Fight stubborn fat! Try Chinese medicinal teas

Obesity is an invisible killer of health. In TCM clinics, stubborn fat obesity is usually improved with medicated tea. However, general slimming tea can easily cause diarrhea and reduce appetite. The diarrhea weight loss method may work at first, but because stubborn fat people are mostly weak in constitution, long-term drinking will make the constitution weaker. Not only will the body be damaged, but it will also make it more prone to puffiness in the future. Therefore, if you want to use slimming tea to assist in weight loss, you must also choose a tea recipe that suits your constitution.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that medicinal tea can improve stubborn obesity and prevent the body from gaining weight again.

Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Chaozong said that the causes of stubborn fat obesity can be divided into two types: internal and external. External causes are caused by overeating, too little exercise and other factors; internal causes are mostly caused by insufficient true yang, weak spleen, and internal stagnation of phlegm and dampness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen controls muscles and can transport nutrients and digest food to nourish the whole body. If the true yang is insufficient and the spleen fails to function properly, the body's transportation and transformation functions will be abnormal, and it will easily turn into phlegm and dampness (fat) that accumulates in the skin, forming stubborn fat obesity.

In TCM clinics, stubborn fat obesity is usually improved with medicated teas, but one must first consult a TCM physician. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

Drink tea to prevent weight gain

Ginseng and Jade Tea

1. Ingredients: 40g coix seed, 10g each of polygonatum, corn silk, ginseng silk and wolfberry.

2. Preparation: Boil the above ingredients with 1,000cc of water, then simmer for 5 minutes over low heat. Remove the residue and drink. Drink 1,000cc per day.

3. Efficacy: This tea is used to regulate the constitution of spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness. It has the effects of promoting dampness and strengthening the spleen. It can also moisten the spleen and lungs, benefit the intestines and stomach, and improve edema.

Lemongrass Tea

1. Ingredients: 5g each of verbena, rosemary and lemongrass

2. Preparation: Brew all ingredients with 1,500cc hot water for 5 minutes and then drink.

3. Efficacy: It is used to treat physical conditions that cause overwork syndrome, such as dry mouth and hot body constitution. This tea can regulate the hot body constitution and also has the effect of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

Improve your lifestyle and avoid gaining weight

In fact, three normal meals are the most important part of successful weight loss and the key to never gaining weight again. If work needs go against your normal work and rest schedule, then adjust your sleep time and the ratio of the three meals, divide the daily food intake into three equal parts, and treat the meal before going to bed as dinner. Choose easily digestible and light food, and you will not gain weight easily.

In addition, those with abnormal lifestyles should start by conditioning their physical condition and adjusting their work and rest schedules. If necessary, they can choose drugs that enhance blood circulation and metabolism throughout the body, such as Siwu Decoction for the liver, Liuwei Dihuang Pills for the kidneys, etc., or cooperate with acupuncture to enhance qi and blood circulation throughout the body and reduce the occurrence of weight regain.