In recent days, the weather has been humid, and the "return to the southern sky" is coming. The high humidity makes people very uncomfortable, especially for those with rheumatism and neck, shoulder, waist, and leg pain. In this weather, if moisture invades the body, water and dampness will stop gathering and accumulate into phlegm, which can easily form a phlegm dampness constitution and threaten our physical health. Phlegm dampness constitution is often manifested as obesity, abdominal fullness, chest tightness, excessive phlegm, heavy and tired body, preference for eating fat, sweet and thick flavors, loose and shapely stools, sticky and unpleasant, swollen tongue body, white and greasy tongue coating, often showing different symptoms depending on the location of phlegm dampness retention. Therefore, at this time, boiling some dampness dispelling soup can help our body dispel dampness, accelerate the elimination of dampness, and make the body easier and healthier. Below, Dr. Li shares a recipe for spleen strengthening and dampness dispelling therapeutic soup:
【 Composition of Soup Formula 】
30 grams of five fingered peaches, 30 grams of Poria cocos, 30 grams of yam, 1 pound of pork ribs, and 5 grams of dried tangerine peel,
Wash and add water according to the above ratio to make soup and drink.
Analysis of Soup Formula
Five finger peach has the effects of invigorating the spleen and lungs, promoting qi circulation and eliminating dampness, and relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Can be anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, protect the liver, and enhance immunity.
Poria cocos has a sweet, light, and flat nature. Return to the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dehumidifying and diuresis, tonifying the spleen and stomach, calming the mind and stopping cough, reducing swelling and pain, and promoting joint benefits.
Yam has a sweet and smooth taste, and belongs to the spleen, lungs, and kidneys. It has the effects of improving physical fitness, invigorating the spleen and stomach, nourishing the kidneys and essence, anti fatigue, and regulating blood sugar.
Chenpi has various pharmacological effects such as regulating gastrointestinal motility, promoting gastric juice secretion, anti ulcer, hepatoprotective, choleretic, anti allergic, lipid-lowering, antiplatelet aggregation, antioxidant, expectorant, anti asthmatic, antibacterial, anti-tumor, etc.
【 Health benefits 】
Nantian Qushi Tang has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, dispelling dampness and fatigue, relaxing tendons and collaterals, promoting qi circulation, and dispelling dampness. When returning to Nantian, boil and drink the soup every day, which has a good health effect on the body and can also improve immunity. Returning to the climate of Southern Heaven, people will feel uncomfortable all over, damp everywhere, and tired as if sleeping for a long time cannot lift their spirits. This also makes our bodies prone to heavy dampness, causing various discomforts. Therefore, when returning to Southern Heaven, we should boil more dampness dispelling soup to drink.