What fruits should I eat to treat dampness and poison?

The disease of dampness and toxins is mainly caused by excessive moisture in the body, which causes poisoning symptoms. We can treat the disease by removing moisture, and the best way to remove dampness is through exercise and food treatment. For food treatment, we can eat some apples, grapefruits, grapes, etc., which all have the effect of removing dampness. Regarding the diet of patients with dampness and toxicity, we can learn about the contents introduced in the article.

Most fruits have the function of removing dampness and toxins from the body. Common fruits include apples, grapefruits, grapes, etc.

Foods that remove dampness

1. White lentils

White lentils are slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste and rich in 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.

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, and reducing swelling and detoxification.

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.

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.