Activate the power of beautiful legs! The three secrets of a female traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to get rid of lower body fat are...

"Oh my god! This dress is only suitable for skinny people with long and thin legs!" When your girlfriends go shopping for clothes, are you the skinny one with a pair of beautiful legs, or the fat one who can't find nice clothes because of the fat in the lower body? Chinese medicine practitioners say that if you want to get rid of lower body obesity, in addition to controlling your diet, you must master the three secrets of "movement"!

If your lower body is fat and swollen, it is probably because there is too much moisture in your body!

Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin, who has a pair of long and beautiful legs, pointed out that most people with obesity in the lower body have a constitution of "spleen deficiency and dampness". A weak spleen will weaken the function of transporting and transforming water, and moisture will easily accumulate in the body. People with heavy moisture will easily suffer from obesity in the lower body, including the lower abdomen, buttocks, thighs, and especially the calves, which are prone to edema and fat.

For the "spleen deficiency and dampness excess" constitution, Chinese medicine treatment focuses on "strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness", and uses herbs such as coix seed, poria, umbellate, atractylodes, cinnamon twig, and licorice to add or subtract. As for daily maintenance, it is recommended to maintain a balanced, low-fat, low-salt, light diet, combined with daily exercise to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with obesity in the lower body mostly have a "spleen deficiency and dampness excess" constitution.

A female traditional Chinese medicine practitioner shares 3 secrets to creating supermodel-like legs

What’s special is that the “movement” mentioned here is not just the well-known “exercise”, but also includes the meridian tapping and acupoint massage methods commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine health care. The following are the three secrets of beautiful legs shared by Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin:

Three Yang Meridians of the Foot. (Photo provided by Yuanshui Culture)

Tip 1: Tap the meridians

According to traditional Chinese medicine, "Yang meridians govern Qi" and "Yin meridians govern blood". Tapping the Yang meridians more often can boost Yang Qi and promote the body's metabolism, while the Yin meridians are related to the lymph and blood circulation in the lower body. If you want to get rid of edema in the lower body, tap and pat along the meridians of your feet and calves three times a day with your hollow palms, a massage stick or a brush. Even lazy beauties can easily rebuild their beautiful legs.

[Three Yang Meridians of the Foot]: namely, the stomach meridian, gallbladder meridian, and bladder meridian, which are located on the front, outside, and back sides of the thighs and calves respectively. The direction of tapping should be from top to bottom.

[Three Yin Meridians of the Foot]: The inner sides of the calves and thighs are where the liver meridian, spleen meridian, and kidney meridian run. After bathing, apply slimming and firming cream, and pat along the inner sides of the calves and thighs from bottom to top, and finally to the inner side of the groin. This can improve leg swelling and beautify leg curves.

Three Yin Meridians of the Foot. (Photo provided by Yuanshui Culture)

Tip 2: Massage Sanyinjiao and Yinlingquan acupoints

Regularly massaging the "Sanyinjiao" and "Yinlingquan" acupoints can help eliminate swelling, sculpt leg lines and resist aging. "Sanyinjiao" is located 3 inches above the tip of the medial malleolus (equivalent to the width of 4 finger widths put together), in the depression at the posterior edge of the tibia. When you bend your knees to the bottom, the depression at the end of the inner horizontal line of the lower knee is the "Yinlingquan".

In order to control her body fat percentage and maintain her figure, Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin goes to the gym twice a week. (Photo provided by Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin)

Tip 3: Exercise regularly to pay off your fat debt

Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin, who loves food like most people, said that a body fat percentage of 25% is the limit for her to enjoy food. Once the limit is exceeded, the metabolism will easily deteriorate and lead to weight gain. In order to control his body fat percentage, Dr. Zhang goes to the gym twice a week. He starts by brisk walking on the treadmill for 30 minutes, and then uses fitness equipment to train the adduction and abduction muscles of the thighs. Through the contraction and relaxation of the muscles during exercise, the blood and lymph circulation in the lower limbs is promoted, excess water is eliminated, and edema is improved.

It should be noted that girls with edema-type obesity must increase their physical activity and exercise their muscles so that they will not have too many fat stretch marks or appear flabby and old when they lose weight. Most people must also stretch, stretch and massage after exercise to prevent their muscles from getting tangled and turning into carrot legs.

If you also have the problem of lower body obesity, the above exercise methods may be worth referring to, but Chinese medicine doctor Zhang Wenxin specially reminds that if you have a weak Qi constitution, staying up late, being busy, not getting enough rest, or excessive strenuous exercise (such as pedaling or boxing) will increase the consumption of Qi. Insufficient Qi cannot properly promote water circulation and eliminate moisture, resulting in worse metabolism and more prone to edema. Therefore, appropriate exercise according to personal constitution can help you get rid of lower body obesity faster.