Poor circulation type obesity drink fat-reducing and blood-stasis-removing tea

"Doctor, I don't eat much and I exercise every day, but I'm still gaining weight. A blood test showed no problems. What's the reason?" In the clinical diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine, this type of condition belongs to the typical "Qi stagnation and blood stasis type" (also known as poor circulation type constitution), which can be treated by eating more fat-burning and blood-dissolving foods and drinking more teas.

For people with "Qi stagnation and blood stasis type" (also known as poor circulation type constitution), you may consider drinking Chrysanthemum Hawthorn Cassia Drink. (Photo/Photo taken from Baiwanglu)

Chen Yujuan, attending physician of the Department of Traditional Medicine at Taipei Medical University, said that people with this type of obesity, namely "Qi stagnation and blood stasis type", are actually in a special situation. According to Western medicine, they are relatively healthy people and no disease can be found in the hospital. However, most of these obese people have problems with poor blood circulation, which is what Chinese medicine calls qi stagnation and blood stasis. Poor blood circulation prevents fat from being excreted, causing it to remain in the human body. Over time, it forms fat and makes you naturally fat.

People with Qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution are usually easily nervous and angry, and often feel chest tightness and stomach bloating. Some of them start to gain weight after puberty. Sometimes they have fixed pain in the upper body, such as headaches, lower abdominal pain, menstrual pain or irregular menstruation. Also, due to poor circulation and metabolism, they are prone to the three high problems, namely high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high blood lipids.

【TCM treatment for Qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution】

Chen Yujuan said that the only way to lose weight is to target this physical condition and burn fat. In order to achieve the goal of rapid weight loss and long-term slimming, it is necessary to coordinate blood circulation and blood stasis removal, open up the fat excretion pathways, so that fat can be smoothly discharged from the body, which will make it easier to lose weight successfully.

As for the maintenance methods, you should pay attention to eating less fried foods, sweets and ice products; however, you can eat more black fungus, hawthorn, red amaranth, Chuanqi, safflower, lotus root, tangerine peel, Cyperus rotundus and other ingredients, and massage the abdomen and limbs.

1. Massage acupoints: You can massage Sanyinjiao, Zusanli, Xuehai and other acupoints for 20 minutes every day until you feel local soreness and swelling.

Sanyinjiao: On the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the inner ankle, and behind the inner edge of the tibia. To locate the acupoint, sit upright, put the other two fingers together except the thumb, place the bottom of the little finger on the tip of the inner and middle ankle, measure 4 horizontal fingers straight up from the tip of the inner ankle, and the intersection of the horizontal line of the upper edge of the index finger and the posterior edge of the tibia is the acupoint.

Whether it is irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, vaginal itching, excessive leucorrhea, uterine prolapse, etc., you can start with this acupoint to regulate it.

Zusanli: Zusanli acupoint is located four finger widths below the outer kneecap and on the edge of the tibia. When looking for the acupoint, use your right hand for the left leg and your left hand for the right leg, and move the second joint of your index finger up along the tibia until there is a protruding inclined bone blocking it. The acupoint is at the fingertip. Zusanli point is the main acupoint for treating digestive organ diseases, toothache, headache, neuralgia, heart disease, nasal diseases, respiratory organ diseases, loss of appetite, gastroptosis, abdominal distension, vomiting and all other gastrointestinal and abdominal discomforts. In addition, it is also effective for waist and leg fatigue, menopausal disorders, and rough skin.

Xuehai: It is located on the inner side of the knee, 2 inches above the kneecap, about three horizontal fingers away, where the red and white flesh bulges; Xuehai is the place where the Qi of the Taiyin meridian of the foot gathers, like a sea where Qi and blood gather, so the acupoint is named "Xuehai". Massaging this point can cure blood diseases and all diseases related to blood circulation.

2. 8 foods that can reduce fat and remove blood stasis: Eat more black fungus, hawthorn, red amaranth, notoginseng, safflower, lotus root, tangerine peel, cyperus rotundus and other foods to enhance the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

3. Three types of teas for reducing lipids and removing blood stasis:

Chrysanthemum Hawthorn Cassia Drink

Medicinal materials: 10 grams of chrysanthemum, 15 grams of raw hawthorn slices, and 15 grams of cassia seed.

Preparation: Crush Cassia seeds, put them into a pot together with chrysanthemum and raw hawthorn slices, boil them in water and drink as tea.

Efficacy: This tea drink has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, lowering blood lipids and losing weight. Hawthorn can remove blood stasis and eliminate fat, and has the effect of lowering cholesterol and triglycerides.

Lycium barbarum and hawthorn lipid-lowering drink

Medicinal materials: 10 grams of wolfberry, 15 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 15 grams of Cassia tora, and 15 grams of hawthorn.

Preparation: Put all the above ingredients into a pot and simmer over low heat. Then put the tea into a thermos and set it aside for drinking.

Efficacy: Lycium barbarum has the effects of nourishing the kidney and essence, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, replenishing blood and calming the mind, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Fat burning: In addition to helping digestion, hawthorn has many other benefits, including treating dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation. Traditional Chinese medicine even believes that it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Red Date Brown Sugar Ginger Tea

Medicinal materials: 10 grams of red dates (fried until charred), 30 grams of ginger (fried).

Method: Put red dates and shredded ginger into a stewing pot, add a little water, take out after 30 minutes, add brown sugar, then take 2 to 3 spoons each time and add warm water to drink.

Efficacy: Warming the middle and dispelling cold, tonifying the middle and replenishing Qi.