What should women with damp-heat constitution eat?

A damp-heat constitution is very troublesome. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that moisture is sticky and is difficult to remove. Dampness in women's bodies is even more troublesome. If there is moisture in a woman's body over time, it will accumulate and turn into heat, causing damp heat. Damp heat in women will manifest itself in oily face, oily skin, oily hair, loss of appetite, and depressed temper. So how to treat women with damp-heat constitution, and what should women with damp-heat constitution eat?

Dampness and heat, dampness and heat invade the body at the same time, causing symptoms such as fever, bitter taste in the mouth, and headache. At the turn of summer and autumn, it rains continuously and the air is humid and hot. At this time, special attention should be paid to removing dampness and heat, eat more coix seeds, vegetables, and fruits in your daily diet, increase exercise, and regulate your body.

Symptoms of damp heat

Symptoms of dampness and heat appear due to weather, improper diet, and spleen and stomach problems. Generally manifested as:

1. Feeling of heaviness in the head and body. Especially in the afternoon, the body feels hot. It is not obvious at first, but after touching it for a long time, you will find that the body is hot and burns your hands.

2. Acne. Dampness and heat can easily cause acne, which is called acne in traditional Chinese medicine. This is because damp heat causes phlegm to coagulate and blood to stagnate, forming acne.

3. Bitter, dry and bad breath in the mouth, short and red urine, and sticky stool. The spleen and stomach are most damaged by damp heat. Poor spleen and stomach can lead to symptoms such as poor appetite, bad breath, and taste. Because the spleen does not function properly, it will inevitably lead to poor excretion function, causing yellow and red urine, and dry or sticky stools.

4. The scrotum is wet. Modern urbanites have irregular living habits and like to stay up late, go to bars, drink, and smoke, which can easily aggravate their damp-heat constitution. If you do not change your lifestyle habits, your damp-heat constitution will be very harmful. You will easily get the more difficult cholecystitis and prostatitis. Women are prone to vaginitis, and men have "wet scrotum", all of which are very difficult to heal.

5. Liver and gallbladder diseases. Patients with cholecystitis usually experience a series of symptoms such as chest tightness, abdominal distension, bitter taste in the mouth, and nausea. When combined with dampness and heat, the evil qi of dampness and heat will erode the liver and gallbladder, causing obstructed excretion and difficulty in defecation.

What to eat when you are hot and damp

People with a damp-heat constitution should take more care of themselves in daily life to remove the dampness and heat so that the body can better maintain a healthy state. So, what is good to eat for dampness and heat?

People with damp-heat constitution should eat a light diet. They should eat more sweet, cold, or sweet and neutral foods such as red bean, water spinach, amaranth, loofah, gourd, watermelon, etc. They should eat less fatty and greasy foods such as mutton, dog meat, eel, leek, pepper, etc. They should also avoid hot pot, frying, barbecue, and other heat-promoting foods. At the same time, quit smoking and drinking.

If you are a tea lover, you should choose warm-natured mugwort and perilla, which can remove dampness. You can also consider cool-natured bamboo leaves and lotus leaves, which can clear away heat and remove fever.

Foods that remove heat and dampness

If there is too much moisture in the body, the body will feel uncomfortable and easily lead to illness. So in your daily diet, eat more foods that can remove dampness and heat.

1. Winter melon. It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and detoxifying, promoting body fluid and relieving restlessness. It is suitable for symptoms such as summer heat and thirst, edema, difficulty urinating, thirst and drinking, and water-induced edema and wheezing.

2. Corn. It has the effects of regulating the stomach, stimulating appetite, reducing turbidity and promoting diuresis.

3. Lentils. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, relieving heat and dampness, and is suitable for symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea due to summer heat and dampness, and vomiting due to spleen deficiency.

4. Crucian carp. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, and is suitable for symptoms such as spleen deficiency, poor appetite, weakness and fatigue, thirst, edema, and difficulty urinating.

5. Mung beans. Mung beans have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, removing dampness and promoting diuresis, relieving heat and thirst. Drinking more mung bean soup is beneficial for detoxification and swelling reduction. However, the cooking time should not be too long to avoid the destruction of organic acids and vitamins and reduce the effect.

When cooking, choose spices such as ginger, fennel, cinnamon, etc. as seasonings to dispel dampness and cold. If you like to drink porridge in summer, you can add some Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, millet, and rice to strengthen the spleen and stomach.