A female TCM doctor saved her from obesity after eating too much greasy food during Chinese New Year!

During the Spring Festival, everyone will reward themselves with food and drink, but if you accidentally eat too much meat and fish, your stomach will become greasy. Eating too much oil will not only make you gain weight and gain weight after the New Year, but your stomach will also sound the alarm. The female Chinese medicine practitioner especially recommends homemade "Slimming Tea" for removing oil and greasiness, as well as "Digestive Tea" for digesting food, eliminating accumulation and strengthening the stomach.

Chinese medicine practitioner Liao Wanrong shares 2 prescriptions of Chinese herbal teas and acupoint massage methods to remove oil and greasiness, enhance fat metabolism, eliminate bloating, and rescue your gastrointestinal and obesity crisis.

[Homemade Chinese Herbal Digestive Tea - Digestion, Relieve Stagnation and Strengthen the Stomach]

In response to the excessive eating and drinking during the New Year holidays, excessive intake of fat and starch often sound the alarm for the stomach and intestines, causing indigestion problems such as bloating and diarrhea. Chinese medicine practitioner Liao Wanrong recommends a prescription of "Chinese Medicinal Digestive Tea" to everyone. Brew a pot of it when you have a big meal around the fire during the New Year to help dissolve the excessive intake of fat and starch, and help digestion and strengthen the stomach.

Ingredients: 2 qian of malt, 2 qian of hawthorn, and 4 qian of Shenqu.

Method: Wrap the above medicinal materials in a filter bag and put them into a pot, add 500CC of water, bring to a boil over medium heat, then turn to low heat and cook for another 10 minutes. After it cools down a little, you can drink it as tea.

Efficacy: Malt, hawthorn and Shenqu, these three Chinese medicinal materials all have good functions of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, but each has its own characteristics.

Malt - It is sweet and mild in nature, has the effect of helping digestion and strengthening the stomach, and is good at digesting starchy food accumulation.

Hawthorn - sour, sweet, slightly warm in nature, has the effects of helping food, eliminating accumulation, promoting qi and relieving blood stasis, and is especially good at digesting greasy meat.

Shenqu - sweet, spicy and warm in nature, it has the effects of helping digestion, strengthening the stomach, harmonizing the stomach and stopping diarrhea. It is often used for abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by indigestion.

To relieve flatulence, press Tianshu and Neiguan points

Chinese medicine practitioner Liao Wanrong said that if you have intestinal bloating due to eating too much greasy food, you can press the "Tianshu" point on the abdomen and the "Neiguan" point on the hand to help eliminate gastrointestinal bloating.

Location of Tianshu point: Located on the abdomen, 2 inches outside the navel (equivalent to the width of three fingers put together).

Location of Neiguan acupoint: Located in the middle of the transverse wrist line, 2 inches (about 3 horizontal fingers) above the palm.

Massage method:

Press vertically up and down for about 3-5 seconds each time, relax and then press again, repeat 30 times. The Neiguan point can be pressed alternately with the left and right hands 30 times each.

In addition, in response to the public's concerns about the risk of weight gain, Chinese medicine practitioner Liao Wanrong said that people can make their own "New Year Slimming Tea" during the Chinese New Year to remove oil and greasiness, eliminate blood lipids, strengthen the stomach and regulate the intestines, and help everyone avoid accumulating oil during the Chinese New Year and overcome the risk of weight gain during the New Year.

[Homemade Chinese New Year Slimming Tea - Removes oil and greasiness without accumulating oil]

Ingredients: 1 qian of Roselle Flower, 1 qian of Hawthorn, 3 qian of Cassia Seed, 2 qian of Tangerine Peel.

Method: Put all the medicinal materials into a filter bag, add 800CC to 1000CC of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. It is ready to drink after it cools down a little.

Efficacy: removes oil and greasiness, eliminates blood lipids, strengthens the stomach and regulates the intestines.

‧Roselle-Improve blood circulation, reduce triglycerides and lower cholesterol. Lower blood pressure, prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.

‧Hawthorn - contains lipase, which helps digestion and removes oil and greasiness. In addition, hawthorn can promote bile secretion, dilate blood vessels, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.

‧Cassia seed - clears the liver and reduces internal heat, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements.

‧ Tangerine peel-relieves flatulence, resolves phlegm and relieves cough.

Press the "hunger point" acupoint to reduce appetite:

Faced with the temptation of delicious food during the New Year holidays, Chinese medicine practitioner Liao Wanrong recommends that everyone press the "hunger points" on the ears frequently to help reduce appetite and avoid eating too many calories. The method of massaging the "hunger point" acupoint is very simple. Just press the "hunger point" acupoint in front of the earlobe for 3 to 5 minutes before meals or when you feel hungry outside of meal times. This can stimulate the satiety center of the hypothalamus in the brain and reduce appetite.