How to regulate damp-heat and phlegm-damp constitution? These four foods are absolutely indispensable

Traditional Chinese medicine divides the human body into many types of constitutions. Some people belong to the phlegm-damp constitution, which is generally characterized by oily facial skin, chest tightness, and excessive phlegm. A carefree heart and a fat body are the biggest characteristics of the phlegm-damp constitution, which also makes one prone to drowsiness. The phlegm-damp constitution can be improved through diet therapy, so how to regulate it?

1. Cabbage and radish soup

2 pieces of Chinese cabbage leaves, 80 grams each of white radish and carrot, half a block of tofu (about 200 grams). Wash the cabbage, white radish, carrot and tofu, cut into strips of similar size, blanch them in boiling water, remove and set aside. Pour in clear soup, put the white radish, carrot and tofu into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, add the Chinese cabbage, bring to a boil again, season with salt and MSG, and finally sprinkle with chopped coriander and serve. It can eliminate phlegm, clear heat and help digestion.

2. Carp with Douban Sauce

250 grams of carp meat with bones, 30 grams of bean paste, 10 grams of green onion, 10 grams of ginger, and 10 grams of garlic. 15 grams of wet starch, 10 grams of soy sauce, 5 grams of vinegar, 5 grams of sugar, 1 gram of MSG, 10 grams of cooking wine, 10 grams of fresh soup, 500 grams of salad oil (about 70 grams consumed). Cut the fish meat into 5 cm long and 3 cm wide pieces. Pour salad oil into the pan and heat it over high heat until the oil is hot. Add the fish pieces and fry until they turn brown. Remove from the pan and remove. Leave a little oil in the pot, add chopped scallion, ginger, garlic, and bean paste to stir until fragrant, add soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, fish cubes, and fresh soup to season, add MSG, and thicken with wet starch. It has the effect of being pungent, warm and drying dampness.

3. Winter melon and wax gourd are cold in nature, sweet in taste, and can clear away heat and promote the production of body fluids. Winter melon has a good diuretic effect. Winter melon has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and losing weight and beautifying. It is a good vegetable for the rehabilitation and health care of patients with nephritis, hypertension, coronary heart disease and various edema. The B vitamins contained in winter melon can accelerate the conversion of sugars and starch into heat energy, thereby reducing body fat and promoting weight loss.

4. Garlic

Garlic has the effects of promoting qi and removing dampness, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, benefiting the kidneys and activating the lungs, reducing swelling and promoting diuresis, clearing turbidity and detoxifying. Modern medical research has confirmed that garlic can promote metabolism, prevent fat deposition in blood vessels, reduce blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce plasma concentration, and has the effect of lowering blood lipids. At the same time, garlic can eliminate fatigue, enhance physical strength and increase muscle elasticity. Garlic and radish juice can strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, lose weight, clear away heat and detoxify, relieve pain, eliminate symptoms of fatigue and weakness, and at the same time lower blood lipids.