What does moisture look like?

Dampness is also known as dampness evil in traditional Chinese medicine. Dampness is quite harmful to the human body. Once dampness appears in the body, some symptoms will show, such as body aches, drowsiness, loose stools, and tooth marks on the tongue. It is important to remove dampness in time, especially in the hot summer when you sweat a lot. Many people don’t know what dampness looks like. What does dampness look like? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What does dampness look like?

1. The mental state is very bad

People with dampness usually feel heavy limbs or body or even soreness all over; they feel very tired and too lazy to move; their joints feel tight and inflexible when they move; they feel dizzy and unclear; they are easily sleepy and sometimes have memory loss.

2. The stool is unformed, sticky, and feels like it has not been completely defecated; there are teeth marks on the edges of the tongue, and the tongue coating is white and thick; the hair and face are oily.

3. The body is slightly fat, with a particularly prominent belly. The diet and daily routine remain the same, but the weight has increased significantly, and some people may also experience lower limb edema.

4. Frequent loss of appetite, often no appetite, feeling bloated in the stomach after eating a little, and feeling nauseous when eating.

5. Often feel sleepy, feel uncomfortable when getting up in the morning, and develop eczema for no apparent reason.

6. Swollen eyes and enlarged tongue. Swollen eyelids in the morning, or bags under the eyes. When looking in the mirror, you find that your tongue coating is thick and greasy, your tongue is fat, or there are obvious teeth marks on the edge of the tongue.

2. You can take the following methods to dehumidify

1. Drink barley and red bean porridge. Barley can cure dampness and arthritis, benefit the stomach and intestines, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and long-term consumption can make the body lighter and benefit the qi. Red beans can not only nourish the heart and blood, but also have the effect of diuresis and swelling, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Mixing the two and cooking them into porridge can not only nourish the blood and remove dampness, but also has a good weight loss effect.

2. Avoid humid environments, do not sleep on the floor, and do not go out when it has just rained and the air is humid. Try to avoid living in a humid environment.

3. Exercise more to sweat, reduce the time spent in air-conditioned rooms, exercise frequently to sweat, which is beneficial to the smooth flow of qi, accelerate water metabolism and moisture discharge. Pay attention to replenishing water and electrolytes after sweating profusely.

4. Eat a light diet. A light diet can reduce the burden on the spleen and stomach, and can also nourish and protect the stomach. If the spleen and stomach are healthy, water and moisture will be transported and transformed normally, and moisture will naturally decrease.

5. Eat less spicy and greasy food and more vegetables. Greasy food promotes the growth of moisture in the body. Therefore, people with a damp-heat constitution should eat less spicy and greasy food and eat more vegetables, such as cucumber, lettuce, rapeseed, spinach, shepherd's purse, etc., which are effective in dehumidifying.

3. Reminder

Don't stay up late, go to bed early and get up early. When resting at night, you should pay attention to falling asleep as early as possible. Don't stay up late. If the spleen and stomach cannot get timely rest, it will easily cause spleen deficiency and worsen dampness and heat in the body. Generally speaking, you should go to bed before 10:30 in the summer to ensure normal metabolism of the human body.