from moving away from the blood vessels;
Coffee contains caffeine, which can inhibit the effect of antidiuretic hormone and achieve a diuretic effect. When the body has sufficient water, it can help to expel excess sodium ions; while ginger’s gingerols and zingerenes Phenol can promote vasodilation, sweat gland secretion, and improve edema through perspiration.
Coffee Eggs
Materials: 4 eggs, 400ml instant black coffee, 2 slices ginger, 3 grams salt.
Methods:
1. Add eggs to instant black coffee, boil for 3 minutes, and soak for 10 minutes.
2. Use an iron spoon to crack the eggshell.
3. Add salt and ginger, and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
“Coffee Egg” is suitable for people with yang deficiency constitution. You can also put the egg together with the coffee to cool and then refrigerate for 1 night. Reheat it before eating, and the coffee taste of the egg will be stronger. In addition to diet control, exercise can also speed up the return of lymphatic water and effectively improve the edema problem.
