Why does Chinese medicine always have an inexhaustible spleen and an inexhaustible dampness? Hello everyone, I am Dr. Jia.
Strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness is already a commonplace topic, so many people must have a question in their hearts, why is it still spleen deficiency how to strengthen the spleen, how to dispel dampness or dampness? In fact, this has a lot to do with modern people's diet, Xi habits of life. Nowadays, people like to stay up late, irregular work and rest, high work pressure, and greasy diet, which will bring a burden to the spleen and stomach and affect the function of the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are abnormal, and the water and liquid stop accumulating in the body, and dampness will form after a long time. Therefore, these bad Xi are not changed, and the moisture is difficult to get rid of.
However, we only need to make some small changes in our daily life to strengthen our spleen and stomach and get rid of dampness. That's to add some ingredients to the first glass of water after waking up in the morning. One is Poria cocos and the other is Atractylodes.
Poria cocos has a sweet and flat taste, has the effect of strengthening the spleen and infiltrating dampness, diluting water and reducing swelling, can strengthen the spleen and stomach, and introduce the moisture in the body into the bladder and discharge it from the urine, so it has a good conditioning effect on the symptoms such as edema and diarrhea caused by excessive dampness.
Then there is Atractylodes, which is bitter and warm in taste, and returns to the spleen and stomach. Different from Poria cocos, Atractylodes atractylodes is warm and dry, just like a desiccant, which can absorb excess water and moisture in our body, and Atractylodes can also strengthen the spleen and invigorate qi, promote the function of the spleen and stomach, and have a good effect on symptoms such as loss of appetite, indigestion, bloating, and diarrhea caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach.
These two flavors of medicine are also the old partners in the major dampness prescriptions, usually use atractylodes and poria cocos to drink water, can strengthen the spleen and promote dampness, for friends who have been troubled by spleen deficiency and dampness, you can use it as a reference.
However, Dr. Jia still wants to remind everyone here that traditional Chinese medicine needs to be differentiated, and it is recommended that you should still go through the guidance of a professional doctor before using medicine, and do not use it indiscriminately. See you next time!