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How to remove moisture from the body?

according to traditional medicine, the seashore is wet and the humidity is heavy. Excessive dampness can cause disease. Dampness can be divided into internal and external factors, and external dampness is mostly caused by humid climate and sitting in wetlands. Internal dampness is mostly caused by eating cold drinks, gluttony for cold things such as cold fruits and vegetables, and damaging human yang. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen can transport water and dampness. Spleen likes dryness but hates dampness. If the spleen yang is uplifted, the spleen is healthy and the function of transporting water and dampness is normal, and dampness is not easy to cause disease. On the other hand, after the humidity is too heavy to cause illness, patients often have symptoms such as dizziness, heavy head, sore limbs, heavy body and pain, unfavorable joint flexion and extension, depression in the chest, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, loose stool and thick and greasy tongue coating. In order to prevent and reduce the injury caused by dampness, we must attach importance to protecting the spleen. Only when the yang in the spleen and stomach is uplifted can we effectively resist the invasion of dampness. Therefore, at the turn of summer and autumn, special attention should be paid to the ventilation of rooms and workplaces; Dry your body and change clothes in time after wading and getting wet in the rain; Don't soak in the river water and swimming pool for a long time when the water is cold on cloudy days, so as to prevent external humidity from invading the muscle surface and hurting people. In order to prevent internal dampness, do not eat too much cold fruits and vegetables, the diet should be light and easy to digest, and avoid being fat, sweet, greasy and overeating. In addition, using lotus seeds, barley, red beans, white lentils and other products to strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis to cook porridge in moderation can protect the spleen and stomach and remove moisture. Thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine mentioned the influence of climate and environmental changes on the body, among which "dampness" was regarded as the key to cause and worsen diseases. Under normal circumstances, the human body has the ability to naturally adjust the changes of external temperature and humidity, but some people's health is affected because of their constitution, diseases or bad living habits, which leads to the imbalance of water control system in the body and the inability to discharge water. In addition, modern people exercise less, eat more, stay up late, and have great pressure, which will also cause gastrointestinal digestive function to be blocked and water metabolism to be out of balance. Excessive moisture in the body will make people feel sleepy, heavy in four limbs, loss of appetite, cold hands and feet, skin rash, sticky and uncomfortable face, and even gastroenteritis. Less exercise, uncontrolled diet and stress cause dampness to stay in the body. As far as Chinese medicine is concerned, fragrant, sweaty and bitter herbs are used as magic weapons to eliminate dampness. It is the wisdom of our ancestors to use plant aroma to fight against infectious diseases. For example, southerners wear wormwood to sterilize and prevent diseases. Or in the Dragon Boat Festival in May when the climate is warming up and the bacteria and viruses are issued, the cymbidium, Acorus tatarinowii and Artemisia argyi leaves are hung at the door of every household, and they are taken down and used for bathing, that is, they are meant to disinfect the air and drink water. Modern pharmacy has also found that these aromatic plants do have antiviral effects, such as Illicium verum, which is made into influenza vaccine. In addition, the spicy ginger juice perspires, which is most suitable for dispelling body moisture after being caught in the rain and preventing colds; Sweet ginger, a bitter and warm Chinese medicine, is like a slow fire, slowly forcing water and gas out of the body. Chinese medicine teaches you to get rid of the dampness in your body, but you have to start from improving your living habits. Chinese medicine provides the following methods, so that you can easily get rid of the turbid and heavy moisture in your body and regain your freshness. The first exercise can relieve stress, activate the operation of body organs and accelerate the excretion of moisture. Modern people use their brains more, consume less physical strength, and wait for a long time in a closed air conditioner, rarely sweating, so the body's ability to regulate humidity becomes worse. Try running, walking, swimming, yoga, Tai Chi and any other exercise that "breathes a little and sweats", which will help activate blood circulation and increase water metabolism. The second trick is a light and moderate diet. The gastrointestinal system is related to nutrition and water metabolism. The best way is a moderate and balanced diet. Oily foods such as wine, milk, fat and thick taste are not easy to digest, and it is easy to cause bloating and inflammation in the stomach. Sweets and fried products will make the body produce peroxide, which will aggravate the inflammatory reaction. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold food, ice products or cool fruits and vegetables will make the digestion and absorption function of the stomach stagnate and it is not easy to eat in unlimited quantities. Such as lettuce salad, watermelon, Chinese cabbage, bitter gourd, etc., it is best to add onion and ginger in cooking to reduce the cold nature of vegetables. The third trick is to avoid the humidity of the environment. In addition, it is best to reduce exposure to humid environment in daily life. Especially those who are sensitive to moisture should pay more attention to the following matters: 1. Don't sleep directly on the floor. The water in the air will drop and the floor is wet, which is easy to invade the body and cause limb pain. It is best to sleep in a bed at a certain distance from the floor. 2. Reduce going out in wet and rainy days. 3. Don't wear wet clothes. 4. Take a proper amount of water.