Exercise can relieve stress, activate the operation of body organs and accelerate the excretion of water.
Modern people have more brains and less physical consumption. They wait for a long time in a closed air-conditioned room, rarely sweat, and their ability to adjust humidity becomes worse. You can try running, walking, swimming, yoga, Tai Chi and other "a little wheezing and sweating" exercises, which will help activate blood circulation and strengthen water metabolism.
A light and moderate diet
The gastrointestinal system is related to nutrition and water metabolism, and the best way is a reasonable and balanced diet.
Oily foods such as wine, milk, fat and sweetness are not easy to digest, which is easy to cause flatulence and inflammation. Sweets and fried products will make the body produce peroxide, which will aggravate the inflammatory reaction. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold food, ice products or cool fruits and vegetables will stagnate the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and should not be eaten in unlimited quantities. Such as lettuce salad, watermelon, Chinese cabbage, bitter gourd and so on. It is best to add onions and ginger when cooking to reduce the coldness of vegetables.
Add a dish for removing dampness: red beans, barley, pumpkin and yam.
Coix lachryma-jobi is called "Coix lachryma-jobi" in Chinese medicine, and Shennong Herbal Classic is listed as the top grade. Long-term administration can eliminate dampness, benefit the stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, strengthen the body and replenish qi. Red beans, known as "red beans" in Chinese medicine, also have obvious diuretic and detumescence effects and spleen and stomach strengthening effects. Because it is red, red enters the heart, so it can also nourish the heart. Modern people are nervous, lack of heart-qi, improper diet, less exercise, spleen deficiency and dampness. It is necessary to eliminate dampness, nourish the heart and strengthen the spleen and stomach. It must be barley and red beans. Boiling it into porridge is intended to make its effective components fully absorbed by the human body, while not causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.
The "detumescence" effect of coix seed and red bean refers not only to edema, but also to obesity. In traditional Chinese medicine, obesity or edema means that the body is wet. Water can't stay between human cells with the flow of qi and blood, which makes the human body expand rapidly. So is edema, so is obesity, but the degree is deep and shallow. Drugs or foods with strong dampness-removing properties can remove these accumulated water in the human body and also reduce swelling. Therefore, red beans must be used to treat edema, and practice has proved that barley red bean porridge has a good weight loss effect, which can not only lose weight but also be harmless to the body, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and obese people.
Yam or pumpkin can be added to the barley and red bean porridge.
Yam is sweet and flat, benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen. Its amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances are beneficial to digestion and absorption of spleen and stomach and can be used as medicine. In addition, yam itself contains almost no fat; It contains a lot of mucin, which can prevent fat deposition in cardiovascular system, prevent arteriosclerosis, enhance human immune function, delay cell aging and strengthen kidney.
Pumpkin is rich in carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients. He is a master of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. Its pectin can protect gastrointestinal mucosa from the stimulation of coarse food, and is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. Moreover, the ingredients contained in pumpkin can also promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis and help food digestion.