Feeling sleepy and weak every day, and having a puffy and out-of-shape body may be caused by excessive dampness! Try these 4 methods to remove dampness

As the saying goes, “Heavy dampness causes a myriad of diseases” and “Nine out of ten fat people are damp.” Many people have experienced heavy dampness in their bodies, but they are unaware of it and fail to regulate the body in time.

Dampness is actually a concept in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness in nature, such as humid climate and meat-eating, is the source of dampness. Excessive dampness can easily damage Yang Qi. It is believed that dampness can be regulated through diet and daily life.

What are the obvious symptoms of heavy dampness?

1. Look at the tongue coating. The tongue coating is thick and there are jagged teeth marks on the tongue surface.

2. Look at your spirit. After getting up every morning, you still feel sleepy, heavy-headed, weak in limbs, lack of energy, and too lazy to move.

3. Check your appetite. When the body is damp, you will often feel a tasteless or sweet taste in the mouth, a decreased appetite, indigestion, abdominal distension, and even diarrhea.

4. Look at the stool. Long-term constipation and squatting for a long time have no results, and the stool is not formed, or there is always some sticky on the toilet after defecation, which is difficult to flush down.

5. Look at your body shape. You don’t eat much, but your body is bloated and out of shape, your belly is getting bigger and bigger, and you occasionally get eczema on your body.

What are some bad habits that lead to dampness?

1. Like to eat cold food and enjoy cool breeze

Many people like to eat chilled fruits and drinks, and like to use air conditioning in the summer. It is easy for moisture and cold air to enter the body from the external environment. Especially after exercise, when sweating profusely, the pores open, and the damp and cold air enters the body through the pores, causing heavy moisture.

2. Like to eat strong-tasting food

Nowadays, many people are under great pressure in life, so they hope to eat some stimulating food to relieve stress, such as barbecue, fried skewers, and milk tea. However, greasy, salty, and sweet foods are not easy to digest and add burden to the stomach.

3. Staying up late often

Nowadays, more and more young people have the habit of staying up late, playing with their mobile phones in bed, getting more and more excited, and going to bed very late. Staying up late is a process that consumes the heart's blood and forces the internal organs to work overtime. If this continues for a long time, the body will not be able to bear it. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, insufficient sleep is a symptom of spleen deficiency. A good night's sleep can also make our body lighter.

4. Lack of exercise

At work, I basically sit all day long. When I get home, I feel exhausted and have no interest in exercising. In the long run, this is not good for blood circulation or the discharge of moisture.

As for how to relieve dampness, improving the four bad habits mentioned above is the most effective way. There are also many people on the Internet who recommend eating various dampness-removing foods, but it is far better to start from yourself.