If you feel heavy or drowsy after a spinal cord injury, it may be due to dampness!

Authors: Zhou Juyong, Li Peilan, Sun Tingting, Wu Airong; Chief Judge: Zhai Hua

Unit: Shanghai Yangzhi Rehabilitation Hospital (Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Center)

This popular science work is one of the popular science materials in the series "Don't be afraid of spinal cord injuries, there are ways to prevent and rehabilitate them"

If after a spinal cord injury you experience symptoms such as heaviness, sallow complexion, loss of appetite, fatigue, oily hair, and excessive drooling, then you should be careful, as this may be what Chinese medicine calls excessive dampness in the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine teaches you how to judge whether you have dampness or not?

Symptoms: heavy head and body, sore and painful muscles on rainy days, poor appetite, sweet saliva, greasy face and head, chest feeling of being unable to breathe out, laziness and sleepiness, nausea when brushing teeth...

Second, look at the stool: the stool is unformed, there is a feeling of incomplete bowel movement, sometimes it is watery, sticks to the toilet bowl, and is bluish in color.

Third, look at the tongue coating: When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror to see if your tongue is fat and if the tongue coating is thick and white.

What causes heavy moisture?

1. Not getting enough sleep

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, insufficient spleen and stomach function will lead to increased dampness, insufficient sleep will lead to decreased spleen and stomach function, and a series of symptoms of heavy dampness will appear. A good night's sleep can make the body light. It is recommended to go to bed before 11 o'clock every night, so that our spleen and stomach have enough time to rest, and the dampness will be reduced.

2. Love to eat cold food

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that raw and cold foods, cold fruits, cold drinks, etc. will reduce the function of the spleen and stomach, causing digestion and absorption to stagnate, and a large amount of moisture will be generated and remain in the body.

3. Poor environment

Living in a damp, cold place for a long time makes the human body susceptible to infection by water and dampness, leading to disease.

What are some tips for removing dampness from traditional Chinese medicine?

1. Diet therapy to remove dampness

Dietary therapy: Coix seed and red bean porridge

Ingredients: 150 grams of coix seed, 150 grams of red bean, and 150 grams of rice.

Cooking method:

Add enough water to the pot, turn off the heat after boiling, add coix seed and red bean and simmer for half an hour, then turn on the heat, add rice and bring to a boil, then cook for half an hour.

Effects: Removes dampness and strengthens the spleen, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. It also has the unique effect of losing weight without hurting the body!

Dietary recipe - winter melon, barley and pork bone soup

Ingredients: 600 grams of pork bones, 200 grams of winter melon, 200 grams of coix seeds, 100 grams of poria cocos, and 30 grams of ginger slices.

Cooking method: Wash the winter melon and cut it into pieces. Wash the other ingredients and pour them all into a casserole. Add enough water. Bring to a boil over high heat and skim off the foam. Simmer over low heat for one hour and add a little salt.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and promotes diuresis.

2. Health-preserving wheelchair Tai Chi

Tai Chi on a wheelchair is beneficial for strengthening the spleen and stomach functions, making people energetic, and significantly reducing moisture. (For detailed videos, please watch the video content of the popular science resource "Sixteen-style Wheelchair Tai Chi")

3. Cupping has a magical effect on removing dampness

In traditional Chinese medicine, cupping has the effects of unblocking meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and dispelling wind and cold. When we select acupoints such as Pishu, Dazhui, Guanyuanshu, Qihaishu, and Chengshan, we can expel moisture from the human body and achieve the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness.

4. Acupoint massage

1. Zusanli: On the anterior and lateral side of the lower leg, 3 inches below the calf nose and one finger width away from the anterior edge of the tibia.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that massaging Zusanli can regulate the body's immunity, enhance disease resistance, regulate the spleen and stomach, replenish qi, dredge meridians and activate collaterals, dispel wind and dampness, and strengthen the body and eliminate evil.

2. Yinlingquan: Located on the inner side of the calf, in the depression between the lower inner edge of the tibia and the inner edge of the tibia.

It is mainly used to treat abdominal distension, diarrhea, edema, and jaundice. Massage the Yinlingquan point for 10 minutes every day to remove spleen dampness.

3. Zhongwan: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Zhongwan acupoint has the effects of harmonizing the stomach and spleen, relieving adverse qi and promoting diuresis. Long-term massage of Zhongwan acupoint can help improve dampness.

We have introduced so many tips for removing dampness. If you have dampness, why not take action now!

(The pictures in this article are from the Internet)

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