What is Yin deficiency and fire excess?

Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire is a disease in traditional Chinese medicine. It mainly refers to a relatively fast metabolism and frequent getting inflamed. It can also cause poor skin complexion, mouth ulcers, and constipation. These are all common typical symptoms of Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire. If Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire occur, timely adjustment should be made, a lighter diet should be adopted, adequate rest should be ensured, and moderate exercise on a regular basis can also have a good improvement effect.

What is Yin deficiency and fire excess?

1. Weight loss

People with Yin deficiency have strong stomach fire. They can eat and drink, but their metabolism is fast, so no matter how much they eat, they will not gain weight. They have a lean body and loose muscles.

2. Insomnia

People with Yin deficiency suffer from internal fire attacking the heart, often feeling chest tightness, emotional instability, poor concentration, and easily startled and insomnia at night.

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3. Plain skin

People with Yin deficiency have skin that lacks moisture, is dry and dull, has a poor complexion, is easily irritated, often develops mouth ulcers, has a red tongue, and often suffers from constipation.

4. Dizziness and fatigue

If there is less body fluid, nutrients will not flow smoothly and will be consumed by the strong fire, leading to symptoms such as physical weakness, dizziness and fatigue.

5. Feet feel hot

People with Yin deficiency have excessive fire in their bodies, which leads to "heat in the five hearts". Their body temperature is normal, but their palms and soles are hot, even in winter.

6. Other symptoms

Hot flashes in the afternoon, or fever at night, unwillingness to wear clothes due to fever, heat in the palms and soles of feet, or hot flashes due to bone steaming, irritability, insomnia, frequent dreams, red cheeks, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, dry and hard stools, scanty and yellow urine, dry and red tongue or cracked tongue, no or little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. Or accompanied by recurrent oral ulcers, pain, dizziness, back pain and fatigue, etc.

What to eat to treat Yin deficiency and excessive fire

Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire is a diagnosis made in traditional Chinese medicine. It is mainly treated with traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. It is recommended to nourish Yin and clear away heat. At the same time, you should adjust your mentality, keep your emotions stable and calm.

For people with Yin deficiency and excessive fire, the symptoms are likely to be aggravated in the hot, dry and rainless summer. The following dietary therapy is recommended to nourish Yin and regulate the spleen and stomach:

1. Asparagus porridge

60 grams of asparagus and 100 grams of rice. Fry the asparagus into a thick juice, remove the residue, add it to rice and cook into porridge, and eat it for breakfast.

2. Raw Rehmannia glutinosa porridge

150 ml of raw Rehmannia juice (or 150 ml of concentrated juice of dried Rehmannia), 100 grams of rice. Cook rice into porridge, add Rehmannia juice when the porridge is cooked, stir well and eat.

3. Lily porridge

50 grams of fresh lily, 100 grams of rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. First cook the rice into porridge, then add the lily when it is almost cooked, cook until done, and season with rock sugar before eating. If there are no fresh lilies, you can use 30 grams of dried lily powder and cook it with rice into porridge.