“Bite lychee three hundred pieces a day, do not resign long as the Lingnan people.” Su Dongpo famous line, not only let the lychee, but also let the “Lingnan people” fame. A side of the land, Lingnan people also have a unique physical characteristics, that is, phlegm and damp people. The phlegm-damp physique is harmful, Lingnan people’s hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other common and common diseases, called “all diseases are caused by phlegm”. How to “control” phlegm and dampness, to regulate the body, the famous Chinese medicine doctor has a high trick. Chinese medicine will be distinguished into nine types of human physique. Qi deficiency and phlegm-damp constitution, in the Lingnan people actually accounted for more than 70%! In the end, Lingnan people “phlegm and dampness” from where? The Lingnan area is bordered by the ocean in the south and the five mountain ranges in the north, which is at the intersection of marine climate and inland climate, hot and humid, with high temperature and heavy humidity. It is the proverbial “earth” that has given birth to the characteristics of the Lingnan people, including: generally sweating, swimming and bathing, like to eat cold food, fish, shrimp and seafood and other moist or greasy products. All these are the source of phlegm and dampness in the Lingnan population. Chinese medicine believes that the innate endowment, acquired influence, internal disorders, are physical formation factors. Living in Lingnan, genetic factors are naturally the first element in the formation of phlegm and dampness in the native Lingnan people; eating less, overeating, eating fatty, sweet, thick and greasy, greedy for cold, living in damp, rain and water, irregular work and rest time, love to sleep late, etc., is the influence of acquired factors; and “the lung is the storage of phlegm”, ” When the lungs are out of order, or the spleen is out of order, or the kidney is out of order, resulting in the dysregulation of the internal organs and the obstruction of transportation, resulting in the retention of dampness and phlegm, forming phlegm and dampness. Eight questions to determine whether “phlegm-damp” quality How to determine whether you are “phlegm-damp” quality? Wu Huanlin said, according to the last year of experience and self-perception, answer the questions: 1, do you feel stuffy chest or abdominal fullness? 2.Do you feel heavy, not relaxed or unhappy? 3.Is your abdomen fat and flabby? 4.Do you have more oil secretion in your forehead area? 5.Is your upper eyelid swollen than others, i.e., is your upper eyelid slightly elevated? 6.Do you have a sticky feeling in your mouth? 7.Do you usually have a lot of phlegm, especially phlegm blocking your throat? 8.Do you have a thick and greasy tongue or do you feel that your tongue is thick? If most of your answers to the above questions are “yes”, then you can be initially judged as phlegm and dampness, or you can find a doctor to determine the type of body according to the “Chinese Medicine Body Quality Table”. “In fact, phlegm-dampness ‘has a kind of look’.” People with phlegm and dampness, in shape, “fat people more phlegm and dampness”, generally obese body shape, especially the abdomen is obese and flabby. On the face, facial skin grease more, some people have a yellowish dark face, eye circles slightly puffy. Watch the tongue, the tongue is fat, white and greasy tongue coating, the mouth often sticky, greasy, sweet feeling, phlegm. People with phlegm-dampness generally feel themselves sweating a lot and sticky, are easily stuffy in the chest, easily sleepy, and usually love to eat sweet and fatty foods. They usually have normal or slightly diluted stools, and their urine is not much or slightly cloudy in color. What are the dangers of phlegm and dampness? “All diseases are caused by phlegm” There is a folk saying: “All diseases are caused by phlegm” and “strange diseases are caused by phlegm”, which is true. Phlegm and dampness are harmful to health and can cause a wide range of diseases. If phlegm and dampness stop in the liver is fatty liver, stay in the abdominal cavity viscera is “general belly” – central obesity, flow in the lower is lower limb edema, up to the head will often dizziness, mental confusion, stay to the heart will feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, panic. Mixed in the blood, blood lipids and blood pressure rise, blood stickiness, and even cervical spondylosis, lumbago, etc.. Therefore, the tendency of phlegm-dampness to cause morbidity includes chest paralysis, vertigo, thirst, stroke and other diseases. Such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, cerebral infarction, obesity, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc. in modern medicine. Tangible “phlegm” mainly accumulates in the lungs or stomach, and the metabolites are excreted through the mouth and nose, easily causing coughing and vomiting; while the invisible “phlegm” gradually accumulates in the body due to abnormal gasification, unpredictable flow, filth and corruption, condensation and accumulation, all around the body The “phlegm” is easily caused by vertigo, chest paralysis, thirst, stroke and other diseases. The wet causes disease, then in the internal and external wet interaction, easy to cause loose stools and diarrhea symptoms, such as modern medicine, such as enteritis. How to take care of phlegm-damp body? To pay attention to the following aspects: First: environmental living conditioning ① should not stay in a humid environment for a long time, in the rainy season should pay attention to avoid the invasion of dampness. Usually should also regularly check blood sugar, blood lipids, blood pressure; ② sleepy people should gradually reduce sleep time, more outdoor activities, in order to stretch the yang, through the qi, so that the body function is active; ③ bath should take a hot bath, appropriate sweating is appropriate; wear clothes as loose as possible, the fabric to cotton, linen, silk and other breathable moisture dissipation of natural fibers, which is conducive to sweat evaporation, get rid of body damp; ④ pay attention to keep warm. “wet when warm, when cold is condensed”, cold weather is not conducive to water dampness in the body transport, often hurt the spleen and stomach, should avoid the cold. Second: physical exercise First of all, you should adhere to long-term exercise, such as walking, jogging, ball games, martial arts, eight-danjin and dance, etc. It is not recommended to swim, especially winter swimming, so as not to deplete the yang energy, more subject to water dampness. The amount of activity should be gradually increased, so that the loose flesh gradually firm and dense. Secondly, aerobic exercise is very suitable for phlegm-damp physique, such as walking, jogging, hiking, cycling, swimming, Tai Chi, etc., the initial duration can be shorter, 5 ~ 10 minutes each time, efforts to reach more than 30 minutes will gradually see the effect, and eventually should reach each exercise to maintain more than 60 minutes. Third: mental adjustment phlegm dampness is easy to be tired and sleepy, we should participate in various activities, listen to more relaxing music, to move to nourish the soul, to move to strengthen the spleen. Also avoid depression and anger, to prevent liver depression and stagnation, phlegm and dampness within. Fourth: dietary conditioning ① diet should be light, less fatty, sweet, thick and greasy, cold and moist products; ② eat more light food to strengthen the spleen, dampness, phlegm and dampness, such as adzuki beans, lentils, broad beans, peanuts, loquat leaves, clams, jellyfish, fathead fish, olives, radish, onions, winter melon, purple cabbage, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, etc.; ③ alcohol should not drink too much, and do not be too full. Fifth: acupuncture point conditioning phlegm-damp body needs to resolve phlegm and dispel dampness, can use acupuncture, cupping, and even massage Fenglong point, Zhongbei point, Yinlingquan point, foot Sanli point, etc.. In addition, frequent rotational pressure on the abdomen can promote the decomposition of abdominal fat. There is a formula for food therapy for phlegm-damp body Dang Shen, White Lentil, Sand, Chen Pi, Huai Shan, Coix Seed, Poria, Chia Seed, Dong Gua Pi, and White Mustard Seed, all have certain effects on dispelling phlegm-dampness. White Mustard Seed and Chen Pi, mainly dispel phlegm-dampness in the lungs and upper jiao. Chen Pi, combined with Radix Codonopsis and White Lentil, treats phlegm-dampness in the middle jiao. Akebia mainly allows dampness to leave from the urine. In addition, Cang Zhu, Fu Ling and Wu Jiao Long regulate the spleen and stomach, while phlegm-dampness is treated. Meal 1: red beans and barley porridge 100 grams of barley and 50 grams of red beans. Soak red beans and barley for 2 hours, add water and cook into porridge. It can reduce water and swelling, clear heat and eliminate dampness. Medicine meal 2: Deng Lao Heart Formula Red ginseng 15g, Chen Pi 3g, Tian Qi 5g. add a small amount of lean meat, stew, can benefit the qi and resolve phlegm, blood circulation and blood stasis. Meal 3: Two Buds and Shen Qu Porridge 10g each of fried grain bud, fried wheat bud and Shen Qu, 50g of rice. When cooked, add sugar to the porridge, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, resolve phlegm and dampness, and regulate blood lipids. Dampness elimination tea drink 1: 20-30g of five-finger hairy peaches, 20-30g of Tu Fu Ling, 10-20g of fried white lentils, can strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi, dampness and eliminate turbidity. Dampness dispelling tea drink 2: Fu Ling 15~20g, Gui Zhi 10~15g, Atractylodes Macrocephala 15~20g, Licorice 6~10g, Red Date 10~15g, can strengthen the spleen and transport dampness, warm phlegm. Q: Several members of my family are suspected to have phlegm-dampness constitution, which department should I go to if I want to do the adjustment? What is the most important thing to pay attention to in the diet of phlegm-damp body? A: phlegm-damp body is often family, obesity is the main manifestation, diet should not be fatty, sweet, thick and greasy, usually more Chen Pi, sand, etc. line the spleen and stomach; second, do not eat too much cold things, eat seafood should be moderate, not big fish, eat relatively non-cold fruits and vegetables, watermelon, pears, bananas, etc. eat less. Third, more exercise, which is a “process of fire”, phlegm will be reduced in the presence of fire. If you need to regulate, you can go to the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese medicine treatment center.