As a "northerner" in the eyes of Guangdong people, the "northerners" in the northern areas of Guangdong only knew after arriving in Guangdong that damp heat is really very seriously affecting people's physical health.
Removing dampness is a must for Cantonese people, and it is also a daily necessity for them to maintain their health. But even for Guangdong natives with a lot of experience, when the humid heat comes, through various methods of conditioning, it can not achieve a good dampness effect.
In fact, there are some common foods in life that help us get rid of dampness, for example, these 3 kinds of food are called natural "damp king"! Eating regularly can help us replenish our weakness and vitality, discharge the wet poison in the body, and also play a good role in getting rid of the belly, which kinds are there?
1. Barley
Barley is the common supermarket coix kernel, it is a medicinal and food dual-use ingredients, barley itself has a good effect on dampness and water, especially for some edema-type obese people have a very good effect, if you want to reduce the extra meat of the abdomen, eat more barley is indeed a good effect, more for porridge or boiling water, or soup have a good effect.
Of course, Cantonese people like to use barley as sugar water, as long as the sugar is not very much, eat more is no problem, because if there is too much sugar, it will aggravate the symptoms of our spleen deficiency, affecting the spleen and stomach transportation, the body's humidity will be more.
2. Red beans
Red beans and barley are originally a good match, the so-called "gold partner" of moisture removal refers to barley red beans, they are very good at removing dampness.
The use of red beans is more extensive, whether it is a table or a food stall, you can often see the figure of red beans, and eating more red beans can also help us supplement the situation of qi deficiency, in order to improve the aggravation of moisture caused by temper deficiency.
3. Yam
The effect of yam dampness is mainly reflected in helping us to replenish the spleen and lungs, especially in some people whose spleen deficiency absorption is not good, if the spleen deficiency has been well improved, then the moisture in the body can naturally be well removed.
Of course, in addition to the above 3 common medicinal and food ingredients, people will often use some local medicinal herbs to help get rid of dampness, such as the common five-fingered peach, houttuynia cordata, kapok are very good choices.
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