Does stickiness remove moisture?

I believe everyone is familiar with dampness. Many people suffer from dampness in their bodies to varying degrees. When the body has too much moisture, various physical discomforts will occur, such as acne on the face, itchy skin, bad breath, etc., which seriously affect normal life and work. There are many ways to eliminate moisture. So how do you know that the body is eliminating moisture? Generally speaking, after detoxification and moisture removal, the facial skin will become smooth and tender. If the bowel movement is normal, the color of the tongue coating will also be normal.

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.

The following can further accurately determine whether there is moisture in your body:

1. The stool is thin and unformed, and urination is difficult. (There is a problem with gastrointestinal excretion)

2. Chest tightness and phlegm in the throat (weak lungs).

3. Feeling sleepy, weak, and listless, and never getting enough sleep. Dizziness and drowsiness. (Indicating Qi deficiency and insufficient Yang Qi)

4. Weight increases year by year, causing obesity and edema. People who are on the thin side may also have a small belly (indicating spleen deficiency, because spleen deficiency is the main cause of obesity).

5. Stomach bloating, stomach discomfort, eating too much will cause indigestion, and a big belly (weak stomach)

6. Functional decline, lack of interest in sexual intercourse, male impotence and premature ejaculation. (Kidney Deficiency)

From this it can be seen that the symptoms of heavy dampness in the body are: spleen deficiency, qi deficiency, kidney deficiency, and weak lungs.

There are three simplest ways to judge moisture:

1. The edge of the tongue is serrated, commonly known as "skirt tongue". Thick white tongue coating.

2. Oily hair and shiny face.

3. Do you feel sticky all over and always feel uncomfortable?

If you meet 1-2 of the symptoms of dampness, you must get rid of the dampness as soon as possible. If you meet many of them, it definitely means that you are suffering from deteriorating health and getting rid of the dampness is urgent. Otherwise, the troublesome dampness will rob you of your wonderful life and leave you full of illnesses. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "dampness" can cause and worsen a variety of diseases. Many people suffer from fatty liver, asthma, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, allergic rhinitis, pharyngitis, gynecological diseases, and even malignant tumors. In fact, these diseases are all related to dampness. An old saying goes, "A thousand colds are easy to get rid of, but dampness is hard to remove. Dampness is sticky and turbid, like oil in flour." This means that dampness is extremely difficult to get rid of. Moreover, nine out of ten people suffer from dampness, and almost everyone needs dehumidification.

The following 10 things are most harmful to the spleen and stomach, increase moisture, and it is best to avoid them

1. Eating too much cold drinks. Drinking cold drinks and beer without restraint will cause cold air to enter the body. Cold damages the spleen, and common symptoms include a greasy white tongue coating, abdominal pain and diarrhea in mild cases, and nausea and vomiting in severe cases.

2. Blowing the air conditioner too hard The cold wind from the air conditioner is external cold, which is also bad for the spleen and stomach. Many people are prone to stomach pain or even diarrhea in air-conditioned or electric fan environments, which are all related to external cold invading the spleen and stomach.

3. Wearing clothes that expose the waist and abdomen. Many fashionable girls wear clothes that expose the belly. The price of keeping up with fashion is damage to the spleen and stomach. Exposing the waist and abdomen will cause the two important acupoints, Shenque and Mingmen, to be invaded by cold evil, which will not only damage the spleen and stomach, but also the kidneys and bones.

4. Drinking too much herbal tea For people whose spleen and stomach are already weak and cold, drinking too much herbal tea is just "adding insult to injury". It is not suitable to drink herbal tea for a long time. Women during menstruation, expectant mothers, postpartum women and young children should not drink too much.

5. Not eating staple foods. Many people have poor appetite and do not like to eat staple foods. If you have a poor appetite, you can eat some appetizers, such as Sichuan pickles, or cook some health-preserving porridge, such as mung bean and barley porridge, yam, lentil and rice porridge, sweet potato and oatmeal porridge, etc., which are all good choices.

6. Only eat vegetables raw, do not cook them. Cooking in the kitchen on a hot day is a torture, so many people choose to eat cold dishes without turning on the stove or eat them raw. However, cold dishes are cold and difficult to digest when eaten raw, which can harm the spleen and stomach.

7. Addicted to spicy and heavy flavors. On the streets at night, spicy crayfish, malatang and other heavy-flavor snacks are the favorites of many people. However, eating too much will irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, which can easily cause stomach fire and mouth ulcers. At this time, you can drink some mung bean soup or eat some watermelon to clear the heat.

8. Drinking a lot of alcohol will also irritate the gastric mucosa, increase the burden on the liver, and is extremely harmful to the spleen and stomach.

9. Eat one meal hungry and one meal full. The spleen and stomach like a regular life. Eating at regular times and in regular amounts, and chewing slowly are the keys to maintaining the spleen and stomach. If you often eat one meal and skip the next, eat while walking, or talk while eating, it will inevitably lead to weak spleen and stomach over time, making you prone to diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers.

10. Often staying up late Many people are used to going to bed late. Staying up late will damage the yin and easily lead to yin deficiency and qi deficiency, which will not only harm the spleen and stomach, but also the five internal organs. If you want to maintain your health, you must have a good "midnight nap", that is, you should go to bed no later than 11 o'clock at night and take another half an hour nap at noon, which is beneficial to your health.