Recently, a wave of “back sunbathing” has been trending online, attracting attention. The widely circulated planting strategy believes this is a “free ‘moxibustion'” that can dispel cold dampness, aid in weight loss, etc.
Is sunbathing really healthy? Does sweating more make it more effective? …..
Doctors remind: Do not blindly follow trends. Li Haiyong, director of the Rehabilitation Department at Suzhou Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, explains that sunbathing can invigorate the body’s yang energy in a short time, has a certain dampness dispelling effect, but is not suitable for everyone. Faced with some trends, everyone needs to make rational distinctions and avoid blindly following them.
According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, body dampness is divided into two types: “cold dampness” and “damp heat”, requiring different methods for dampness dispelling. Internal dampness is often caused by habits like consuming cold drinks, excessive consumption of raw and cold fruits, leading to spleen yang deficiency, water stagnation in the body. External dampness is caused by damp pathogens, often due to persistent rainy weather, humid climate, living in damp areas, going to bed with wet hair after bathing, etc.
