Summer is a more active season of mosquitoes, I believe that many people will complain of mosquito bites, what people are most often mosquito “bite” on it? Chinese medicine said, sweaty, do not like to take a bath, heavy body odor, high body temperature is definitely the best choice for mosquitoes. Children are also more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes, because their metabolism is particularly fast, body temperature is also higher. People who sweat a lot will also be attractive to mosquitoes because the sweat excreted by the body will evaporate in the air, creating a moist and warm airflow near the body.
From the observation of Chinese medicine, mosquitoes are very attracted to people with a damp-heat constitution. This type of physique will often have profuse sweating, dry mouth, bad breath, yellow urine, as well as high body temperature, belonging to a group of poor metabolism, easy constipation.
What can we do to improve the Damp-Heat Physique? Chinese medicine provides the following 5 major health, dampness methods, help eliminate body heat and dampness, to avoid mosquito harassment.
1. Avoid cold showers:
When the weather is hot, many people often like to take a cold shower directly, or use a cold towel to wipe the body, but Chinese medicine believes that this way of eliminating summer heat, not only does not help dissipate the summer heat, but also may make the skin pores so contracted, and is not conducive to the elimination of dampness and heat.
2. Take warm baths and moderate foot baths:
In fact, the body’s heat dissipation mechanism is mainly through sweating to carry out, so want to lower the body temperature, rather than taking a cold shower, may wish to take a warm hot bath (40 ℃ or so), instead of helping to open the skin pores, so that the body to discharge excess heat. Alternatively, you can use warm water to soak your feet in your spare time, which will also help you sweat.
3. Avoid heavy, spicy and stimulating foods:
Avoid high temperature, deep-fried, barbecued, spicy and other stimulating foods, as well as beef, mutton and other foods rich in animal fat, sweet, warm and greasy foods, so as not to aggravate the symptoms of dampness-heat.
4. Moderate intake of ingredients that help clear heat and remove dampness:
It is recommended to consume a moderate amount of Job’s tears, lotus seeds, mung beans, red beans, cucumbers, spinach, cabbage, lotus root, purple cabbage, and other ingredients that help clear heat and dampness.
5. Homemade heat-clearing tea
Ingredients: 3 cents lemongrass root, 3 cents poria, 3 cents tamarind leaves, 2 cents licorice, 3 cents diclofenac.
Directions: Wash all the above herbs, add 2000ml of water to the pot and bring to a boil, then add all the ingredients and boil for 20 minutes over low heat, then cool and drink.
Radix Bupleurum Chinense: Clearing heat and removing toxins, diuretic and seepage of dampness.
Poria: induces diuresis and seepage of dampness, strengthens the spleen and calms the mind.
Mangosteen leaves: clearing heat and removing vexation, facilitating urination.
Glycyrrhiza glabra: clearing heat and removing toxins, harmonizing medicinal properties.
Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae: nourishes yin and moistens dryness, helps to lower body temperature.
