Methods for self-diagnosing whether there is dampness in the body

by yelitef111 on 2012-02-09 09:44:26

Check the feeling when getting up If you feel extremely tired, dizzy, and lack of energy or like wearing a wet clothes, feeling uncomfortable all over and lazy to move every morning when you get up... Then it can be said that there is dampness in your body. The six major obvious symptoms of excessive internal dampness. Check the stool when going to the toilet After convenient in the morning, you can observe the stool. Is it stick to the toilet bowl, and cannot be flushed clean with a box of water. For those who are not convenient to observe the toilet bowl, they can also observe the toilet paper. Normally, one or two pieces of paper are enough. If three to five sheets of paper are repeatedly wiped but still not clean, (this is why the medical history form asks about stool) it also indicates that there is dampness in the body. The color and shape of the stool can also help determine whether there is dampness in the body. Normal stool is golden yellow and banana-shaped, but now few people have this healthy stool. Under the condition of internal dampness, the stool is greenish, soft and unformed, (this is an important sign of spleen deficiency, many people have it) and there is always a feeling of incomplete evacuation. Over time, the toxins produced by the stool remaining in the body will lead to various diseases. Check the tongue coating when washing up After using the toilet, we usually start washing up. Before brushing our teeth, we might as well take a few seconds to look at our tongue in the mirror. "The tongue is the sprout of the heart, and also the external sign of the spleen", the tongue can sensitively reflect our physical condition. A healthy tongue is light red and moist, with a layer of tongue coating, thin white and quiet, neither too dry nor too wet. If the tongue does not meet these criteria, it means that the body function has problems. If the tongue coating is thick and white, and looks slippery and moist, it means that there is cold in the body; if the tongue coating is rough or very thick, yellow and greasy, it means that there is damp-heat in the body; if the tongue is bright red without coating, it means that the body has been heated to a certain extent and injures yin. In addition to the above three main points, there are two other methods for judgment: First, see if you feel nauseous when brushing your teeth in the morning. Many people say that they vomit and feel nauseous when they brush their teeth, go to remove dampness and beauty, and always have a stringy and dirty feeling in their throat. Even if they spit phlegm, it's only a little bit. Second, see if you feel sore and heavy in the calf when you get up in the morning. These are also typical characteristics of dampness. By the way, here is a wonderful method to remove dampness, which is to press the Chengshan acupoint. Every year in July and August is called long summer. At this time, dampness is dominant, and the spleen in the human body corresponds to it. In traditional Chinese medicine health care, strengthening the spleen "化解" dampness. Dampness is also called "阴邪" in traditional Chinese medicine, and the spleen is the most Yin organ, which likes dryness and hates dampness. Therefore, the spleen Qi is the most vigorous in July and August. If the dampness is too strong in the long summer, it is easy to damage the spleen. Meanwhile, the spleen mainly transforms water fluid, its characteristic is that Yang Qi is easy to decline, Yin Qi is easy to flourish, after the damp evil invades the human body, it is easiest to hurt the spleen Yang, and the weakness of spleen Yang further promotes the invasion of damp evil. Some people like to eat pork. Pork is salty and cold, which helps phlegm. Eating too much meat can also lead to phlegm-dampness. If you feel that there is too much dampness in your body, it is best to stick to a vegetarian diet for a period of time; eating rice cooked in an electric cooker for a long time can also easily cause body dampness. People with body dampness can use Job's tears and red bean soup or pot barley to solve the problem. After drinking Job's tears and red bean soup for a while, drink millet porridge to replenish the spleen and stomach. Over time, the spleen will be healthy, and the dampness will naturally resolve itself. If you want to fundamentally remove dampness, you must let the spleen function normally. Search online for removing dampness and strengthening the spleen.