Love cold drinks and ice cream, be careful not to develop a "water drop" body

■ Where is fat

The lower body is swollen and fat, somewhat similar to the shape of a pear, but when lightly pressing the front of the calf, there is an obvious indentation, indicating poor skin elasticity. Liao Qianhui pointed out that people with water-drop type obesity have serious edema problems. When the water in their bodies cannot be metabolized normally, it will accumulate in the body, hindering the normal metabolic cycle and leading to obesity. Chen Jianhui pointed out that this type of obesity is mostly found in women. Their physique is inherently cold and damp, and they sit in the office for a long time all day. Their metabolism is very poor, and they are prone to symptoms such as fatigue, drowsiness, and heaviness.

■ What wrong habits make you fat

This type of obese people prefer to eat raw and cold foods, such as ice cream and cold drinks. Some people even want to lose weight and almost do not eat starch or protein, but only eat a lot of vegetables, which increases the moisture in the body and develops a "spleen deficiency and phlegm dampness" constitution, making them more prone to fatigue and burnout, said Chen Jianhui. He also found that people with water-drop type obesity are fond of sweets, but from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, eating too much sweets will cause heavy phlegm and dampness in the body. If the spleen and stomach are in good condition, the body can naturally metabolize them directly. However, when the digestive system does not function well, moisture will be generated during the metabolism of food, and circulation will be blocked. Therefore, not only do they start to suffer from edema and weight gain in the lower limbs, but their muscles also become loose, and they often feel heavy all over, which may even make them prone to allergic rhinitis and colds.

■ How to lose weight through metabolism

For fat ladies suffering from edema, as long as the edema is eliminated, the body's metabolic cycle can be restored to normal, and the obesity problem can be naturally improved. First of all, you should keep all ice cream, cold food (such as watermelon, pear, kiwi), sweets, etc. out of the door. You can also add some ginger to neutralize the coldness in your diet. In traditional Chinese medicine, drugs that strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, and aromatically remove blood stasis, such as ginseng, Poria, Baizhu powder, Fangji Huangqi decoction, etc., can be used to regulate moisture in the body.

■ Exercise prescription

Liao Qianhui suggested that people should avoid sitting for long periods of time and develop exercise habits, especially exercising the lower body muscles, which are very helpful in reducing leg edema. For example, people can lift their legs at night, ride a bicycle backwards, etc. On weekdays, they can wear elastic socks to promote blood circulation.

■ Chinese medicine diet therapy, acupoint massage

● Recommended foods: ginger, coix seed (syrup), four-shen soup, red beans, winter melon, loofah (can reduce swelling and dampness) ● Acupoints: Sanyinjiao (spleen meridian), Yinlingquan (spleen meridian)

● Poria cocos anti-swelling tea: 3 grams of Poria cocos and 2 grams of dried tangerine peel. Put all the ingredients into the inner pot of the rice cooker, add 500cc of water, put half a cup of water in the outer pot, and wait until the rice cooker switch pops up, then you can filter the medicinal tea and drink it.

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