method 1: reduce salt and help kidney drain
eating too much salt will lead to more water intake, and many people with heavy mouth are not slim. Many popular science articles often remind you to supplement light salt boiled water or salty drinks in summer. This hint is right.
but this is mainly for those who engage in strenuous exercise and physical labor in summer, which may not be suitable for white-collar workers who rarely sweat. Because the salt in the body is mainly discharged through the kidney, when the salt in the body is too much or the kidney has lesions, the excessive sodium in the body cannot be discharged in time. When the concentration of sodium ions in the blood increases, more water enters the blood vessels. *, it is easy to cause water and sodium retention, and edema is not invited. You don’t eat much, but you look one size older than others.
if you don’t sweat too much, you should still adhere to a low salt diet in summer (the World Health Organization recommends that the daily salt intake per person should not exceed 6g), especially for people with kidney diseases.
dampness removing method 2: massage drainage is healthier than sauna
when it comes to drainage, the most easily associated lazy trick is to wash sauna. This passive sweating method is not suitable for hot summer, especially for frequent use. Although sauna can accelerate blood circulation and eliminate dampness evil in the body, it is not conducive to heart health because of excessive sweating in the process of sauna. In fact, compared with sauna, taking a warm bath and massage is a healthier way of drainage.
warm water bath can make the body sweat slightly. Combined with simple massage techniques, it can not only discharge the dampness evil in the body, but also a good way to relax. If you have time, the weekly body spa can get better detoxification and drainage effect through the physiotherapy of professional masseur.
after summer sports, when the sweat is dry, take a bath in warm water similar to the body temperature, supplemented by plant essential oil with drainage effect, which helps to relieve fatigue and relax the body and mind faster.
dampness removing method 3: take an appropriate nap to make our body lighter
experts believe that a good sleep can also make our body lighter. Because overwork is easy to consume Qi and blood, and insufficient Qi and blood will further aggravate the stagnation of water and dampness. The long days and short nights in summer, coupled with many busy professionals working overtime at night, the night sleep time is often insufficient, so we should pay special attention to the combination of work and rest.
for white-collar workers, an appropriate nap can supplement the lack of sleep at night, relax and rest all systems of the brain and body, and greatly improve the work efficiency in the afternoon. Use the company’s lounge, take a nap on a couch, or go to the nearby beauty salon for a facial beauty sleep, even if it’s a nap at the desk. For those women who can’t have a good lunch break at noon due to the limitations of objective conditions, they should ensure enough sleep at night.
dampness removing method 4: drainage and weight loss. Starting from strengthening the spleen,
people with spleen deficiency are often more likely to be wet and weigh more than others. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of “transporting water and dampness”. After the spleen and stomach are damaged, it can not “transport” normally and make “water and dampness stop”. After a large amount of dampness evil accumulated in the body, the body was heavy, abdominal distension and even diarrhea. In the morning, eyelid edema and other discomfort all came to the door.
when summer comes, if you eat too much ice cream and cold drinks, it will aggravate the problem of spleen deficiency and deepen the problem of weight. Experts remind that in addition to eating yam, red dates and other spleen strengthening foods, you who love ice cream should control your mouth. Even if you eat it, you’d better eat it around noon. Don’t eat it just after getting up in the morning or before going to bed at night. In addition, ice water should not be drunk.
dampness removing method 5: eat red beans during menstruation, replenish blood and drain water together
experts say, eat red beans during menstruation, drain and replenish blood. Red bean is rich in iron and has the function of tonifying blood. It is a good tonic for women in physiological period. Modern research has found that red bean also contains a saponin, which can promote defecation and urination.
traditional Chinese medicine believes that red adzuki bean is flat in nature and has the functions of nourishing and strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting water and dehumidification, clearing away heat and detoxification and tonifying blood. It is more suitable for those with spleen deficiency and damp heat. Drinking red bean porridge or eating cakes containing red bean before and after menstruation can not only eliminate excess water in the body, but also prevent iron deficiency anemia.
mung beans, lentils, towel gourd and white gourd all have good diuretic effects. Smart and healthy, you can choose your own lightweight food according to your taste.
dampness removing method 6: a cup of tea in the afternoon, drainage and decompression
some artists use diuretics to achieve the purpose of weight loss, which is dangerous and unscrupulous. In our life, tea is actually the most natural diuretic. Experts suggest that before starting work every afternoon, making yourself a cup of tea can not only refresh your mind and improve the work efficiency in the afternoon, but also take away the excess water in your body in time because of the diuretic effect of tea.
green tea has no fermentation process, so its nutritional composition is higher than that of other types, but its chlorophyll content is also higher, and it is cool; Tieguanyin is a semi fermented tea, which is still cold due to its short fermentation period; Oolong tea is neither cold nor hot. It is a kind of neutral tea; Dahongpao tea is warm but not cold; Pu’er tea is mild and mellow. It can warm the stomach. It is especially suitable for people with heavy cold.
dampness removing method 7: exercise perspiration is the most dampness removing
among all drainage methods, exercise perspiration is the one that can not be ignored. Health management experts believe that in summer, moderate exercise can not only enhance the physique and improve the disease resistance of the body, but also help digestion and promote the circulation of Qi and blood, so as to prevent the generation of endogenous dampness evil.
at the same time, the body perspires slightly during exercise, which can also take away the excess water in the body and make the body feel lighter. Experts found that it is best to exercise when it is relatively cool in the morning or evening. It is appropriate to take a walk, fast walk, jogging, various ball games, Taijiquan and other sports.
in the process of exercise, when sweating too much, you can drink mung bean salt water soup appropriately. You must not drink a lot of cold boiled water, let alone use cold water to wash your head and shower immediately.
dampness removing method 8: balance hormones to make the body no longer heavy
some heavy bodies are caused by hypothyroidism. With the growth of age, hypothyroidism is more and more easy to find mature women. The symptoms of hypothyroidism are not obvious, so it is often easy to miss diagnosis. In fact, when you find that you don’t eat much but gain weight, often feel low energy, always can’t sleep, fear of cold, dry hair and other symptoms, it’s necessary to do a hormone level, especially thyroid function test. Adjust your hormones to a healthy level so that your body can be light again.