Symptoms and treatment of women's deficiency fire

Chinese medicine emphasizes on treating the disease with the right medicine. It provides symptomatic treatment according to the symptoms that occur in the body. When women have excessive internal heat, they are often accompanied by weight loss, irritability, insomnia at night, inability to wake up during the day, and always feeling very confused. Their skin is no longer smooth, so it is necessary to focus on conditioning in this area.

1. Weight loss

People with Yin deficiency have strong stomach fire. They can eat and drink, but their metabolism is fast, so no matter how much they eat, they will not gain weight. They have a lean body and loose muscles.

2. Insomnia

People with Yin deficiency suffer from internal fire attacking the heart, often feeling chest tightness, emotional instability, poor concentration, and easily startled and insomnia at night.

3. Plain skin

People with Yin deficiency have skin that lacks moisture, is dry and dull, has a poor complexion, is easily irritated, often develops mouth ulcers, has a red tongue, and often suffers from constipation.

4. Dizziness and fatigue

If there is less body fluid, nutrients will not flow smoothly and will be consumed by the strong fire, leading to symptoms such as physical weakness, dizziness and fatigue.

People with Yin deficiency have excessive fire in their bodies, which leads to "heat in the five hearts". Their body temperature is normal, but their palms and soles are hot, even in winter.

6. Other symptoms

Hot flashes in the afternoon, or fever at night, unwillingness to wear clothes due to fever, heat in the palms and soles of feet, or hot flashes due to bone steaming, irritability, insomnia, frequent dreams, red cheeks, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, dry and hard stools, scanty and yellow urine, dry and red tongue or cracked tongue, no or little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. Or accompanied by recurrent oral ulcers, pain, dizziness, back pain and fatigue, etc.

What to eat to treat Yin deficiency and excessive fire

Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire is a diagnosis made in traditional Chinese medicine. It is mainly treated with traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. It is recommended to nourish Yin and clear away heat. At the same time, you should adjust your mentality, keep your emotions stable and calm. For people with Yin deficiency and excessive fire, the symptoms are likely to be aggravated in the hot, dry and rainless summer. The following dietary therapy is recommended to nourish Yin and regulate the spleen and stomach:

1. Asparagus porridge

60 grams of asparagus and 100 grams of rice. Fry the asparagus into a thick juice, remove the residue, add it to rice and cook into porridge, and eat it for breakfast.

2. Raw Rehmannia glutinosa porridge

150 ml of raw Rehmannia juice (or 150 ml of concentrated juice from dried Rehmannia), 100 grams of rice. Cook rice into porridge, add Rehmannia juice when the porridge is cooked, stir well and eat.

3. Lily porridge

50 grams of fresh lily, 100 grams of rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. First cook the rice into porridge, then add the lily when it is almost cooked, cook until done, and season with rock sugar before eating. If there are no fresh lilies, you can use 30 grams of dried lily powder and cook it with rice into porridge.

People with Yin deficiency should eat more light tonic foods, and foods that are sweet, cool, moisturizing, and Yin-nourishing, such as sesame, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, sugarcane, vegetables, fruits, tofu, fish and other light foods. They can also eat more porridges such as Adenophora porridge, lily porridge, wolfberry porridge, mulberry porridge, and yam porridge.

In addition, you can also eat bird's nest, white fungus, sea cucumber, mussels, turtle meat, crab meat, cordyceps sinensis, old drake, etc. Eat less spicy and dry foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks, shallots, and peppers.

Massage and conditioning for Yin deficiency constitution

Insomnia is the culprit that leads to the vicious cycle of Yin deficiency symptoms. Poor sleep makes it easier to get angry. Long-term lack of sleep is itself an important factor in damaging Yin. Therefore, it is very important to solve the sleep problem. How to regulate it? Press the Taichong point. The Taichong point is located in the depression in front of the highest point of the instep, where the big toe and the second toe meet. Spend 10 minutes massaging every night before going to bed, and wait until you feel obvious soreness, numbness, swelling, or pain. Those who are easily anxious and irritable, as well as those who are usually sulky and silent, will feel better and their insomnia symptoms will be relieved if they press the Taichong point frequently.