Edema, high body fat or poor metabolism? Top 5 obesity types identified by Chinese medicine practitioners!

There are 5 types of fat people, which one are you? Traditional Chinese medicine classifies 5 different causes and diets of obesity based on your living habits and daily symptoms. Do you like eating ice cream? Always stay up late? Busy at work? Or love sweets? Among the following five typical representatives, which one are you closest to? Let Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin answer your questions!

1. Splenic edema type (edema and obesity)

【Lifestyle Characteristics】

 In summer, I love to go out with friends to eat shaved ice.

 Eating lettuce salad and cold food for a long time to lose weight

 When I order a shaken cup drink, it must be filled with ice. I especially like the sound of chewing ice cubes.

 Like to eat salty food

You might...

• Mental laziness and sleepiness

• Defecation is not smooth, and often feels that the defecation is not clean

• Often a sticky feeling in the mouth

• Cold hands and feet

• Excessive vaginal discharge

Tips from Chinese medicine practitioners:

This type of friends are prone to lower body obesity and must overcome the temptation of desserts! It is also not suitable to buy slimming tea or drugs with laxative ingredients, because bitter and cold laxatives will make your temper weaker and weaker, and your gastrointestinal absorption and digestion function will be damaged, making it more difficult to lose weight!

2. Stomach heat type (love to eat too much or fried or grilled food)

【Lifestyle Characteristics】

 Like to relieve stress by eating

 Life is full of trivialities, and the mood is irritable

 Eat fried chicken and fast food 2-3 times a week

You might...

• Mouth sores and nosebleeds

• Strong body muscles

• Thick waist, protruding stomach, tuna belly

• Frequent headaches

• The gums are prone to swelling

Tips from Chinese medicine practitioners:

Fried foods are the nemesis of this type of friends. Grilled, fried, and spicy foods will cause excessive stomach fire, leading to hyperappetite, and they will eat randomly even when they are not hungry. Therefore, if you want to change your obese physique, you must control your appetite. If you are hungry, eat some apples or guava to fill your stomach!

3. Qi and blood deficiency type (overwork and obesity)

【Lifestyle Characteristics】

 Don’t stand when you can sit, don’t sit when you can lie down, and don’t exercise at all

 Hate hot soup and hot water, prefer cold or cool food

 Speaks softly and without much strength

 Irregular menstrual period

You might...

• The face and calves are often swollen

• Being said to have a broad back and a body without curves

• Pale and unhealthy complexion

• I get out of breath after just a little movement.

Tips from Chinese medicine practitioners:

Because the metabolic functions of the spleen and kidneys cannot function normally, the rate of water and energy metabolism is greatly reduced, making fat more likely to accumulate. If there is no improvement over a long period of time, it will lead to a physique that is easy to gain weight and difficult to lose weight. Eat less raw, cold and cool foods. Soaking your feet in warm water can enhance circulation and help maintain normal endocrine regulation.

4. Liver depression type (stress-induced obesity)

【Lifestyle Characteristics】

 Often have social activities after get off work

 Addicted to alcohol and cigarettes

 Very big belly, like a tuna belly

 Strong limbs

 Eat dinner very late and have midnight snacks

You might...

• Insomnia and depression

• Stiff neck and shoulder pain

• indigestion

• Frequent headaches and migraines

Tips from Chinese medicine practitioners:

Liver Qi is related to a person's emotional regulation and autonomic nervous system. Usually, "liver Qi stagnation" and "liver fire" are like autonomic nervous system disorders. People who are under great stress will have particularly strong liver fire, and usually tend to use overeating as a way to relieve stress. In the long run, it will cause obesity.

5. Liver and kidney deficiency type (staying up late and getting fat)

【Lifestyle Characteristics】

 Suffering from chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes

 I don’t eat much but I keep gaining weight

 Staying up late for a long time

 The nature of the work is shift or night shift

 Big buttocks

You might...

• Cheeks often flushed and hot

• Palpitations, insomnia

• constipate

• Frequent urination

• Irregular menstrual periods and less menstrual flow in women

Tips from Chinese medicine practitioners:

Usually, middle-aged people over 40 or 50 years old are prone to this type, as well as office workers who stay up late or work shifts for a long time. If you are a woman approaching menopause, it is best to lose weight as soon as possible while your hormones are still regulating. If you have already stopped menstruating, you should supplement with more nutrients that are good for the body, such as calcium, protein, B vitamins, iron, etc.

Do you know? Who says you can’t drink water when you have edema?

Many people easily misunderstand the word "edema", mistakenly believing that edema is caused by drinking too much water. In fact, if you simply drink water, the excess water will be converted into urine and excreted, and will not cause edema. On the contrary, a diet that is too salty and has too many sodium ions in the body will cause water to be retained in the body, leading to an electrolyte imbalance in the body and causing edema!