Dampness, arguably one of the biggest enemies of modern health, eight or nine people in 10 people have dampness lurking. Many people in life suffer from fatty liver, asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and even malignant tumors, in fact, these diseases are related to dampness. The old saying goes: “A thousand cold easy to get rid of, a damp hard to go. Dampness is sticky and turbid, such as oil into the surface.” Chinese medicine believes that “dampness” will cause and worsen a variety of diseases, many people do not know anything about Chinese medicine diet and health, lifestyle habits are by their own preferences. One of them is the love of cold drinks, love to eat cold food, cold beer and all kinds of frozen food, drinks are put in the refrigerator. As soon as autumn and winter, they love to eat hot pot and shabu-shabu meat. These habits affect the operation of the spleen and stomach, resulting in a sullen and weak body, a dull mind, a yellow and greasy face, eczema and acne, itchy skin and other symptoms, which are all manifestations of dampness. Dampness into the body, initially thick and greasy tongue yellow, skin rash and acne, slightly heavier chest tightness, physical fatigue, sore throat, unshaped stool; further development, there will be acne, joint pain, body fat, head and face greasy, face acne, long spots; over time will also lead to obesity, leading to fatty liver, asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and even malignant tumors. Women’s some gynecological diseases such as leucorrhea abnormalities, itching is also related to dampness. Degree of Dampness Level 1 Dampness: in the epidermis Symptoms: itchy skin, long eczema, greasy head and face, acne. Secondary dampness: in the muscles Symptoms: soreness, sleepiness, tiredness, fatigue, such as shoulder and neck hypertrophy, soreness, back pain, weakness. Tertiary dampness: in the bones, that is, bone cold dampness, commonly known as rheumatism. Symptoms: frozen shoulder, shoulder pain, cervical strain, lumbago, rheumatoid arthritis, pain in the joints on changing days. Fourth level of dampness: in the internal organs (uterus, ovaries, spleen, stomach, lungs) Symptoms: weakness of the spleen and stomach, constipation, phlegm, gynecological inflammation. Level 5 Dampness and Poison: in the body (tumors) cut and grown, long and cut again. According to Chinese medicine, “dampness” is the key to trigger and worsen diseases. Because of the environment and eating habits, lifestyle habits and other factors, everyone will have different degrees of dampness in the body. If you don’t get rid of dampness, you won’t be able to sleep long enough, and it will cause various diseases. So how can you tell if you have dampness in your body? 13 manifestations of dampness in the body 1, hair love oil, facial oil 2, sleep drool, bad breath, body odor 3, weakness, often feel tired, energy is not concentrated 4, sleep snoring, phlegm, cough 5, stool thin sticky fishy, sticky (not easy to flush out) 6, feel tired, even talk lazy, no energy 7, sagging bags under the eyes, obesity, rebound after weight loss 8, pale, originally rosy cheeks 9, small stomach (often flatulence), body swelling 10, wet in the ear (ear Zen wet) hair rough, easy to fall off 11, tongue edge serrated, commonly known as “skirt tongue” 12, female pubic damp (itching odor) bacteria corruption, male scrotal damp. 13, decline in function, not interested in the quality of sexual intercourse, male impotence and premature ejaculation. Dampness removal precautions Smiling, is the best gift to the spleen and stomach. When people are angry, resentful or anxious, the stomach and face as congested and red; when people are sad, frustrated or depressed, the stomach becomes pale, gastric juice secretion is insufficient, and activity is reduced. So 10 things most hurt the spleen and stomach, increase dampness, do less best 1, binge eating cold drinks cold drinks, beer drink up without restraint, the cold also entered the body. Cold injury to the spleen, a common manifestation is the white tongue, light abdominal pain, diarrhea, heavy nausea and vomiting. 2, blowing air conditioners air conditioners blowing cold wind for external cold, but also to the spleen and stomach is not good. Many people in the air conditioning, electric fan environment, prone to stomach cold pain, and even diarrhea, are related to the external cold invasion of the spleen and stomach. 3, wearing clothes to reveal the waist belly Many fashionable girls wear open-necked dresses, the price of fashionable is the spleen and stomach injury. The naked waist and abdomen will make the Shen Que point and the vital points of the two important points by the cold attack, not only hurt the spleen and stomach, but also the kidneys and bones. 4, drink too much herbal tea For people whose spleen and stomach are already cold, drinking too much herbal tea is “adding insult to injury”. Herbal tea should not be long-term drinking, menstruating women, mothers-to-be, maternity, young children should not drink more. 5, do not eat staple food Many people have a poor appetite and do not like to eat staple food. If poor appetite, you can eat appropriate appetizing food, such as Sichuan kimchi, or boil some health porridge, such as mung beans and barley porridge, yam lentil rice porridge, sweet potato and oat porridge are good choices. 6, vegetables only eat raw, not cooked Hot days in the kitchen cooking is a kind of torment, so many people choose not to fire the cold dishes or eat directly raw. But cold dishes are cold, raw food is not easy to digest, are hurt the spleen and stomach. 7, addicted to spicy heavy night on the streets, spicy crawfish, spicy hot and other heavy snacks are many people’s favorite. But eat too much will stimulate the mucous membrane of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, easy to cause stomach fire, long mouth sores, when you can drink some mung bean soup or eat some watermelon to clear the fire. 8, a lot of alcohol alcohol will also stimulate the stomach mucosa, but also increase the burden on the liver, the spleen and stomach is extremely unfavorable. 9, hungry a meal full a meal spleen and stomach like regular life, regular ration, chew slowly, is the key to maintain the spleen and stomach. If you are often hungry and full, eating on the go or eating in the talk, over time will inevitably lead to a weak spleen and stomach, prone to gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases. 10, often stay up late Many people are used to sleeping late. Staying up late hurts yin, easily causing yin deficiency, qi deficiency, not only hurting the spleen and stomach, the five organs are very injured. In order to maintain health, you must sleep well “meridian sleep”, that is, sleep at night can not be later than 11:00, and then sleep for half an hour at noon, in order to be beneficial to health.