What causes edema? See what Chinese medicine has to say

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-02-22

Edema refers to the retention of water in the body, flooding the skin, causing edema of the head, face, eyelids, limbs, abdomen and back, and even the whole body. There are many kinds of edema, among which wind and evil attack the surface, sores and poison internal offenders, external dampness, uncontrolled diet, insufficient endowment, and long-term illness and fatigue are the most common. The main mechanisms of this disease are lung dysregulation, spleen loss and transfusion, kidney loss and unfavorable trifocal gasification.

1. Wind Evil Attack Table.

The wind is the first of the six prostitutions, and the evil of wind cold or wind heat invades the lungs, the lungs are out of tune, and the feng shui fights together, causing edema. This is what "Jingyue Quanshu Swelling" says: "Where the external poisonous wind and evil leave the skin, it can also be suddenly swollen." "Therefore, the wind attack table is one of the common edema**.

Second, the sores and poisons of the internal offender.

Skin sores and poison, or sore throat, fiery internal attack, damage to the lungs, spleen and kidneys, cause abnormal vaporization of jin fluid, and become edema. "Yan's Jisheng Fang: Edema Gate" cloud: "When you are young, you have blood fever and sores, and you become swollen, polydipsia, and you urinate less, which is heat and swelling. Therefore, the sores are also one of the important ones for edema.

3. External moisture.

Living in the wetland for a long time, wading in the rain, wrapping the body in wet clothes for too long, the water and dampness invade internally, trapping the spleen and yang, the spleen and stomach lose their ability to rise and clear and reduce turbidity, the water is uncontrollable, and the hair is edema. Just as "Yizong Jinjian: Water and Qi Disease Pulse Syndrome" said: "Skin water, there is no external evidence, and there is water and dampness inside." Therefore, external dampness is also one of the important causes of edema.

Fourth, the diet is not modest.

Excessive fat and sweetness, craving spicy food, long-term dampness and heat resistance, damage to the spleen and stomach; Or due to hunger, insufficient nutrition, and spleen dystrophy, resulting in poor spleen luck, spleen loss, dampness and stagnation, and edema. For example, "Jingyue Quanshu Edema" said: "Adults and children have no symptoms such as spleen deficiency and diarrhea, and suddenly the whole body is swollen, or the urination is not good, which is mostly caused by eating disorders, or dampness and heat. "Therefore, poor diet is also one of the common causes of edema**.

Fifth, the endowment is insufficient, and the patient is tired after a long illness.

The congenital endowment is weak, the kidney qi is deficient, the bladder is unfavorable, the vaporization is abnormal, the skin is flooded, and the hair is edema; Or due to fatigue and long-term illness, spleen and kidney deficiency, fluid transfer and gasification abnormality, edema. Therefore, insufficient endowment and long-term illness and fatigue are also one of the common causes of edema.

To sum up, there are many kinds of edema, among which wind evil attack surface, sores and poison internal offenders, external dampness, uncontrolled diet, insufficient endowment, and long-term illness and fatigue are the most common. In the case of edema, corresponding measures should be taken according to different **. At the same time, it is important to strengthen preventive and health measures. For example, keeping warm, avoiding humid environments, and keeping ** clean and dry are all effective ways to prevent edema. In terms of diet, excessive intake of irritating foods such as salt and spicy foods should be avoided; Eating foods rich in high-quality protein, vitamins, and minerals can help boost your body's immunity. Through the effective implementation of comprehensive and preventive measures, the occurrence of edema and ** can be effectively reduced.

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