What to eat to remove dampness? Top five foods

If a person has too much moisture in the body, it is easy to be attacked by diseases, so everyone must do a good job of removing moisture in life. To remove moisture, diet therapy is undoubtedly an excellent method. So what should you eat to remove moisture?

1. Job’s tears

If you feel that there is dampness in your body, such as fluid accumulation, edema, eczema, abscesses and other problems related to turbid water in the body, coix seed is your best helper. "Coix seed is the best at promoting diuresis without depleting the true yin energy. It is most suitable for those with excessive dampness in the lower body." According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", coix seed can strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate edema, remove rheumatism, relax muscles and bones, clear lung heat, and it also has beauty effects.

Drinking raw coix seed soup is beneficial for removing dampness and wind; it must be fried before eating if it is used to strengthen the spleen and stomach and treat spleen deficiency and diarrhea. Job's tears are difficult to cook and need to be soaked in warm water for 2-3 hours before cooking. After absorbing enough water, it will be easy to cook when cooked with other rice.

2. Red Beans

When there is dampness in the body, the water cannot flow with the blood and is retained between the cells of the human body, causing the body to swell rapidly and causing edema and puffiness. The alkaline components contained in red beans can increase gastrointestinal motility, reduce constipation, promote urination, and eliminate edema. Red bean water is more effective for edema caused by strong taste, stress or irregular bowel movements.

You can stew the red beans in an electric cooker and soak them for a while before going to bed, and drink the sugar-free red bean soup as boiled water the next day, which can effectively promote detoxification. We need to remind everyone that when cooking barley and red bean porridge, do not add rice. Although this will increase the taste, it will greatly reduce its effect of removing dampness and heat.

3. Chrysanthemum

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum is pungent and sweet in nature. Eating it can warm the spleen and appetite, nourish the heart and calm the nerves, lower blood pressure and nourish the brain. It is suitable for symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, cough with sputum, difficulty urinating, and abdominal distension and pain. Therefore, during the Rain Water solar term, you may want to eat more Chrysanthemum to nourish your spleen and stomach, which can play a good health-care role.

Be careful when cooking, because the aromatic essential oil of chrysanthemum is easy to evaporate when heated, so chrysanthemum is suitable for stir-frying over high heat rather than stewing or boiling for a long time.

4. Chinese yam

Yam is sweet and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. It has many functions such as strengthening the spleen, nourishing the lungs, consolidating the kidneys, and improving the essence. In history, it was known as one of the "Four Major Huai Medicines" along with Achyranthes bidentata, Rehmannia root and Chrysanthemum and was exported overseas. There is a saying that "Among the Four Major Huai Medicines, Huaishan ranks first and the iron stick is the king of the Huaishan family." In spring, using yam with other ingredients has a good effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness.

The simplest way is to wash and steam it directly. Due to its low water content and rich content of polysaccharides, its juice is relatively thick and does not disperse even if it is boiled in water for a long time. It has a sweet and sticky taste with a light numb taste, and your mouth will start to salivate after eating it for a while.

5. Fungi

Fungi are also good ingredients for removing dampness. Fungi include various kinds of ears and mushrooms: such as black fungus, white fungus, mushrooms and bamboo fungus. Fungi are high in protein, rich in dietary fiber, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals, and at the same time have no cholesterol, and are low in fat and sugar, which are magical edible properties.

There are hundreds of species of wild mushrooms, but only a few are edible. In addition to natural causes, pollution of the growing environment can also cause poisoning to consumers. It is imperative to identify poisonous wild mushrooms in a timely manner. Generally, we should be extremely cautious about wild mushrooms with bright colors, many red spots, pungent, smelly and bitter smells, and stay away from them. Edible mushrooms have fragrance and no peculiar smell.