Targeting the "Quality": Four Body Types of Slimming Methods and the Aroma of Boiling Tea

Targeted Treatment Based on Body Type: Four Body Types of Weight Loss Methods

The principle of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) weight loss lies in using the guiding or regulating effects of Chinese herbs to activate the body's original functions, thereby achieving the goal of weight loss. TCM weight loss involves customizing weight loss prescriptions based on the causes and individual constitutions, which ensures good and ideal weight loss results with fewer side effects and a low rebound rate.

Based on the different causes and constitutions of obesity, traditional Chinese medicine generally classifies obesity into four types, and uses different Chinese herbal medicine treatments for each type.

Stomach heat and dampness obstruction type

※symptom

This type of obesity is usually caused by living in a damp environment, eating a greasy diet, or excessive stress. Symptoms include bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, easy hunger, irritability, dark yellow urine, and constipation.

※Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

In addition to the usual fat reduction and diuresis needed for obesity, the most important thing is to clear heat so that the body's metabolic function can return to normal.

※Commonly used medicinal materials

☆Cassia Seed

It is slightly cold in nature and can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, as well as relieve constipation. Therefore, if you have high blood pressure and constipation, drinking some cassia seed tea is a good option. However, it is not suitable for people with a cold constitution who are prone to diarrhea or stomach pain.

☆Green Tea

Green tea is considered cooling in nature and can help with weight loss and digestion. The American Journal of Nutrition has confirmed that green tea does indeed have weight-loss and anti-cancer effects. However, green tea is unfermented, and from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, excessive consumption can easily harm the stomach. People with poor digestive systems should use it with caution.

Spleen deficiency with dampness retention

※symptom

This type of obesity is generally characterized by muscle relaxation, abdominal distension, and loose stools.

※Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

Qi deficiency can lead to abnormal metabolism, which requires strengthening the spleen. Qi deficiency can cause the spleen to malfunction, and strengthening the spleen can regulate qi deficiency, restore bodily functions, normalize metabolism, and naturally lead to weight loss and reaching the desired weight and body shape. Therefore, the main approach to strengthening the spleen is to replenish qi.

※Commonly used medicinal materials

☆Job's Tears

It is neutral in nature and promotes diuresis. Because its medicinal properties are mild and its effects are not rapid, it is mostly taken in combination with other medicinal materials or foods.

☆Astragalus

It has a sweet taste and slightly warm nature. It tonifies the middle energizer and replenishes qi, and promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Astragalus does not have a lipid-lowering effect, but in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, qi deficiency requires tonification to enhance the body's metabolic efficiency. Astragalus can also enhance immune function.

☆Ze Xie

It has diuretic and dampness-reducing properties, but it cannot be used alone in large quantities or for a long period of time, otherwise it will damage the kidneys. Therefore, it must be used in combination with other medications.

☆Poria cocos

It has a sweet taste and neutral properties, nourishes the spleen and promotes urination. It can lower blood sugar, calm the nerves, replenish qi, and enhance immune function. Long-term consumption is generally safe. Because of its mild nature, it is found in traditional Chinese medicine formulas such as Poria cocos paste and Four-Ingredient Decoction.

Liver Qi stagnation type

※symptom

This is most common among obese people, especially young women, who experience bloating, mood swings, and frequent sighing.

※Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

This is due to liver qi stagnation. "Liver stagnation leads to spleen deficiency," resulting in incomplete digestion and metabolism, naturally leading to weight gain (from a modern medical perspective, this is equivalent to symptoms of anxiety, depression, or neurosis). Furthermore, people in this category tend to relieve their emotions by eating, which exacerbates the condition. Therefore, it is important to soothe liver qi, strengthen the spleen to aid digestion, and promote normal metabolic function.

※Commonly used medicinal materials

☆Dried Tangerine Peel

It can aid digestion, relieve phlegm, and regulate qi. However, its effect on weight loss is not strong when used alone.

☆Rose tea. It can regulate qi (vital energy) and has few side effects. Its main effect is regulating qi, so it must be combined with other slimming herbs.

Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency

※symptom

This type of obesity is often accompanied by symptoms such as tinnitus, dry mouth, dizziness, poor sleep, poor memory, and lower back pain and weak legs.

※Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

For obesity due to yin deficiency and insufficient yin and blood, the focus of treatment should be on nourishing yin. In addition to nourishing yin and replenishing blood, these patients also need to promote blood circulation.

※Commonly used medicinal materials

☆Polygonum multiflorum

It can lower blood lipids, replenish blood, and is particularly effective for obesity in the elderly.

☆Salvia miltiorrhiza

It has a mild blood-tonifying effect and can improve blood circulation. It has been found to lower cholesterol and blood lipids. It also helps alleviate symptoms of coronary heart disease and angina.

[The aroma of boiling tea lingers, its flavors ever-present.]

Pour boiling water over the leaves and watch them rise and fall in the water, releasing their aroma little by little. Let's begin our tea-drinking journey. Simple water, 12 simple teas-let beauty-conscious women easily drink away body fat, cleanse their bodies of toxins, and continue to lose weight.

Oolong tea

If someone tries to lose weight through dieting, they will eat less, resulting in less food residue and metabolic waste that cannot be properly eliminated from the body. Sometimes, waste accumulates and only comes out every few days, easily leading to dryness. Drinking oolong tea is recommended as it can improve metabolism.

Ingredients: Oolong tea

Method: Simply rinse with boiling water.

Efficacy: Aids digestion, clears phlegm, detoxifies from alcohol and greasy food, and reduces fat.

Job's tears tea

This is caused by simple water retention, which can easily lead to edema. It is recommended to drink barley tea.

Ingredients: 10g roasted Job's tears, 5g fresh lotus leaf, 5g hawthorn.

Instructions: Add the ingredients to water and bring to a boil.

Efficacy: Clears heat, promotes diuresis, and treats edema.

Lotus leaf tea

Low mood, high stress, or irregular eating habits can all increase intestinal sensitivity, leading to constipation and the accumulation of waste in the abdomen. Lotus leaf tea is recommended.

Tips

★ Lotus leaves contain lotusine, nuciferine, protonuciferine, quercetin, and nuciferone glycosides, which have significant lipid-lowering effects.

★Strong tea is best; the second brew is not as good.

★Drink 6 times a day. People with constipation can drink 4 packets a day, divided into 4 servings.

★It is best to drink it on an empty stomach. The advantage is that you don't need to diet. After drinking lotus leaf tea for a period of time, your food preferences will naturally change, and you will no longer crave greasy food.

Ingredients: 3 grams of lotus leaf, 6 grams of roasted cassia seed, and 3 rose petals.

Instructions: Steep in boiling water.

Efficacy: Clears heat and dampness, treats edema, and promotes hair growth.

Cassia seed tea

People with slow bowel movements, especially obese individuals, are prone to constipation and developing a "pot belly" during dieting, as stool tends to accumulate in the body. Cassia seed tea is recommended.

Ingredients: Cassia seed tea

Instructions: Steep in hot water.

Efficacy: Clears the liver and improves eyesight, promotes urination and relieves constipation.

barley malt tea

Poor gas expulsion can also cause bloating and stomach distension. Drinking barley malt tea is recommended.

Ingredients: 5 qian of roasted malt and 5 fen of hawthorn.

Instructions: Add rock sugar and mix with water to make a drink.

Efficacy: Improves appetite and strengthens the spleen, regulates the middle and lower body, relieves indigestion and bloating.

Lemon tea

It can both reduce fat and remove greasiness, and also whiten the skin.

Ingredients: Sliced ​​lemon.

Instructions: Squeeze out the lemon juice, dilute with warm water, and add an appropriate amount of honey.

Benefits: Reduces fat, aids digestion, whitens skin, and moisturizes the lungs.

Pu-erh tea

Undigested food in the stomach not only affects gastrointestinal function but also prevents the normal metabolism of fats and sugars, leading to weight gain. Drinking Pu-erh tea is recommended, as it can promote appetite and help cool the body after meals by raising body temperature.

Ingredients: Pu-erh tea leaves, 5 dried chrysanthemum flowers.

Instructions: Steep in hot water.

Benefits: Aids digestion and eliminates grease.

Rose tea

Rose petals are versatile; they can be used to make tea or infuse alcohol. Drinking more of them can help remove excess oil from the digestive tract and promote metabolism.

Ingredients: 5 grams of rose petals.

Instructions: Steep in warm water.

Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; treats liver and stomach pain.

Chrysanthemum tea

The most convenient drink for clearing heat and losing weight.

Ingredients: Several dried chrysanthemum flowers.

Instructions: Steep directly in hot water.

Efficacy: Clears heat and detoxifies, reduces fat, and lowers blood pressure.

Tangerine peel tea

If you accidentally eat too much oily food, no problem, just brew a pot of tangerine peel tea to get rid of the greasiness.

Ingredients: 4 grams of dried tangerine peel.

Instructions: Steep in boiling water.

Efficacy: Regulates Qi and harmonizes the middle Jiao, soothes the liver and strengthens the spleen, and promotes digestion and eliminates stagnation.

Hawthorn tea

Hawthorn tea is more suitable for obese people who like to eat meat.

Ingredients: 10 grams of hawthorn.

Method: Boil in water.

Efficacy: It can eliminate grease, help excrete waste from the body, and disperse blood stasis and phlegm.

Sour root tea

This is an absolutely fantastic drink for weight loss. Brew a cup after meals to achieve your weight loss goals while enjoying its delicious sweet and sour taste.

Ingredients: 10g hawthorn, 10g shepherd's purse flowers, 10g corn silk, 10g tea tree root, a little sugar.

Instructions: Grind all the ingredients into coarse powder, decoct them into a soup and extract the juice.

Efficacy: Diuretic and lipid-lowering, suitable for obese people and people with high blood pressure.