June 11, 2018
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【肥不可亂減】你是痰濕型還是氣虛型肥胖？
#夏日BoatTrip前的最後衝刺
#有心不怕遲六月也是減肥時
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想瘦身，你要袪濕還是補氣？
「減肥是女人的終身事業」，再瘦的女生都總覺得自己有減肥空間，尤其夏天來到，沙灘或遊船河等活動接踵而來，照鏡望一望自己身形，手臂、腰、屁股、大腿⋯⋯全部位置都瘦兩吋可以嗎？跟某明星的減肥法一星期，卻是毫無寸進？
從中醫角度來看，想瘦身首先要從認清體質出發，痰濕型和氣虛型體質都會引致肥胖，成因和瘦身方法都各有不同，配合體質，自然事半功倍。(一個人可同時夾雜多種體質)
痰濕型——
・體型圓潤，肌肉鬆軟
・食慾減退
・嗜吃生冷食物
・嗜甜食
・多汗，汗較黏
・舌上有一層白色濕潤的舌苔
・容易疲倦，身體如被濕毛巾包著
・大便較稀爛，臭味不明顯
・女生多有白帶，色白或透明，無味
✓三個或以上便屬於痰濕型
瘦身法則：中氣不足以推動水液，水濕停於體內造成浮腫，重點在於袪濕！
– 戒生冷食物及飲品
– 少吃多餐，一日一米水
– 適量飲用有白扁豆、茯苓、淮山等健脾袪濕藥材的湯水
– 適量做運動，有助排汗
– 每天按壓腳部足三里穴2-3分鐘
氣虛型——
・氣短，講話陰聲細氣
・舌頭肥大，舌邊有齒痕
・食慾差，常感疲倦
・面色偏白
・容易頭暈
・多汗，靜止時會流汗，少量運動也多汗
・排便不順暢甚至便秘，排便時費力，大便質軟
✓三個或以上便屬於氣虛型
減肥法則：身體的氣運動不足，營養吸收及廢物排泄沒法有效運行，需要補氣！
– 戒生冷及辛辣食物
– 少吃多餐，飲食清淡
– 適量飲用有黨參、北芪、太子參、薯仔等補氣食材的湯水
– 不宜劇烈運動，過量流汗
– 每天按壓腳部足三里穴、氣海穴、關元穴各2-3分鐘
Do I need to dispel dampness or replenish qi to lose weight?
Losing weight seems like a lifelong career for some women, even skinny girls seem to always feel like there’s room to reduce more. Summer is here and there are plans to go to the beach and go on boat trips. Looking at the mirror, you may want to lose a couple inches everywhere, or you may be following some celebrity diet for a week but have not seen any results?
From Chinese medicine perspective, you need to find out your body constitution as both phlegm and dampness and qi deficiency can lead to weight gain. The cause of weight gain and diet choices would be quite different so if you pick the right method, you’re off to a good start. (Some people can have multiple body constitutions as well)
Phlegm and dampness-
– Round body shape with loose muscles
– Decreased appetite
– Prefer cold and raw food
– Like sweets
– Excessive sticky sweats
– Tongue has a white and damp coating
– Frequently fatigued, body feels like its being wrapped by a wet towel
– Soft stool but not too smelly
– Ladies will have white or clear vaginal discharge that is odorless
If you experience 3 or more of above, then you have phlegm and dampness body constitution
Weight loss solution: You don’t have enough vital energy to move bodily fluids leading to dampness staying in the body which leads to bloating, so you need to dispel all the dampness!
– avoid raw and cold foods and drinks
– Have more meals throughout the day but eat less each time, have a cup of water rice daily
– Have soups that contain herbs that help with dispelling dampness such as hyacinth bean, smilax, and Chinese yam
– Exercise appropriately to sweat
– Massage the Zu San Li acupoint on your leg for 2-3 minutes daily
Qi deficiency body constitution-
– Shortness of breath, voice is soft
– tongue is fat and large with teeth marks on the side
– poor appetite, frequently fatigued
– pale complexion
– prone to dizziness
– excessive sweating even there’s no activity or just after light exercise
– Feels difficult to pass stool to the point of constipation. Exerting a lot of energy to pass stool, soft stool
If you experience 3 or more of above, then you have qi deficiency body constitution
Weight loss solution: your body qi is not exercised enough, the ability to absorb nutrition and move toxins is impaired. You need to replenish qi!
– Avoid cold and raw or spicy foods
– Have more meals but eat less each time, keep to lighter diet
– Have soups that contain herbs that help to replenish qi such as codonopsis root, Astragalus Root, radix pseudostellariae or potatoes
– Avoid intense exercises and sweating too much
– Massage your Zu San Li, Sea of Qi, Origin Pass acupoints for 2-3 minutes daily
