A great way to reduce edema in summer! Roselle tea for dehumidification and weight loss

In the hot summer, both men and women should be careful of edema if they often drink cold drinks and eat salty and fried foods. Chinese medicine practitioners point out that people with heavy moisture in their constitutions are prone to edema and weight gain. To eliminate summer edema, Chinese medicine can be used to "strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, drain away moisture and promote diuresis", and tea and acupoint massage can be used to maintain health and regulate the constitution to fight against the haze of edema.

Chinese medicine practitioner Luo Mingyu pointed out that during the summer, many people feel that they are fat, and they try hard to lose weight but still cannot lose weight, which makes them feel frustrated. In fact, it is very likely that you are not really fat, but rather suffering from edema. According to Chinese medicine, when the body is too damp, one of the most common symptoms is edema, and obese people are prone to edema.

Be careful of edema due to excessive moisture

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that edema is definitely related to physical constitution, but diet and lifestyle habits are also key factors. Temporary edema will improve the next day after the body naturally metabolizes water. However, if the edema is long-term, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up to understand the real cause of the edema and improve it as soon as possible.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the causes of edema include: lung qi deficiency, stagnation of lung qi, spleen dysfunction, kidney qi deficiency, qi stagnation and blood stasis; among these, the lungs, spleen and kidneys are most closely related; and long-term indulgence in icy drinks or raw, cold foods will directly damage the spleen and stomach function, easily causing edema in the lower body or face.

Using medicinal tea (situational picture) can eliminate edema and help lose weight.

Medicinal diet therapy to strengthen the spleen and reduce edema

Chinese medicine practitioner Luo Mingyu emphasized that in addition to getting enough sleep and regular exercise, one should avoid eating foods that are too salty or too oily, and eat less processed foods with high salt content. One can choose medicinal herbs that are beneficial to the lungs, spleen, kidneys, and dampness, such as astragalus, codonopsis, lily, poria, wolfberry, yam, lotus seeds, coix seed, red beans, etc.

It can also be cooked with ingredients such as winter melon, celery, cucumber, pumpkin, meat, eggs, carp, etc., for example, red bean and pork ribs soup, winter melon, clam and chicken soup, four-shen soup, wolfberry and eel soup, astragalus and yam carp soup, yam and wolfberry crucian carp soup, etc., to replenish vitality, improve the body's qi and blood circulation, promote gastrointestinal motility and eliminate edema.

《DIY 2 Teas to Eliminate Dampness》

1. Lotus leaf fat-burning drink

• Ingredients: 10 grams of lotus leaf.

• Efficacy: Lotus leaves can clear away heat and reduce fat, remove moisture from the body and promote metabolism. They are suitable for people with systemic obesity and those who often eat high-calorie foods such as fried foods.

• Preparation and usage: Put the medicinal materials in a cup, add 350c.c. boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes. Drink half an hour before meals, 1 cup a day. People with weak stomach and cold intestines and prone to diarrhea should not drink it.

2. Roselle Tea

• Ingredients: half a tablespoon each of Roselle and Rose, 3 grams of dried tangerine peel.

• Efficacy: Roselle reduces blood lipids and relieves greasiness, rose soothes the liver and relieves depression, and tangerine peel aids metabolism. It is suitable for systemic obesity and phlegm-dampness type obesity whose metabolism is affected by stress.

• Preparation and usage: Put roselle and tangerine peel in a cup, add 300c.c. boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes, then add rose. Drink after meals, 2 cups a day. People with cold hands and feet or peptic ulcer should avoid drinking.

《2 Acupoints to Strengthen the Spleen and Reduce Swelling》

Guanyuan acupoint (as shown in the picture) promotes circulation and gastrointestinal motility, helps eliminate edema and improve constipation.

1. Guanyuan Point

• Location: 4 finger widths below the navel.

• Efficacy: Promotes circulation and gastrointestinal motility, helps eliminate edema and improve constipation.

Tianshu point (as shown in the picture) can eliminate flatulence, promote gastrointestinal motility and defecation.

2. Tianshu Point

• Location: 3 finger widths to the left and right outside the navel.

• Efficacy: It can eliminate flatulence, promote gastrointestinal motility and defecation.