Rumor has it online: Take Chinese medicine to help you lose weight, but avoid white food? The female Chinese medicine practitioner said...

Chinese people are crazy about losing weight. In recent years, more and more people are seeking help from traditional Chinese medicine, hoping to get rid of obesity in a healthier way through physical conditioning. However, there is a saying circulating on the Internet: "When taking Chinese medicine to help lose weight, it is best not to consume white foods, so as not to affect the efficacy of the medicine and cause weight loss to fail." Is it that serious?

Most white foods are cold in nature, so whether fat people can eat them depends on their constitution!

Wu Liying, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Changhua Yuansheng Hospital, said that in the theory of the five elements corresponding to seasons in traditional Chinese medicine and the five colors for health preservation, autumn is good for nourishing the lungs, and white enters the lungs, so white foods can be eaten in autumn to nourish the lungs. Common white foods include: milk, cabbage, cauliflower, white radish, mushrooms, white fungus, wild rice shoots, bamboo shoots, winter melon, lotus root, lotus seeds, lily, coix seed, yam and pear, etc. They have the characteristics of invigorating qi and entering the lungs, and are especially suitable for health preservation in autumn. However, it should be noted that eating white food to moisten the lungs and maintain health is only suitable for ordinary people, but people with a physique prone to obesity can easily step on this landmine.

Traditional Chinese medicine divides obesity-prone constitutions into five types, namely "spleen dampness and edema type", "Qi and blood deficiency type", "liver depression and qi stagnation type", "liver and kidney deficiency type" and "stomach heat and phlegm and blood stasis type". Most white vegetables are cold in nature, and different obesity constitutions have different restrictions on white foods.

These 4 types of fat-prone body types should avoid these foods

Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Liying said that obese people with spleen edema and weak qi and blood have a cold and weak constitution. If they frequently consume white foods, it is easy to form a "cold on top of cold, weakness on top of weakness" situation, making it more difficult to lose weight. Therefore, it is recommended to avoid cold white foods as much as possible during normal times or when taking Chinese medicine. To overcome obesity, people with spleen dampness and edema can drink "Si Shen Soup" regularly to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, while people with weak qi and blood can drink "Astragalus and Wolfberry Tea" to help replenish qi and nourish blood.

If you are a person who is under stress, you usually suffer from liver depression and qi stagnation type obesity. Frequent intake of cold foods will affect the body's qi circulation and is not conducive to weight loss. In addition to reducing the intake of cold white foods, you should drink more "rose tea", or take a bath or soak your feet for 20 minutes before going to bed, which can relax, soothe the liver and regulate qi, and assist in weight loss.

Obese people with liver and kidney deficiency are common among the elderly and those who stay up late. If they consume white cold food, their already slow metabolism will become even slower. Not only will it be difficult to lose weight in the long run, they may even get fatter! People with this constitution should completely avoid cold white foods, and instead "moderately" consume black foods or foods that can nourish the liver and kidneys. In the summer or when the weather is hot, they can eat pine nuts and almonds, and in the winter or when the weather is cold, they can eat black sesame seeds, walnuts, and cashews to nourish the liver and kidneys. It should be noted that the standard of "moderation" varies from person to person. If you experience dry mouth, mouth sores, or constipation after taking the above-mentioned nuts and seeds, it means "overdose" and you should reduce the amount!

For people with stomach heat, phlegm and blood stasis constitution, white food should be consumed in moderation to reduce fever!

As for those who are prone to obesity due to stomach heat, phlegm and blood stasis, they often have a habit of liking hot and dry foods such as barbecue, spicy and fried foods. They are thirsty, easily hungry and like cold things. In principle, they can eat white foods in moderation to regulate their body, but they still need to pay attention to "moderation" to avoid overeating and forming a physique with mixed cold and heat, which is more difficult to treat and regulate! For people with this physique to get rid of obesity, the first dietary recommendation is to avoid hot and spicy foods.

【Health Tips】:

Traditional Chinese medicine divides obesity into many types, each with different symptoms. People should not make judgments or apply the same criteria to themselves. Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Liying suggested that people who want to lose weight can first consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to determine their personal constitution before taking appropriate medication, acupuncture or ear acupuncture treatments, so as to avoid sacrificing their health by eating and treating the wrong medicine.