February 26, 2019
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【認識體質】身體孱弱自然容易病
#氣虛體質不是女生專利
#先天病癒或後天生活不規律也會導致氣虛
#星期三問題多多
頭暈暈成日病？你氣虛
孱仔強：「我是個正在讀中學的男生，身體沒大病，但不時覺得頭暈暈，容易感冒，想做運動強身健體但很快就無氣，經常被笑是『孱仔強』，中醫可以幫到我嗎？」
CheckCheckCin：根據你的描述，應該屬於氣虛體質，這種體質的人明顯症狀為面色偏白、容易頭暈、氣短、容易感冒、食慾差、多汗、心悸、排便不順暢等。中醫理論認為「百病皆生於氣」，所以氣虛的人身體特別虛弱，病邪亦容易有機可乘，乘虛而入。
建議你平日要飲食清淡，多喝溫水，忌吃生冷、重口味及辛辣食物，適量進食補氣食物如米、小米、薯仔、花旗參，湯水可加紅棗、人參、鵪鶉、靈芝等，亦要多吃健脾食物如淮山、白扁豆、薏米等，有助身體吸收營養。平日可以多按足三里穴，有補中益氣、通經活絡、激發氣血生化及運行的作用。而做運動要量力而為，從慢跑或健走開始，以微微出汗為佳，做劇烈運動大汗淋漓只會越做越虛。
Feeling dizzy and getting sick? It’s your qi deficiency.
I am a secondary school student without any major illnesses but I always feel dizzy and am prone to flus. I tried to exercise to strengthen my health but feel out of breath very quickly. Can Chinese medicine help me?
CheckCheckCin: Based on your description, you likely have qi deficiency body type and people with this usually have pale complexion, prone to dizziness, shortness of breath, prone to flus, poor appetite, excessive sweating, heart palpitations, and difficulty passing stool. Chinese medicine believe people with qi deficiency are especially weak allowing pathogens to easily attack.
We would suggest you regularly stick to lighter diets, have warm water and avoid cold/raw foods, things that are spicy or heavy flavoured. Appropriately consume ingredients to replenish qi such as rice, millet, potatoes, American ginseng. In your soup, you can add in Chinese red dates, ginseng, quail, lucid Ganoderma, and have more ingredients that can strengthen the spleen such as Chinese yam, white hyacinth bean, coix seeds to assist with absorption of nutrients. You can also try to press on the Zu San Li acupoint to replenish vital energy and qi, open up your channels and meridians, stimulate qi and blood production and transport. When it comes to exercising, do what you can and start with slow jog or quick walks aiming to sweat just a bit. If you exercise too rigorously leading to lots of sweats, it could worsen your deficiency.
