Post Date December, 03 2023
Exercise is the key
Exercise can relieve stress, activate the functioning of body organs, and accelerate the discharge of moisture from the body.
Modern people are more brainy and consume less physical energy, coupled with long expectations in closed air-conditioned rooms, where they rarely sweat, and their body's ability to regulate humidity has deteriorated. Try running, walking, swimming, yoga, tai chi, and any other "wheezing and sweating" exercise that helps activate the qi and blood circulation and enhance water metabolism.
Eat a light and moderate diet
The gastrointestinal system is critical to nutrition and water metabolism, and the best way is to eat an appropriate and balanced diet.
Oily foods such as wine, milk, and fatty, sweet, and thick flavors are not easily digested, which can easily cause gastrointestinal stuffiness and inflammation. Sweets and fried foods can cause the body to produce peroxides, exacerbating inflammation. Chinese medicine believes that raw and cold foods, ice products, or cold fruits and vegetables can cause gastrointestinal digestion and absorption to stagnate, and should not be consumed in unlimited amounts.
For example, lettuce salad, watermelon, Chinese cabbage, balsam pear, etc., it is best to add scallions and ginger when cooking to reduce the cold nature of vegetables.
Add a dish to dispel dampness: red bean barley, pumpkin yam
Coix seed, known as "Coix seed" in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed as the top grade in the "Shennong Materia Medica Classic". It can treat dampness and arthralgia, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and take it for a long time to lighten the body and replenish qi. Red beans, known as "red beans" in traditional Chinese medicine, also have obvious effects on promoting water retention, reducing swelling, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Because it is red, it enters the heart, so it can also nourish the heart.
Modern people have high mental pressure, deficiency of heart qi, improper diet, little exercise, and excessive dampness due to spleen deficiency. It is necessary to dispel dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, especially for barley and red beans. The purpose of boiling it into Congee is to make its effective ingredients fully absorbed by the human body, without any burden on the spleen and stomach.
Regarding the "detumescence" effect of Job's tears and red beans, not only refers to edema, but also obesity. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, whether it's obesity or edema, it means there's moisture in the body. "Water cannot flow with qi and blood, and remains between human cells, causing the body to expand rapidly.". This is true of edema, and so is obesity, but only to a certain extent. Drugs or foods with strong dehumidification properties can remove these stagnant fluids from the body, which can also reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema, and practice has proved that job's tears and red beans Congee has a good weight loss effect, which can lose weight without hurting the body, especially for middle-aged and elderly obese people.
Yam or pumpkin can be added to the job's tears and red beans Congee.
"Chinese yam has a sweet and gentle taste, and can benefit the qi and spleen. Its amylase, polyphenol oxidase, and other substances are beneficial to the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach. It can be used as both medicine and food.". In addition, yams themselves contain almost no fat; It contains a large amount of mucin that can prevent fat deposition in the cardiovascular system, prevent arteriosclerosis, enhance human immune function, delay cell aging, and have a strong kidney effect.
Pumpkin is rich in carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and other ingredients. It is a master of stomach building and digestion. Its pectin can protect the gastrointestinal mucosa from the stimulation of rough food, and is suitable for people with stomach diseases. In addition, the ingredients contained in pumpkin can also promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis, and help food digestion.
