What to do if you have dampness during pregnancy

Dampness belongs to the concept of disease in traditional Chinese medicine. People with heavy dampness will feel sore and heavy in their calves when they wake up in the morning. Heavy dampness often results in unformed stools, but it certainly won’t have a big impact on ordinary people. But if this situation occurs during pregnancy, one would naturally worry that it would have an adverse effect on the development of the fetus. So, what should you do if you have dampness during pregnancy? Let’s look at the solution below.

1. Eat a light and moderate diet

The gastrointestinal system is related to the metabolism of nutrients and water. The best way is to eat a moderate and balanced diet. Oily foods such as alcohol, milk, fatty and sweet foods are difficult to digest and can easily cause gastrointestinal bloating and inflammation. Sweets and fried foods will cause the body to produce peroxides, aggravating the inflammatory response.

Raw and cold food, ice cream or cold vegetables and fruits will cause the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines to stagnate, and should not be consumed frequently, such as lettuce, salad, watermelon, cabbage, bitter gourd, etc. It is best to add onions and ginger when cooking to reduce the cold nature of the vegetables.

2. Avoid humidity in the environment

The generation of moisture in our body is not only due to our own metabolic problems, but also largely related to the environment. If you often stay in a humid, cold environment, it is easy for moisture to invade the body. In daily life, you should pay attention to the following matters: Do not sleep directly on the floor, as the floor is very humid and can easily invade the body and cause soreness in the limbs. 2. Reduce going out on wet and rainy days; do not wear wet clothes, do not cover yourself with a wet quilt, dry your body thoroughly and blow dry your hair after taking a shower; if the humidity in the room is very high, it is recommended to open windows more often for ventilation.

If the humidity outside is also very high, you can also turn on fans and air conditioners to use these appliances to maintain air convection.

3. Use onions, ginger and garlic

Onions, ginger and garlic are not only commonly used seasonings in the home, but also have irreplaceable medicinal value. For example, we can try to cook a bowl of hot and spicy ginger soup at home, and use the wonderful effect of ginger soup to disperse the moisture in the body. After sweating all over the body, the symptoms will be relieved. This method is also suitable for preventing colds after being caught in the rain.

4. Cook barley porridge and yam soup

In fact, there are many foods we often eat that can help remove moisture from the body. For example, coix seed is sweet, mild and slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of diuresis and swelling, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, clearing away heat and discharging pus; red beans are flat in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, diuresis and swelling. Eating coix seed and red beans after cooking them in water can have a diuretic and dehumidifying effect, and can even have a beauty effect.