The rainy season is the right time to maintain your health

Starting from June 19, Jiangsu will have continuous rainy weather, and the high temperature will take a break. The average time for the start of the plum rain season in Jiangsu is also June 19, and the average plum rain season is about 25 days. With the arrival of the plum rain season, the humidity in the air is too high, and coupled with the habit of eating cold drinks and using air conditioning in summer, the cold and damp air can easily invade the body. Therefore, plum rain weather is not good for health and can easily induce a variety of diseases. In order for the body's functions to smoothly reach the "Grain Full" state, health preservation and disease prevention are essential.

How to determine whether the body is damp or not?

Mainly look at the following aspects:

Look at the tongue coating: A healthy tongue is light red and moist, with a thin layer of white coating on the surface. If there is dampness in the body, the tongue coating will appear in two situations: a thick white coating that looks smooth and moist indicates that there may be cold dampness in the body; a rough or relatively thick, yellow, and greasy coating indicates that there is damp heat in the body.

Look at appetite: common symptoms include decreased appetite, chest tightness, abdominal distension, nausea, loss of appetite, and loss of taste for food, which are also manifestations of heavy dampness.

Look at the spirit: Once the body is filled with dampness, people will feel heavy and sleepy all over, feel like they did not get enough sleep or do not feel refreshed after sleep, feel listless all day, too lazy to move, and do not want to do anything.

Look at the stool: unformed stool or stool that sticks to the toilet bowl after morning bowel movements are signs of heavy dampness.

Look at the body and skin: the hair and face are prone to oiliness, or the face is prone to acne, the hair becomes greasy and becomes wisps if not washed for a day, increased eye secretions, turbid urine, skin eczema, etc. are also manifestations of heavy moisture.

Check the joints: If you feel sore, swollen, or numb joints, or if you feel soreness and heaviness in the back of your calves after getting up in the morning, these may also be manifestations of heavy dampness.

How to get rid of dampness? Traditional Chinese medicine has a way to remove dampness

Moxibustion: Moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine can warm the yang and replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and warm the kidney, and relieve symptoms such as loss of appetite, abdominal distension, diarrhea, fatigue, etc. caused by spleen deficiency and dampness. Moxibustion can be applied to acupoints such as Zusanli, Shenque, Shuifen, and Yinlingquan. Soaking your feet in water boiled with moxa leaves every day or every other day can also help expel cold and dampness from the body and enhance the body's yang energy.

Cupping: Cupping is a common method in traditional Chinese medicine to remove dampness. This method has the function of adjusting the balance of yin and yang in the human body, relieving fatigue, and strengthening the physical fitness, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body and removing evil, and helping to dispel wind, dredge the meridians, and dispel cold and dampness.

Chinese medicine fumigation: Chinese medicine fumigation uses the steam produced after boiling the medicine to fumigate the skin. It can make Qi and blood flow quickly through the combined effect of "heat and medicine". It can not only dredge the meridians and promote the excretion of moisture from the skin pores, but also has the effects of improving rheumatic bone pain, relieving uterine cold and dysmenorrhea, and improving sleep.

Chinese herbal tea substitutes: Chinese herbal tea substitutes, also known as medicinal tea, refer to the selection of Chinese herbal medicines to be brewed and boiled, and sipped frequently like drinking tea, in order to achieve the purpose of curing diseases, preventing diseases, and maintaining health. The rainy season is humid, and you can choose various Chinese herbal tea substitutes such as spleen-strengthening and dehumidifying tea according to your personal constitution, which can eliminate moisture from your body in your daily drinking water.

Warming scraping: Warming scraping is to first use the heat of moxa to act on the acupuncture points to dispel cold and dampness and regulate the meridians, and then use scraping techniques to open the pores to achieve the effect of expelling moisture and toxins.

Tips for dehumidification at home

Living Adjustment

Don't be too tired in this season, otherwise it will easily lead to moisture. Therefore, you must arrange your work and rest time reasonably. At the same time, you should also pay attention to strengthening physical exercise. Moderate exercise can enhance physical fitness, help digestion, and promote blood circulation.

Moisture-proof, insect-proof and moisture-proof

During the rainy season, clothes and bedding at home are prone to dampness and mold, so you should pay attention to mold and moisture prevention to prevent moisture from invading. Keep the room ventilated and avoid being in a humid environment for a long time. If you feel that the indoor air is not circulating, you can use an air conditioner or a dehumidifier to reduce humidity. Let clothes and quilts dry in the sun more often, or use a hair dryer or dryer to dry them to reduce germs and moisture. If you have dried orange peels at home, you can wrap them in clean gauze and place them in the quilt to keep them dry, remove the musty smell, and prevent insects.

Diet

The recent diet should consist mainly of light, heat-removing, and easily digestible foods, and eat less raw, cold, and greasy foods.

Traditional Chinese medicine recommends eating more of the following foods during the rainy season:

Foods that promote diuresis and remove dampness: soybeans, mung beans, day lily, winter melon, etc.

Foods that clear heat and relieve summer heat: watermelon, lotus leaves, loofah, cucumber, celery, amaranth, sugarcane, etc.

Foods that clear heat and remove dampness: Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, wild rice stem, bamboo shoots, cucumber, water chestnut, etc.

Foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness: broad beans, red beans, black carp, crucian carp, silver carp, etc.

People who have the conditions can also choose to cook their own diet recipes for strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. Chinese medicine recommends diet recipes such as Amomum villosum, Coix seed and Chinese yam porridge, Coix seed, lotus seed and lily porridge, ginger and qi-invigorating porridge, white crucian carp soup, and pork bone soup for strengthening the spleen and removing dampness.

Sports and Health

Exercise is a dehumidification method that can relieve drowsiness and improve appetite. Go out for exercise when the weather is good, get more sun to boost the yang energy, and choose gentle and moderate exercise, such as walking, jogging, mountain climbing, Tai Chi, Ba Duan Jin, etc., to sweat slightly, which helps to expel the dampness of the human body. After sweating, drink some salt water to replenish salt.

Emotion Regulation

The rainy season can easily make people feel dull and irritable. At this time, you should adjust your mindset and keep a happy mood. You can listen to some soothing music or read some favorite books to relieve bad emotions.