Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning and medicinal diet recommendations for spleen deficiency and dampness retention constitution

Spleen deficiency with dampness retention

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These types of obese individuals typically exhibit symptoms such as muscle relaxation, abdominal distension, and loose stools.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

Qi deficiency can lead to abnormal metabolism, requiring the spleen to be strengthened to enhance metabolism. Strengthening the spleen can regulate qi deficiency, restore bodily functions, and once metabolism normalizes, weight loss will naturally occur, leading to a normal weight and body shape. Therefore, strengthening the spleen mainly involves replenishing qi.

The most suitable medicinal materials

▶ Job's tears: It is neutral in nature and promotes diuresis. Because its medicinal properties are mild and its effects are not quick, it is often taken in combination with other medicinal materials or foods.

▶ Astragalus: Sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature, it tonifies the middle energizer and replenishes qi, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Astragalus does not have a lipid-lowering effect, but in traditional Chinese medicine theory, qi deficiency requires tonification to enhance the body's metabolic efficiency.

▶ Alisma plantago-aquatica: It promotes diuresis and eliminates dampness, but it cannot be used alone in large quantities for a long period of time, otherwise it will damage the kidneys. It should be used in combination with other drugs.

▶ Poria cocos: Sweet in taste and neutral in nature, it tonifies 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 commonly found in traditional Chinese medicine such as Poria cocos paste and Four-Ingredient Soup.

Detox and Weight Loss Practical Plan

Peppermint Rose Tea

Ingredients: 5 fresh mint leaves, 3 dried rose petals

Instructions: 1. Warm the teapot with hot water, then add fresh mint leaves and rose petals. 2. Pour in 300-500 ml of hot water and steep for 5 minutes.

Forsythia green tea

Ingredients: 6 grams of forsythia, 6 grams of burdock seed, a small amount of green tea

Instructions: Grind all ingredients into powder, put them in a cup, pour boiling water over them, and drink as tea.

Lotus Seed, Red Bean, and Poria Cocos Soup

Ingredients: 30g lotus seeds (soaked, peeled, and cored), 30g red beans, 30g poria powder, a little honey.

Instructions: 1. Wash the lotus seeds and red beans, put them in a pot, and cook until tender. 2. After cooking, add poria powder and honey, and mix well.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Detox and Weight Loss Practical Plan: The Wisdom of Our Ancestors

Red and green porridge

Ingredients: 100g rice, 50g each of Job's tears, red beans, and mung beans, 1 tablespoon rock sugar

Instructions: 1. Wash the rice, Job's tears, red beans, and mung beans, and soak them in water for 1 hour. 2. Put all the ingredients into a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 45 minutes. 3. Once cooked into porridge, add rock sugar to taste.

Detox and Weight Loss Practical Plan

□ Seven Traditional Chinese Medicine Slimming Methods

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that obesity and significant weight gain are related to "dampness," "phlegm," and "deficiency." Based on this, traditional Chinese medicine has summarized seven methods for weight loss to suppress appetite and promote energy expenditure.

Spleen-strengthening method

Applicable symptoms: reduced appetite, fatigue, pale tongue coating, and weak pulse.

Commonly used medicinal materials include: Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, Citrus aurantium, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Dioscorea opposita, and Coix lacryma-jobi.

Recommended medicinal diet: Goji Berry Soup

Ingredients: 10g goji berries, 10g honey, 10g pitted jujubes, 10g lotus seeds (steamed for 10 minutes, core removed), 30g yam

Instructions: Put all ingredients except honey into a pot and simmer for 50 minutes. Add honey before serving.

Water Conservancy Method

Applicable symptoms: obesity and edema, oliguria, abdominal distension, and weak pulse.

Commonly used medicinal materials include: dried tangerine peel, poria peel, ginger peel, mulberry bark, areca peel, coix seed, magnolia bark, cardamom seed, and plantain seed.

Recommended medicinal diet: Job's tears and winter melon soup

Ingredients: 30g Job's tears, 30g winter melon, 50g lean pork, oil, salt, and chicken bouillon to taste.

Instructions: 1. Clean all ingredients and put them in a pot to make soup. 2. When almost cooked, add oil, salt, and chicken bouillon to taste.

Tongfu method

Applicable symptoms: bloated abdomen due to overeating, shortness of breath upon exertion, thick yellow tongue coating, and strong pulse.

Commonly used medicinal materials: mainly for mild purging, with rhubarb, licorice, and immature bitter orange as the main selections.

Recommended medicinal cuisine: pomelo and celery

Ingredients: 1 grapefruit, 60g celery, 6g licorice root, 300ml cold boiled water, honey to taste

Instructions: 1. Steep licorice root in 200 ml of boiling water and let cool. 2. Peel the grapefruit and cut it into chunks; wash the celery and cut it into chunks. 3. Put everything into a juicer and blend until smooth.