How to lose weight and what to eat to treat dampness-type obesity

Dampness-type obesity is actually one of the reasons why many people are obese nowadays. If there is heavy moisture, defecation will be difficult and metabolism will slow down. After a long time, it will easily lead to dampness-type obesity.

1. Persisting in physical exercise can help remove moisture from the body. People with heavy moisture have poor blood circulation and are prone to form moisture in the body. At this time, physical exercise can remove moisture from the body.

2 Eat a balanced diet, eat more diuretic foods, eat lighter meals, eat less oily foods, and pay more attention to strengthening the spleen. You can eat more spleen-strengthening foods, such as white radish, red dates, and ginger. These foods can not only strengthen the spleen, but also remove moisture.

What to eat to regulate dampness and obesity

1 Barley and red bean porridge

Job's tears are the best for removing moisture. Take out some job's tears and red beans, wash them, and soak them in water for a few hours. After soaking, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat for 2 hours, add appropriate amount of rock sugar or brown sugar, stir well, and you can eat.

2 Yam

It is a very nourishing food. Eating yam can remove dampness, strengthen the spleen, and help to discharge moisture from the body. You can make yam into sweet soup or use yam to make soup. Eating yam can not only discharge moisture, but also nourish the body, which is good for human health.

3. Corn silk

Corn silk can also treat chronic diseases and is very effective in removing moisture. Boil corn silk and its leaves together in water and drink the water for a period of time. Urine excretion will increase and moisture in the body will be reduced.

4 cucumbers

Cucumber is the best food for removing moisture, helping to remove water from the body, clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting the production of body fluids and quenching thirst, and is rich in vitamins and fiber, making it a rare detoxifying food. Cucumber can also promote metabolism, whiten the skin, and inhibit fat formation.

5. Winter melon

It has the effects of diuresis, phlegm elimination, heat clearing and detoxification. People with damp-heat constitution can eat it if they have edema, fullness, phlegm, summer heat, thirst, eczema, furunculosis, etc. It can also be used to relieve alcohol.

Why does excess moisture make you fat?

1. People with heavy moisture have heavy tastes and eat a lot of high-oil and salt foods, which can easily cause poor circulation and accumulation of moisture in the body, which can easily cause an imbalance in the body's acidity and alkalinity, leading to an acidic constitution.

2. Heavy moisture makes people afraid of cold, which leads to fat accumulation and more fat is used to keep warm.

3. Heavy moisture causes insufficient Qi and blood. There is not enough energy to expel waste from the body, so it accumulates in the gaps between the internal tissues of the body, gradually increasing, and people slowly become fat.

Which acupoints can remove moisture?

1. Remove dampness from Zhongwan

Zhongwan point is the meeting point of the viscera. The spleen and stomach are mutually exterior and interior, and both are the basis of acquired metabolism. They work together to transform water and dampness in the body. Therefore, massaging the Zhongwan point can effectively warm the middle and dispel cold, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, and harmonize the stomach and regulate Qi.

2. Fenglong acupoint to remove dampness

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the source of phlegm. Spleen and stomach disorders, stagnation of water and moisture, and the accumulation of phlegm caused by various reasons can be solved by massaging the Fenglong point. Fenglong point has the effect of removing dampness, and long-term massage of Zusanli point can effectively remove turbid dampness.

3. Xuehai removes dampness

Xuehai acupoint belongs to the spleen meridian of foot Taiyin and is an important acupoint for treating blood diseases. Xuehai acupoint can nourish blood and activate blood circulation, strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, dispel wind and relieve itching. It is an important acupoint for preventing and treating diseases. Massage Xuehai acupoint for one minute every day, the effect of removing dampness is very good.