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Fan Letter】Hello dear doctor! I'm a big fan of yours, and in recent times, I've found myself feeling heavy all the time, my joints aching, and my energy is lacking, and I wonder if I'm getting too damp in my body. I looked up a lot of information on the Internet and wanted to tone my body by drinking some dampness tea, but there are so many kinds of tea that I don't know which one is right for me. I would like to ask you, based on my symptoms, can you recommend some dampness tea that is suitable for me?
Popular science answers] Xiao Wang, it's a pleasure to hear from you. Depending on the symptoms you describe, it could indeed be a sign of excessive dampness in the body. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is called "dampness", which is one of the six prostitutions of the human body, and excessive dampness will cause a series of discomforts in the human body. Dampness tea is a common conditioning method in traditional Chinese medicine, which can help the body expel dampness and improve discomfort by drinking tea with dampness-removing effects. Below I recommend three types of dampness tea, as well as some ancient recipe explanations, I hope it will help you.
The first is water dilution and damp tea, which mainly helps the body to discharge excess water through diuresis and osmosis. Common ingredients include Poria cocos, Ze Yuan, Coix seed, etc. Among them, Poria cocos is known as "immortal medicine" in ancient times, has the reputation of "cocos god", it is sweet, light, flat in nature, returns to the heart, spleen, kidney meridian, has the effect of infiltrating dampness and water, strengthening the spleen and calming the nerves. Ze diarrhea is sweet, light, cold, returns to the kidneys and bladder meridians, and has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, infiltrating dampness and stopping diarrhea. Coix seed is sweet, light, cool, returns to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, and has the effect of water infiltration, spleen and diarrhea, heat clearing and pus.
The second is aromatic wet tea, which stimulates the spleen and stomach through the aromatic smell and promotes the conversion of moisture into water, so as to achieve the effect of dispelling dampness. Commonly used ingredients are Huoxiang, Peilan, sand kernels, etc. Huoxiang is warm, spicy, returns to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, and has the effect of dissolving cold, aromatizing and dissolving dampness. Peilan has a pungent taste, warm nature, returns to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, and has the effect of dampness and detoxification. Sand kernel taste pungent, warm, return to the spleen, stomach, large intestine meridian, has the effect of warming the qi, dissolving dampness and relieving pain.
Finally, it is spleen and dampness tea, which regulates the spleen and stomach and enhances the transport function of the spleen and stomach, so as to achieve the effect of dispelling dampness. Commonly used ingredients are atractylodes, poria cocos, lentils, etc. Atractylodes atractylodes is sweet, light, warm, returns to the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians, and has the effect of strengthening qi and spleen, drying dampness and water. Poria cocos has been introduced above. Lentils are sweet, light, flat in nature, return to the spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians, and have the effect of strengthening the spleen and relieving dampness, and stopping diarrhea.
When choosing dampness tea, you should choose according to your own constitution and symptoms, and at the same time pay attention to the combination and dosage of tea, excessive drinking will also cause a burden on the body. It is recommended that you consult a professional TCM practitioner before using dampness tea, so that you can give more appropriate advice according to your specific situation. I hope my answer is helpful to you and I wish you good health and a happy life!
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