We have many “plump” friends, who can be said to be very aggrieved by their plumpness. They eat very little every day, but their weight remains unchanged. They control their diet and exercise, but their weight fluctuates back and forth. It’s very distressing.
In fact, friends who have this kind of situation may not necessarily be truly fat; it may be that the dampness in your body is causing trouble.
At this point, some friends may question, “What exactly is ‘dampness’? Why does being ‘damp’ inside lead to weight gain?”
Actually, dampness is a concept in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is divided into external dampness and internal dampness.
External dampness is caused by external environmental factors, such as humid weather, damp living conditions, etc., which allow dampness to enter our bodies; internal dampness, on the other hand, is due to abnormal functioning of our spleen and stomach. The spleen acts as the “transporter” of water in our body. When there is an excessive amount of water moisture in the body, the metabolic burden on the spleen increases, making it easy for our spleen to be damaged, resulting in the inability to effectively excrete dampness from the body, leading to further accumulation of dampness in the body.
Internal and external dampness accumulates in our bodies and if not eliminated promptly, it will accumulate in our abdomen, hips, and thighs, causing us to gain weight inadvertently.
Find some time to massage these areas more often, eliminate internal dampness, and improve the constitution of dampness-induced obesity.
First, the Cubit Mound Acupoint
The Cubit Mound Acupoint is located at our elbow, in the depression when the elbow joint bends. The turbid energy of the Large Intestine Meridian gathers at the Cubit Mound Acupoint, where the vital energy of our blood vessels circulates throughout the body, ultimately converging on the Cubit Mound Acupoint. Regular massage of this acupoint can effectively regulate our qi and blood, promote smooth meridians, and expel dampness.
Second, the Cubit Marsh Acupoint
The Cubit Marsh Acupoint is located on the inside of our elbow joint. It has the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting meridian circulation, invigorating qi and blood, clearing lung heat, and regulating the intestines and stomach. Regularly tapping this acupoint can regulate qi and blood, helping to expel internal dampness.
Third, the Supporting Mountain Acupoint
The Supporting Mountain Acupoint is located directly below the calf muscle. True to its name, Supporting Mountain means bearing a mountain. The Supporting Mountain Acupoint is not only the gathering place of bones, tendons, and muscles that bear the most pressure in the body but also the hub of the body’s most vigorous yang energy meridians. Stimulating this acupoint regularly can effectively stimulate the generation of yang qi in the body, help the body expel dampness, and also has the effect of relieving soreness and swelling in the calves.
Fourth, the Three Miles of the Foot Acupoint
Regular massage of the Three Miles of the Foot can help promote meridian circulation, drainage, and dampness removal. Generally, the Stomach Meridian operates most vigorously between seven and nine in the morning. Massaging the Three Miles of the Foot at this time can promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate fat burning, and achieve weight loss. Massaging and stimulating the Three Miles of the Foot Acupoint from nine to eleven in the evening can promote the transformation function of the spleen, helping to expel internal dampness.
Drink dampness-expelling tea more often to easily eliminate dampness and keep your body healthy.
Take red beans, coix seeds, foxnut, poria cocos, tangerine peel, barley, lotus leaf, and bitter buckwheat, eight natural materials with dampness-expelling and health-nourishing effects, and make tea bags to soak in water.
The “Compendium of Materia Medica” records:
Red beans: can invigorate the spleen, reduce swelling, and expel dampness and water.
Coix seeds: can invigorate the spleen, stop diarrhea, expel dampness, and clear heat and reduce swelling. When used in combination with red beans, the effect is very good.
Foxnut: can improve damp obesity and edema, expel dampness, and diuretic.
Poria cocos: can reduce swelling and tranquilize the mind, invigorate the spleen and stomach.
Tangerine peel: has a good effect on promoting qi circulation, aiding digestion, reducing swelling, and expelling dampness.
Barley: can invigorate the stomach and spleen, promote water metabolism, expel dampness, and aid in weight loss and beauty.
Lotus leaf: can clear heat, dampness, promote diuresis and detoxification, expel dampness, and aid in weight loss.
Bitter buckwheat: can detoxify, expel dampness, lose weight, and nourish the skin.
If you have the time, you can make this tea yourself, soak it in tea during your free time, and drink it to achieve the effect of expelling dampness and losing weight. If you are too busy with work and don’t have time to make tea yourself, you can choose our dampness-expelling and health-nourishing tea – Red Bean, Coix Seed, and Foxnut Tea. Drink two cups a day to easily expel dampness, improve your body shape, and make weight loss easier.
