Oily or damp skin

Red beans can replenish blood and also remove dampness. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, red beans are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and dampness, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Drinking water boiled with red beans, or boiling water with black beans and mung beans, can effectively expel moisture from the body. Red beans can also be used to make bean paste, porridge, and desserts, but be careful not to buy adzuki beans. Those beans are medicinal and can cause poisoning if eaten too much. They are easily confused with red beans.

2. Corn silk leaves

Pick clean corn silks and corn leaves and boil them in water. Boil them for a while and then drink the water. However, it is best not to drink it before going to bed, because the diuretic effect can easily continue in the body while sleeping, resulting in the dampness not being removed but becoming more serious. When corn is harvested in autumn, you can get some more silk leaves, dry them and drink them for a year, so you don’t have to go without corn during the season when there is no corn.

3. Yam

Yam does not have the direct effect of dehumidifying, but it can nourish the spleen and indirectly help expel moisture from the body. Yam can be fried, stewed, made into a snack, or steamed and dipped in sugar. It is better to choose yam made of iron stick, which can be used as both medicine and food. It is better for tonifying the spleen and replenishing qi, which is better than ordinary household yam.

4. Chili

Pepper has high nutritional value and is rich in carotene, protein, fat, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. In addition, chili peppers contain a substance called capsaicin, which can speed up your heartbeat, dilate your pores, dilate and thicken your skin capillaries, and cause blood to flow to the body surface, making the whole body feel warm.

If you have a lot of moisture in your body, you might as well eat more chili peppers. It can supplement vitamin C and dehumidify at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. It is best to eat something that is not too spicy, otherwise it will cause troublesome internal heat. Green peppers or ordinary red peppers are fine. Don't eat chili sauce, which usually contains more than just chili peppers. It may also contain other things to increase the spiciness.

5. Mung Bean Sprouts

The nutritional value of mung bean sprouts is also not inferior. It not only contains protein, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, but also contains rich vitamins, especially vitamin C.

Although mung bean sprouts and soybean sprouts are both cold and sweet, they have different effects. Mung bean sprouts have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting diuresis and removing dampness. It is suitable for patients with excessive drinking, damp-heat stagnation, dry mouth and thirst, red and hot urine, constipation, red and swollen eyes, etc. Soybean sprouts have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, lowering blood pressure and beautifying the skin.

6. Daylily

Daylily is a perennial herb with delicious, tender texture and rich nutrition. It contains abundant pollen, sugar, protein, vitamin C, calcium, fat, carotene, amino acids and other nutrients necessary for the human body. The carotene it contains is even several times more than that of tomatoes. It has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting dampness removal, promoting diuresis, strengthening the stomach and digestion, improving eyesight, calming the nerves, stopping bleeding, promoting lactation, and reducing swelling.

7. Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi, also known as turnip, mustard, and mustard cabbage, is a variety of mustard and is a root mustard. It has a compact texture, little water, high fiber content, and a strong mustard flavor with a slight bitter taste.

Mustard vegetables have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, antibacterial and detumescent, can resist infection and prevent the occurrence of diseases, inhibit the toxicity of bacterial toxins and promote wound healing.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kohlrabi is mild in nature, bitter, spicy and sweet in taste, enters the stomach, liver and kidney meridians, can promote diuresis and dehumidification, promote the body's water and electrolyte balance, and has the effects of appetizing, relieving gas, removing dampness and detoxifying. It is suitable for treating indigestion, thirst, heat-toxic edema and other diseases. Kohlrabi has a good flavor and can be used as a food substitute, cooked, or salted.

8. Purslane

Portulaca is an annual succulent herb. Because it is rich in nutrition and has significant therapeutic effects, it is beneficial to people and can prolong life, so it is also called "longevity vegetable".

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Purslane has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing dampness, cooling blood, stopping diarrhea and reducing swelling. It is used to treat damp-heat dysentery, sores, swelling and infection, eczema dermatitis, snake and insect bites, metrorrhagia, postpartum hemorrhage, leucorrhea in women, hemorrhoidal bleeding, breast sores, whooping cough, etc. It is especially effective in preventing intestinal infectious diseases, so you should eat more purslane for health care in autumn.

9. Bitter Melon

Bitter melon is bitter, non-toxic, and cold in nature. It enters the heart, liver, spleen, and lung meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and dispelling summer heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying, lowering blood pressure and blood sugar, diuresis and cooling blood, relieving fatigue and clearing the mind, and invigorating Qi. Because bitter melon contains quinine, it has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing dampness and relieving itching. It can be used to treat heat toxins, furuncles, prickly heat, eczema and other diseases. In addition, bitter melon is high in vitamin C, which can prevent scurvy, protect cell membranes, prevent atherosclerosis, improve the body's stress resistance, and protect the heart. It is okay to eat more.

10. Shiitake mushrooms

Shiitake mushroom is one of the “Four Great Wild Delicacies” and is known as the “Queen of Plants” and the “Meat among Vegetarians”. It is a highly praised medicinal food. Shiitake mushrooms are sweet and mild in nature, and belong to the liver and stomach meridians. They have a regulating effect on qi and blood deficiency, fatigue intolerance, etc. Especially wild shiitake mushrooms, the effect of replenishing qi and removing dampness is more obvious. Because wild mushrooms mostly grow in relatively humid places on hillsides, they have strong defenses against moisture, and their dehumidifying function mainly comes from this.

In addition, shiitake mushrooms have the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, nourishing the stomach and moistening the lungs, and treating wind and resolving phlegm.

Traditional medicine believes that the seasons are hot, rainy and humid. Excessive dampness can cause illness. Dampness can harm people in both internal and external ways. External dampness is mostly caused by humid climate and sitting or lying in wet places; internal dampness is mostly caused by liking to eat cold drinks, eating raw and cold fruits and other cold foods, which damages the body's yang energy.