Spring is coming, everything is recovering, but there are many people who always feel their lack of appetite, no spirit, skin rash, etc., which is likely to be the moisture in the body.

What is moisture?
Dampness is a concept in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which refers to the moist qi in the human body. When moisture is too heavy, people may feel heavy, weak limbs, confused mind, joint pain, and even skin symptoms such as eczema and itching. In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, excessive moisture is closely related to many factors such as climate, diet, and living habits.

How is moisture formed?
The formation of moisture involves many factors, including living environment, eating habits, exercise habits and living habits.
First of all, the humidity of the living environment is an important factor in the formation of moisture. Living in a humid environment for a long time, such as water towns and coastal areas, or living in a dark, humid environment, as well as a large temperature difference between indoor and outdoor sweat can not be discharged normally, can lead to moisture invasion of the body.
Secondly, improper diet is also an important reason for the formation of moisture. Long-term consumption of raw cold, spicy, greasy and other foods, such as fried chicken, beer, sorice, etc., may damage the spleen and stomach, make it unable to operate normally, resulting in poor water metabolism in the body and the formation of moisture.
In addition, exercise habits also affect the formation of moisture. Too much fatigue or too little activity can lead to the metabolism of waste in the body, resulting in the formation of moisture. Therefore, maintaining moderate exercise helps to boost metabolism and prevent the formation of moisture.
Living habits such as staying up late for a long time may also damage the spleen and stomach, resulting in a decline in the transport function of the spleen and stomach, resulting in heavy moisture.
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is more related to internal dampness, that is, the endogenous dampness evil caused by the dysfunction of viscera in the body. The spleen has the function of transferring water and dampness, if the spleen function is abnormal, it may lead to the decline of the function of transferring water and dampness, resulting in dampness.

Determine if you have "moisture"

1. Observe tongue coating: People with heavy moisture usually have thicker tongue coating. If the tongue coating appears white and thick, it may indicate cold and damp in the body; If the tongue is thick and yellow, it may indicate that there is damp heat in the body. At the same time, if there is often a feeling of viscosity in the mouth, it is also a manifestation of heavy moisture in the body;

2, observe the stool: wet heavy people usually do not form, or stool sticky, easy to stick to the toilet, wash not clean;
3, feel the state of the body: people with heavy moisture often feel tired and weak, especially when getting up in the morning, lack of spirit, dizziness and brain swelling. In addition, moisture may also cause leg soreness, heaviness, as well as abdominal distension, decreased appetite and other symptoms. Swelling of the extremities may also occur, especially in the lower body, even when not sitting for long periods of time;
4, other manifestations: hair love oil, face is often shiny, the body has odor, energy is not concentrated, sleep snoring, phlegm cough, too lazy to speak, bags under the eyes, obesity, small stomach feeling bloated, etc., these may be the performance of moisture in the body.

How to dispel dampness through diet therapy?

Braised carp soup with preserved orange peel

Ingredients: 6g sand kernel, 1/4 orange peel, 300-400g crucian carp, 4 coriander, 3 pieces of ginger.
Method: Break the sand kernel, soak the orange peel until soft, wash the coriander, clean up the crucian fish, remove the scales and intestinal impurities. Add oil to the pan and gently fry the carp until both sides are lightly browned. Put the ingredients except for the sand kernels into a tile pot or tile pot, add an appropriate amount of water (about 2500 ml), bring to a boil with high heat and turn to low heat. After 2 hours on low heat, add the amomum and continue cooking for about 15 minutes. Add coriander, salt and a little raw oil to taste.
Efficacy: This soup helps to strengthen the spleen and diuresis, regulate the spleen and stomach.

Lotus seed and lentil dampness-removing soup

Ingredients: Lotus seed (with heart) 10g, lentil 10g, lean pork 150-200g, orange peel 1.5g.
Method: Put lotus seeds, lentils, pork and orange peel into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and salt to boil for about an hour.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen to remove dampness, nourishing Yin to reduce dryness. It is suitable for children with loss of appetite, irritability, poor stool and thick tongue coating.

Chen peel coix seed duck soup

Ingredients: Duck meat 250g, orange peel 6g, stir-fried barley seed 30g, lotus seed meat 30g, Huai Shan 12g, ginger 10g.
Method: Duck meat cut, job's tears, lotus seeds soaked in cold water for 2 hours, all materials into the pot, after boiling, simmer for 2 hours, add material out of the pot.
Efficacy: tonifying spleen and strengthening stomach, removing dampness and preventing diarrhea. This soup is especially suitable for people with heavy moisture, rotten stool and spleen deficiency.

White art and orange peel pork belly soup

Ingredients: Half to 1 fresh pork belly, 10g orange peel, 10g white art, 6g sand kernel, 5 pieces of ginger.
Method: Clean the pork belly, and then put the orange peel, white art, sand kernel, ginger into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water and salt boil for about an hour.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and appetizing, promoting appetite, especially suitable for those with abdominal distension, infragrant food and indigestion.

Sishen decoction

Ingredients: 250g pork belly (or pig small intestine or pork chop), 80g fresh Huai Shan (or dried Huai Shan 30g), lotus seed 30g, Gorgon Ferox seed 20g, Tuchoe 20g.
Method: Wash the material and put it into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil on high heat, cook on low heat for 1.5 hours, add salt and rice wine.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen to remove dampness, nourishing Yin to reduce dryness. It is suitable for people with fatigue, diarrhea, little food, loose stool, excessive leucorrhea, dyspepsia, irritability and so on.

Lotus seed coix seed pork rib soup

Ingredients: 350g ribs, 200g Job's tears, 250g lotus seeds
Method: Wash the job's tears, boil in water for 30 minutes, and then pour 1.5 times more water than the ingredients into the pressure cooker ➕ ribs and cook together. Turn on medium-low heat and cook for 20 mins, then turn off the heat and let out the air. Cover ➕ and cook for 25 mins. Cook directly until the lotus seeds are cooked through
Efficacy: This soup has the effect of invigorating spleen and removing dampness, nourishing Yin and reducing dryness.