How to regulate Yang deficiency and damp heat constitution, diet is the key

Yang deficiency and damp-heat constitution is discussed from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. If you want to regulate it, traditional Chinese medicine is the best choice. For dampness-heavy conditions, the main treatment is to eliminate dampness, and you can choose Liuyi Powder, Sanren Decoction, Pingwei Powder, etc.; for heat-heavy conditions, the main treatment is to clear away heat, and you can choose Lianpu Yin, Yinchenhao Decoction, or even Gegenqinlian Decoction.

1. How to regulate damp-heat constitution

1. Wet weight

The main focus is on eliminating dampness, and you can choose from Liuyi Powder, Sanren Decoction, Pingwei Powder, etc.

(1) Liuyi Powder, ingredients: talc, licorice. Functions and indications: Clears away heat and removes dampness. Used for fever, fatigue, thirst, diarrhea, and yellow and scanty urine caused by summer heat and dampness; used externally to treat prickly heat. Note: Do not use if you have Yin deficiency, no dampness or heat in your body, or if you have long, clear urination. Pregnant women should avoid taking this medicine.

(2) Sanren Decoction: ingredients: apricot kernel, white cardamom seed, coix seed, talc, white tongcao, pinellia, bamboo leaf, and magnolia bark. Efficacy: Clears away dampness and heat, and promotes the flow of Qi. Note: The dosage of almonds should not be too large. The usual dosage is 15g. Overdose can easily cause breathing difficulties or even suffocation and death.

(3) Pingwei Powder: Ingredients: Atractylodes lancea, Magnolia officinalis (processed with ginger), Tangerine peel (remove the white part), Licorice root (roasted). Efficacy: Drying dampness and strengthening the spleen, relieving bloating and dispersing fullness. It is contraindicated for people with spleen deficiency without dampness or Yin deficiency, with symptoms of red tongue with little coating, bitter mouth and thirst, or rapid pulse.

2. Thermogravimetry

The main focus is on clearing heat, and you can choose Lianpu Yin, Yinchenhao Tang, or even Gegenqinlian Tang.

(1) Lianpu Drink, ingredients: processed Magnolia officinalis, Sichuan Coptis chinensis fried with ginger juice, Acorus calamus, processed Pinellia ternata, Fructus spicatae, Scorched Gardenia jasminoides, and Phragmites australis. Efficacy: Clears away heat and dampness, regulates Qi and harmonizes the middle.

(2) Artemisia capillaris decoction: ingredients: Artemisia capillaris, Gardenia jasminoides, and Rhubarb. Efficacy: Clears away heat, promotes dampness and reduces jaundice.

(3) Ge Gen Qin Lian Tang (Pueraria root, Coptis root, Scutellaria baicalensis root, and roasted liquorice root). Efficacy: Clears internal heat, relaxes muscles and dispels evil.

Under the general principle of removing dampness or clearing heat, the corresponding Chinese medicine is selected according to certain special manifestations. For example, for eczema and carbuncle, add wild chrysanthemum, Viola yedoensis, Sophora flavescens, and White moss peel; for swollen and painful joints, add cinnamon twig, honeysuckle vine, mulberry twig, etc.; for diarrhea or even dysentery, add Pulsatilla scutellaria, Sanguisorba officinalis, Plantago seed, etc.; for hematuria, add Thistle, Imperata rhizome, Stone reed, and Polygonum multiflorum, etc.

2. Dietary taboos for people with damp-heat constitution

1. Eat less

Drink less herbal tea. Don't think that you have too much dampness in your body. Herbal tea has the effect of clearing away heat and removing dampness. If you drink it all summer long and excessively remove dampness, it is possible that your constitution will be transformed into yin deficiency. Being greedy for coolness will gradually damage your yang energy, and your constitution will be transformed into qi deficiency, yang deficiency, phlegm dampness, etc., which are more difficult to regulate. What's more, most elderly diseases are caused by taking too much coolness and eating too cold food in the spring and summer when they were young. By the summer solstice, cherries are generally ripe, and lychees are also on the market. However, people with a damp-heat constitution should eat less lychees and cherries, but those with a yang deficiency constitution can eat some appropriately.

2. Avoid eating

Avoid beer. It is really cruel to avoid beer in summer, but when you think about the body environment that is turbid outside and damp inside, it is best to endure it. After all, alcohol is the most damp and hot food. Try not to eat foods that are greasy, sweet, fatty, or damp, such as animal fats and fishy fish.

The above are the conditioning methods for people with damp-heat constitution. Damp-heat constitution is divided into two types: dampness-heavy and heat-heavy. If you want to better condition your constitution to a balanced one, you must choose the conditioning method according to your own situation, so as to achieve better conditioning effects.