What to eat to treat skirt tongue

Skirt tongue is actually a symptom in traditional Chinese medicine. The occurrence of skirt tongue is mainly caused by heavy moisture in the body. In fact, if we have skirt tongue, we don't necessarily have to take medicine to treat it. If we can eliminate the moisture in the body, the skirt tongue will naturally disappear. But many people don’t know how to get rid of dampness. Today we will talk about what to eat to treat skirt tongue.

Dampness is one of the six pathogenic evils along with wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire. It is the nemesis of health and the cause and accomplice of many diseases.

In daily life, many people find that their stool is shapeless, runny, and stuck to the smooth toilet wall after going to the toilet. It is difficult to flush and they have to use a lot of toilet paper to wipe their butts clean. If it is the weekend, after they have gone to the toilet with great effort, they can continue to stay in bed. If you continue to observe, they are mostly accompanied by symptoms such as drowsiness, fatigue, greasy face, sticky body, etc.

Is this normal? Or does it mean that the body is sick?

Traditional Chinese medicine says that loose stools occur when the spleen is weak. Chinese people were supposed to eat whole grains, but now they mainly eat meat. If they continue to do this for a long time, it will harm the spleen and stomach. Therefore, unformed stool means spleen deficiency, and also means that there is dampness in the body.

The typical characteristic of dampness is stickiness, so watery stools that are difficult to flush away are the most obvious characteristics of heavy dampness. Dampness can be divided into damp-heat and cold-dampness. When it encounters heat, it is damp heat; when it encounters cold, it is damp cold. Therefore, moisture exists in our body all year round, regardless of the season, and is extremely harmful. Excessive dampness does not just cause loose stools, the scary thing is yet to come.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "dampness" can cause and worsen a variety of diseases, and many diseases in life are related to dampness.

Dampness can also greatly affect a person's appearance, which can manifest itself in the appearance of spots and acne on the skin, and dullness and yellowness; it can manifest itself in the body shape as edema, obesity, and a potbelly; it can manifest itself in the mental complexion as listlessness, fatigue, and weakness.

Why does dampness cause many diseases?

Let's first look at the typical symptoms of dampness:

The stool is watery and unformed, and urination is difficult. (There is a problem with gastrointestinal excretion) Chest tightness and phlegm in the throat. (Weak lungs) I sweat as soon as I eat, and I sweat all over when it’s a little hot. I feel very sleepy every day and can never get enough sleep. Dizziness and drowsiness. (Indicating Qi deficiency and insufficient Yang Qi) Weight increases year by year, and the patient becomes obese and edematous. Thin people can also have a small belly. (This indicates spleen deficiency, because spleen deficiency is the main cause of obesity) Stomach bloating and stomach discomfort, eating more will cause indigestion and a big belly. (Weak stomach) Functional decline, lack of interest in sexual intercourse, male impotence and premature ejaculation. (Kidney Deficiency)

There are many other symptoms of dampness, but from the above 6 we can see that the symptoms of heavy dampness in the body are exactly the symptoms that a person has spleen deficiency, qi deficiency, weak stomach, kidney deficiency, weak lungs, and problems with gastrointestinal excretion. When many important organs of the body are invaded by moisture, they naturally suffer from various diseases.

To remove dampness, it is necessary to solve multiple problems of the human body, but ordinary red bean and coix seed powder cannot achieve that effect at all, so even if you drink it for a lifetime it will not solve the problem.

Several simple methods to judge moisture

Backache and joint pain

Dry mouth, bitter taste, bad breath

Oily hair and shiny face

Excessive phlegm, cough, sore throat

I feel sticky all over and don't feel refreshed.

The tongue has serrations on the edge, commonly known as "skirt tongue", and the tongue coating is thick and white

If you have any of the above symptoms, you should pay attention, as it means there is dampness in your body.

The following 12 dehumidifying foods can effectively help the body expel moisture.

1. White lentils

The first recommendation is the large white lentil, which is known as the "longevity bean". White lentils are slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste, and rich in nutrients: in addition to carbohydrates, every 100 grams contains 28 grams of protein, 116 milligrams of calcium, and a variety of other nutrients. It has the functions of harmonizing the stomach and eliminating dampness, strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, and stopping diarrhea. It is mainly used to treat spleen deficiency diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, and red and white vaginal discharge.

White lentils are ideal for nourishing the spleen and removing dampness, but they are not easy to cook. You can use a pressure cooker to cook them, and soaking them in advance will make them easier to soften.

2. Barley

Job's tears have the effects of diuresis and swelling, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing arthralgia, clearing away heat and discharging pus. It is a commonly used diuretic and dampness-injecting medicine. Good coix seeds have a medicinal taste, without any musty smell or hair. Job's tears can be cooked into porridge with red beans. It is just job's tears and red beans without adding rice. Drink the water and eat the beans. If you persist for a long time, you will see the effect. Alternatively, you can wash the coix seeds, dry them, and fry them in a pan, dry-frying them in an iron pan just like you would fry sesame seeds. You can eat coix seed alone or grind it into powder with a grinder at home and drink it like sesame paste, which is better than cooking it into porridge.

3. Red Beans

Red beans can replenish blood and also remove dampness. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, red beans are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and dampness, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Drinking water boiled with red beans, or boiling water with black beans and mung beans, can effectively expel moisture from the body. Red beans can also be used to make bean paste, porridge, and desserts, but be careful not to buy adzuki beans. Those beans are medicinal and can cause poisoning if eaten too much. They are easily confused with red beans.

4. Corn silk leaves

Pick clean corn silks and corn leaves and boil them in water. Boil them for a while and then drink the water. However, it is best not to drink it before going to bed, because the diuretic effect can easily continue in the body while sleeping, resulting in the dampness not being removed but becoming more serious. When corn is harvested in autumn, you can get some more silk leaves, dry them and drink them for a year, so you don’t have to go without corn during the season when there is no corn.

5. Yam

Yam does not have the direct effect of dehumidifying, but it can nourish the spleen and indirectly help expel moisture from the body. Yam can be fried, stewed, made into a snack, or steamed and dipped in sugar. It is better to choose yam made of iron stick, which can be used as both medicine and food. It is better for tonifying the spleen and replenishing qi, which is better than ordinary household yam.

6. Chili

Pepper has high nutritional value and is rich in carotene, protein, fat, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. In addition, chili peppers contain a substance called capsaicin, which can speed up your heartbeat, dilate your pores, dilate and thicken your skin capillaries, and cause blood to flow to the body surface, making the whole body feel warm.

If you have a lot of moisture in your body, you might as well eat more chili peppers. It can supplement vitamin C and dehumidify at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. It is best to eat the kind that is not too spicy, otherwise it will cause troublesome to get a sore throat. Green pepper or ordinary red pepper is fine. Don't eat chili sauce, which usually contains more than just chili peppers. It may also contain other things to increase the spiciness.

7. Mung Bean Sprouts

The nutritional value of mung bean sprouts is also not inferior. It not only contains protein, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, but also contains rich vitamins, especially vitamin C.

Although mung bean sprouts and soybean sprouts are both cold and sweet, they have different effects. Mung bean sprouts have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting diuresis and removing dampness. It is suitable for patients with excessive drinking, damp-heat stagnation, dry mouth and thirst, red and hot urine, constipation, red and swollen eyes, etc. Soybean sprouts have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, lowering blood pressure and beautifying the skin.

8. Daylily

Daylily is a perennial herb with delicious, tender texture and rich nutrition. It contains abundant pollen, sugar, protein, vitamin C, calcium, fat, carotene, amino acids and other nutrients necessary for the human body. The carotene it contains is even several times more than that of tomatoes. It has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting dampness removal, promoting diuresis, strengthening the stomach and digestion, improving eyesight, calming the nerves, stopping bleeding, promoting lactation, and reducing swelling.

9. Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi, also known as turnip, mustard, and mustard cabbage, is a variety of mustard and is a root mustard. It has a compact texture, little water, high fiber content, and a strong mustard flavor with a slight bitter taste.

Mustard vegetables have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, antibacterial and detumescent, can resist infection and prevent the occurrence of diseases, inhibit the toxicity of bacterial toxins and promote wound healing.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kohlrabi is mild in nature, bitter, spicy and sweet in taste, enters the stomach, liver and kidney meridians, can promote diuresis and dehumidification, promote the body's water and electrolyte balance, and has the effects of appetizing, relieving gas, removing dampness and detoxifying. It is suitable for treating indigestion, thirst, heat-toxic edema and other diseases. Kohlrabi has a good flavor and can be used as a food substitute, cooked, or salted.