How to get rid of dampness in the body? In Chinese medicine, dampness is said to be the root cause of many diseases, including excessive cholesterol, cancer, metabolic disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, allergies, and environmental sickness. For the sake of this discussion, only the symptoms of water metabolism anomalies will be addressed. External dampness and interior dampness are the two broad types of moisture. Internal dampness is the most prevalent because it readily combines with heat or cold to produce damp-hot or damp-cold. Dampness is defined as “excessive humidity” within the body. Symptoms may include a sense of heaviness, swelling or water retention, a bloated belly, phlegm secretion, nodular lumps, loose stools, and fluid turbidity. Individuals suffering from dampness typically have low energy and acquire weight quickly. The pulse is usually slick, and the tongue is swollen, with teeth marks and a greasy coating.
There Are Two Types Of Dampness: Exterior And Interior
Internal dampness is the most prevalent because it readily combines with heat or cold to produce damp-heat or damp-cold conditions.
Heaviness, puffiness of the skin, edema or water retention, bloated belly, phlegm secretion, nodular lumps, loose stools, and other symptoms may occur. People who suffer from dampness often experience low energy and/or acquire weight quickly.
External dampness is a condition characterized by prolonged high humidity, which often occurs in late summer/early autumn or during prolonged wet weather.
People often complain of dizziness, a heavy feeling in their heads and bodies, as well as joint stiffness and agony. External and internal moisture may cause discharges on the body (such as suppurating ulcers, weeping eczema, thrush/yeast infections, and so on).
How To Get Rid Of Dampness In Body
FOODS TO AVOID!
Dairy items (sheep and goat products are less dampening), fatty meats, roasted peanuts, concentrated juices (especially orange and tomato), wheat, bread, yeast, beer, bananas, sugar, and sweeteners, saturated fats.
Foods That Help With Dampness:
- Aduki bean
- Alfalfa anchovy
- Barley
- Buckwheat tea
- Celery
- Corn
- Daikon
- Garlic
- Green tea
- Horseradish
- Jasmine tea
- Job’s tears
- Kidney bean
- Lemon
- Mackerel
- Marjoram mushroom (button)
- Mustard leaf onion
- Parsley
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Rye
- Scallion
- Turnip
- White fungus
REFERENCES
Foods to Remove Dampness in the Body
TCM Dampness and Food Therapy
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