Always failing in weight loss? Find out the causes and physique of obesity first! TCM: First understand whether you are really fat or just puffy

Many people who are determined to lose weight often fall into a vicious cycle of weight loss failure. "Why did Mr. A lose weight so quickly, but I can't see any significant results by following his example? Or am I just unable to lose weight?" Chinese medicine practitioners say that this is because they did not understand the cause of their obesity before losing weight and did not move in the right direction of weight loss. Therefore, they work very hard but still cannot lose weight. In fact, if you want to lose weight effectively, the first key is to first understand whether you are really fat or just puffy, so that you can further adjust the symptoms!

If you want to lose weight successfully, Chinese medicine: first understand whether you are really fat or puffy

Chinese medicine practitioner Kang Hanjing said that as early as the ancient Chinese medical book "Lingshu. In the "Disorders of Wei Qi", Chinese medicine has mentioned how to measure a person's fatness or thinness, and divides them into three types: fat people, fat people, and fleshy people. Among them, fat people have firm muscles, plump skin, and much subcutaneous fat; although fat people also have much subcutaneous fat, their muscles are less firm and their skin is looser than that of fat people; fleshy people have a congenitally larger skeleton and thicker muscles.

Therefore, except for those who are born with larger skeletons and muscles, it is less likely for their body shape to change. The condition of obese and fat people can be improved through proper physical conditioning. In fact, in clinical treatment, Chinese medicine divides fat people and obese people into two types: real fat and false fat, based on their different constitutions and causes. If you want to lose weight successfully, the two have very different daily lives and dietary treatments.

The key to obesity for those who are "actually fat" is an abnormal diet. Drinking Buddha's Hand Fat-Reducing Drink can relieve liver depression, digest food and eliminate stagnation.

Chinese medicine practitioner Kang Hanjing pointed out that for patients with obesity, their bodies are usually stiffer and the obese parts are thicker. And depending on the causes, obesity can be divided into stomach heat type and liver depression type. The main difference between the two is that obesity of stomach heat type is mostly concentrated in the lower abdomen, while obesity of liver depression type is mostly present in the upper body, especially the ribs, which will feel particularly tight.

Since the main cause of obesity for obese people is that the calories they consume far exceed the body's needs, the first thing to do in terms of conditioning is to adjust their eating habits.

●Stomach heat type

Symptoms: People with stomach heat type obesity often feel hungry, easily overeat, and are accompanied by dry mouth, frequent facial acne, and constipation.

Treatment direction: It is recommended to avoid eating barbecued, spicy and fried foods that are easy to increase stomach fire. The speed of eating also needs to be slowed down, and the feeling of fullness should be increased by chewing slowly. If you feel hungry outside of mealtime, it is recommended that you drink a cup of warm soy milk or milk, or eat a relatively flat apple or guava to satisfy your hunger.

● Liver depression type

Symptoms: Liver depression type obesity is usually caused by people who are under great pressure at work or in life and choose to relieve stress by overeating. It may also be accompanied by frequent headaches, chest tightness, bloating, and constipation.

Treatment direction: For patients with liver depression, it is recommended to have three meals at normal times, do some chest expansion exercises or limb stretching during breaks, and listen to calm music, all of which can help relieve tense emotions.

Suitable for fat people who can make their own tea:

★Buddha's Hand Fat-Reducing Drink

Ingredients: 12 grams of bergamot, 9 grams of gardenia, 9 grams of ophiopogon japonicus, and 18 grams of hawthorn.

practice:

1. Simply rinse and drain the herbs.

2. Take a large pot, put the medicinal materials in it, add 600 ml of water and boil it.

3. Then continue to simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes before turning off the heat. Let the tea cool before drinking.

Function: Soothe liver and relieve depression, digest food and eliminate stagnation.

For those who are "pseudo-obese", the first thing to do to lose weight is to remove dampness and promote blood circulation. DIY Qi-replenishing and fat-removing tea can assist in conditioning

Pseudo-obesity often occurs in people with spleen deficiency and liver and kidney deficiency. The obese parts will appear soft and inelastic. The common point between these two types is that although they do not eat a lot, due to their slower metabolism, they are prone to food accumulation, phlegm or blood stasis.

Therefore, Chinese medicine practitioner Kang Hanjing recommends that regardless of whether people have spleen deficiency or liver and kidney deficiency, those who are overweight and want to lose weight successfully should try to avoid sweets, cold drinks and high-salt foods in their daily diet; and develop good exercise habits to promote blood circulation and eliminate phlegm and dampness in the body.

●Spleen deficiency

Symptoms: People with spleen deficiency type obesity often have no appetite for meals, but like to eat sweets or drink beverages, easily feel tired, heavy, and have indigestion; their faces are swollen in the morning and their lower limbs are swollen at night, and the fat parts are mostly distributed in the abdomen, buttocks and thighs.

Treatment direction: You can engage in exercise that will make your body sweat slightly. For example, brisk walking or jogging can help eliminate moisture from the body.

● Liver and kidney deficiency

Symptoms: Liver and kidney deficiency often occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. In addition to obesity, it is easily accompanied by symptoms such as sleep disorders and back pain. As people age, the speed of blood circulation in the body gradually decreases, so the fat areas are mostly distributed throughout the abdomen.

Treatment direction: You can choose to engage in sports that are less harmful to the knees, such as swimming or cycling. At the same time, you can supplement more black ingredients such as black sesame, black fungus, kelp, sea cucumber, etc. to nourish the liver and kidneys and maintain skin elasticity, so that you can be thin and beautiful with a good complexion.

Recommended teas for puffiness that you can make yourself:

★Qi-replenishing and fat-removing tea

Ingredients: 9 grams of Poria cocos, 12 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 9 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 21 grams of Cassia seed, and 9 grams of Lycium barbarum.

practice:

1. Simply rinse and drain the herbs.

2. Take a large pot, put the medicinal materials in it, add 1200 ml of water and boil it.

3. Turn to low heat and continue cooking for 20 minutes before turning off the heat. Let the tea cool before drinking.

Function: Tonifies Qi and eliminates dampness, nourishes the kidneys and liver.

If people improve their lifestyle and eating habits, but find that they are still far from their ideal weight. Chinese medicine practitioner Kang Hanjing suggests that you may consider seeking the help of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to further adjust your physical condition through Chinese medicine, acupuncture, or thread embedding, which are all good ways to assist in sudden weight loss and breaking the plateau period.

For example, patients with stomach heat type can use Chinese medicine to clear away heat and relieve constipation; while patients with liver depression type can use acupuncture to regulate the qi of the body. As for patients with spleen deficiency, they can use abdominal moxibustion to replenish yang energy and enhance the elimination of moisture; for patients with liver and kidney deficiency, they can use thread embedding to continuously stimulate acupoints and accelerate metabolism in the body.