In May, there is plenty of rain, plenty of sunshine, and the temperature is getting higher. In the early summer, people’s health care should conform to the phenological changes in nature, so as to “accompany the four seasons and adapt to the cold and heat” and “accept the weather and become enlightened”.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that emotional instability and frequent anger; excessive use of the brain, excessive thinking; irregular life, long-term staying up late, etc., can easily deplete the body’s qi and blood. If a person wants to be energetic and have sufficient qi and blood, first of all, the function of the spleen and stomach should be good. The spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry. Once there is a problem, it is difficult to convert food and drink into subtle substances and transport them to the whole body. In summer, it is easy for dampness to attack the body, which leads to the clustering of diseases. Here are some herbal diets and acupoints that can dispel dampness, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach in summer.
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We now recommend two spleen-invigorating and damp-dampening herbal diets for you to choose from.
Ingredients: fresh lotus leaves 1 sheet, 100g rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: Wash and shred fresh lotus leaves. Wash the rice clean. Pour water into the pot, add rice and lotus leaf shreds, cook into porridge, add a little rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy:Lotus leaf porridge can clear the summer heat and remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for People with symptoms such as loss of appetite and abdominal fullness are especially suitable for friends who are overweight and prone to edema. It should be noted that people with symptoms such as cold hands and feet, chills and other symptoms should not eat it, and diabetic patients should eat it with caution.
Ingredients: dried tangerine peel Coix seed 50g, appropriate amount of sugar.
Practice:Wash the dried tangerine peel and coix seed, put it in a pot, add a proper amount of water, boil and change to low heat Cook for about 30 minutes. Remove the residue and extract the juice, add an appropriate amount of sugar to taste and serve.
Efficacy: Coix seed has the functions of invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, diuresis and swelling, clearing heat and expelling pus. Hot medicine. Chenpi has the effect of strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, which can increase appetite, promote digestion, and relieve qi stagnation and vomiting. This soup is suitable for those suffering from heat dampness, loss of appetite, disharmony of the spleen and stomach, indigestion, abdominal distention, vomiting and diarrhea.
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In addition to diet to remove dampness, you can also massage or moxibustion the following acupuncture points. Invigorating the spleen and removing dampness.
Location: On the outside of the calf, the midpoint between the eye of the knee and the tip of the lateral malleolus, that is, 8 inches above the tip of the lateral malleolus, two transverse fingers away from the anterior border of the tibia.
Massage efficacy: Fenglong acupoint is the main acupuncture point for clinical “expelling phlegm”, which has the function of dispelling dampness and removing phlegm. The effect, together with Zusanli long-term insistence on massage, can clear the turbidity and dampness.
Location:Yinlingquan It is located on the inner side of the calf, in the depression on the inner side of the tibia below the knee, opposite to Yanglingquan.
Massage efficacy: Yinlingquan is the joint point of the spleen meridian of the foot and Taiyin, which can strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and dispel dampness , Tongli Sanjiao, the effect of reducing swelling and diuresis.
Location:Chengshan is located in the middle of the back of the calf, between Weizhong and Kunlun. When the calf is straightened or the heel is raised, the gastrocnemius appears under the abdomen This point is in the depression of the sharp corner.
Massage benefits:Chengshan point is on the bladder meridian of Foot Taiyang One of the key points for removing dampness, it can stimulate the yang qi of the bladder meridian and expel the body moisture. It is also a commonly used point for the treatment of calf cramps, leg cramps, prolapse of the anus, hemorrhoids and other diseases.
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