Nine kinds of physical fitness in traditional Chinese medicine (Part 2)

Reporter Wu Xueqin Correspondent Lian Xuue Zhuang Pengxia

"The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" talks about the general principles of health preservation: "Dharma is in yin and yang, in harmony with the number of techniques, eating and drinking in moderation, living in a regular way, and not arrogantly laboring, so it can be combined with body and spirit, and it can end its days and years.

According to Ke Muqin, a Chinese medicine doctor at Hui'an County Hospital in Fujian Province, physique is an important division of human personality in traditional Chinese medicine

Phlegm-dampness constitution

Overall characteristics: phlegm-damp condensation, mainly characterized by phlegm-dampness such as body obesity, abdominal fatness, and sticky moss on the mouth

Common manifestations: Facial skin is more oily, sweaty and sticky, chest tightness, phlegm, sticky or sweet mouth, fond of fat, sweet and sticky, greasy moss, slippery pulse

Diet and nutrition: You can eat japonica rice, oats, buckwheat, sorghum, millet, corn, barley, etc.

Medicated dietary supplements: carp soup - 1 carp (about 1000 grams), 50 grams of red bean, 6 grams each of dried tangerine peel and grass fruit, 3 grams of Fritillaria, vegetable oil, ginger slices, green onion, and appropriate amount of salt to clear the lungs Dissolving phlegm, invigorating the spleen and removing dampness

hot and humid constitution

General characteristics: Damp-heat inherent, mainly characterized by damp-heat manifestations such as oily and shiny face, bitter mouth, yellow and greasy moss

Common manifestations: oily face, prone to acne, bitter and dry mouth, drowsiness, sticky or dry stool, short and yellow urine, wet scrotum in men, increased vaginal discharge in women, red tongue, yellow and greasy coating , slip pulse number

Diet and nutrition: edible such as barley, lotus seeds with heart, red bean, broad bean, mung bean, mung bean sprouts, crucian carp, etc.

Medicated dietary supplement: stewed tofu with loach - 300 grams of loach, 150 grams of tofu, appropriate amount of salt, shallots, ginger slices, and cooking wine, which can strengthen the spleen and warm the qi

blood stasis constitution

　　General characteristics: poor blood circulation, mainly characterized by blood stasis such as dark skin and purple dark tongue

　　Common manifestations: dull complexion, hyperpigmentation, prone to ecchymosis, dull lips, dull tongue or petechiae, dark purple or thickened sublingual collaterals, astringent pulse

　　Diet and nutrition: Edible tangerine peel, black beans, soybeans, rape, sheep blood, mango, papaya, etc.

　　Medicated dietary supplements: Hawthorn Neijin porridge - 15 grams of hawthorn slices, 10 grams of chicken Neijin, and 50 grams of japonica rice, which can remove blood stasis and promote qi stagnation

　　Qi stagnant constitution

　　General characteristics: Qi machine is stagnant, mainly characterized by depression, anxiety and fragility

　　Common manifestations: Depressed expression, emotional fragility, unhappiness, pale red tongue, thin white fur, stringy pulse

　　Diet: Barley, buckwheat, sorghum, green beans, mushrooms, tempeh, citrus, olives, radishes, roses, lychees, etc.
, avoid cold, warm, dry, greasy, and astringent foods
.

　　Medicated diet tonic: orange peel and bamboo porridge - 25 grams of orange peel, 100 grams of japonica rice, and 30 grams of bamboo ru
.

　　special physique

　　General characteristics: congenital disorders, mainly characterized by physiological defects, allergic reactions,
etc.

　　Common manifestations: asthma, wheal, throat itching, nasal congestion, sneezing, etc.
are common in people with allergies; patients with genetic diseases have vertical inheritance, congenital, and familial characteristics; associated disease characteristics
.

　　Dietary maintenance: Avoid allergenic foods.
Suitable foods (except individual allergic foods) include japonica rice, millet, wheat, buckwheat, vegetables, fruits, pork lean meat,
etc.

　　Medicated dietary supplement: Codonopsis chicken slices: 30 grams of Codonopsis, 200 grams of chicken breast, 25 grams of winter bamboo shoots, 25 grams of cucumber, 1 egg (egg white), salt, cooking wine, shredded onion, shredded ginger, parsley, chicken soup, vegetable oil, The appropriate amount of sesame oil and starch can invigorate Qi and strengthen the spleen and improve physical fitness
.

　　To sum up, the so-called "water drop stone wears, iron pestle grinding needle", usually pay attention to health preservation, pay attention to dietary taboos, regulate emotions, avoid wind and cold, do not stay up late, exercise properly, will be able to "form and spirit, spring and autumn are all hundred years old and go.
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　　Ke Muqin, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in Hui'an County Hospital of Fujian Province, holds a master's degree in medicine and graduated from Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, majoring in internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine
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In the Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for 3 years, he is good at internal medicine, gynecology, and pediatric miscellaneous diseases, such as digestive system diseases, post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy conditioning, irregular menstruation, sub-healthy population conditioning, and pediatric constitution conditioning
.

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