Yang deficiency damp-heat constitution, Chinese medicine diet therapy

Yang deficiency and dampness and heat are both types of the nine major constitutions in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The constitution with both yang deficiency and dampness and heat is a more troublesome symptom. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that in an emergency, the symptoms should be treated, and in a non-urgent manner, the root cause should be treated. The best way to regulate a yang deficiency and damp-heat constitution is to treat the heat first and then the yang deficiency. So what foods can treat yang deficiency and dampness-heat?

1: According to the experience of doctors of all dynasties, red beans have the functions of diuresis and swelling reduction, detoxification and pus discharge, clearing away heat and dampness, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. Skin eczema is mostly caused by spleen deficiency and dysfunction, and dampness and toxins. With the effects of red beans on strengthening the spleen and dampness, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, patients with skin eczema can recover after eating them. Therefore, people with acute or chronic skin eczema should eat them more often.

2: Luffa is cool in nature and sweet in taste. People with skin eczema should eat it regularly. It can clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify. "Introduction to Medicine" once said: It can cure all kinds of malignant sores in men and women, the remaining toxins of smallpox in children, as well as mastitis and furuncle. This type of disease is mostly caused by dampness and heat. Just like skin eczema, eating loofah can achieve the purpose of removing dampness and heat and detoxifying.

Mung bean is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat, dispelling summer heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying. Ancient doctors believed that it can cure erysipelas, fever, rubella, acne, carbuncle, acne and other skin diseases, all of which rely on its heat-clearing, diuretic and detoxifying effects. People with acute skin eczema can eat it to remove dampness and clear heat.

Amaranth stems are cool and sweet in taste. They are rich in calcium that is easily absorbed by the human body. They also have the effects of detoxifying and clearing heat, promoting urination, and replenishing blood and stopping bleeding. Amaranth can remove dampness and heat, but people with weak spleen and stomach should avoid eating it; people who usually have cold stomachs and intestines and are prone to diarrhea should also not eat too much.

1: Ginger Ginger has a good yang-tonifying effect for those with yang deficiency who lack energy, feel tired and afraid of cold. Ginger can properly replenish yang energy, and maintaining sufficient yang energy in the body is important for good health.

Lamb is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It is an excellent warming tonic that has the effects of warming the middle and lower body, replenishing Qi and tonifying deficiency. People with yang deficiency should eat it regularly after autumn and winter, which can achieve the warming and strengthening effects of helping the original yang, replenishing the essence and blood, and relieving fatigue.

Eating spicy pepper can keep out the cold, and this is a good time to replenish yang energy. Pepper is hot in nature and spicy in taste. Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty called it "a pure yang substance that warms the stomach and intestines." The "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says, "It is an essential product for treating cold stomach vomiting, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, cold large intestine, and limbs that feel like ice." Huang Gongxiu, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty, also said: "Compared with Sichuan pepper, pepper is even hotter, and it is effective in treating all conditions caused by the decline of fire and the entry of cold." According to Chinese medicine theory, there is a difference between the decline of fire and the entry of cold. The decline of fire refers to the decline of the body's own yang energy, while the entry of cold refers to the invasion of cold evil. Pepper has strong ability to dispel cold but weak ability to warm the yang. As Huang Gongxiu said, "Pepper only has the power to dispel cold and evil, unlike cinnamon and aconite, which have the magic function of replenishing fire and benefiting the vital energy." However, people with yang deficiency are easily attacked by cold evil, so it is also suitable to eat it.

In terms of diet, you can eat more warming foods such as beef, mutton, leek, ginger, etc., eat less raw and cold foods such as pears, watermelon, water chestnuts, drink less green tea, and you can also have angelica ginger mutton soup, etc.