April 7, 2020
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【濕重困體】怎麼睡，都是累？
正確抽濕解春困
春雨綿綿，令人分外懶散，做事提不起勁，更何況現在每天都待在家不能到外伸展，倍感困攰！這就是「春困」的表現，春困不是病，而是人受春季天氣影響下的狀態，因為春天天氣潮濕，濕邪入侵人體使氣機不暢順，體內水液運化失常，水濕停留體內，造成肢體困倦、食慾不振、大便不爽、浮腫等症狀，人就好像被又濕又重的大毛巾裹著一樣，又怎麼動得了呢？
有人誤以為大開冷氣就可以免除春困的困擾，然而從中醫角度來看冷氣屬風寒之邪，被冷氣吹著會導致皮膚毛孔開閉功能失常，影響排汗功能，加劇濕邪積於體內，而且過於低溫會損傷陽氣，寒邪入侵形成寒濕。
想為環境抽濕宜用抽濕機，相對濕度控制於50-60%會讓人感到最舒適。而想為身體祛濕，建議每日飲用由紅米、白米及薏米煮成的米水，有健脾祛濕的作用。另外可多吃茯苓、淮山、白扁豆等有健脾祛濕功效的食材。少吃生冷、寒涼食物及甜食，以免身體聚濕。跟著日照時間作息，早起多曬太陽有助排走濕氣。進行適量運動，達致輕微出汗的效果，都能減少身體聚濕，減低春困對身體的影響。
Correctly dispel spring dampness
You cannot seem to find your energy when it is raining outside. You may feel more fatigued when you stay at home everyday. This “spring fatigue” is not an illness but a body state due to changes in weather. Humid spring can lead dampness stagnation and cause poor qi circulation. The body cannot transport fluid in the body properly making it hard to dispel excess fluids in the body. This causes symptoms such as limbs fatigue, poor appetite, difficulty passing stool, edema. The body feels fatigued as if it is wrapped by a wet and heavy towel, how can you move when that happens?
Some people mistakenly believe that turning up the air conditioning can relieve spring fatigue. However, from Chinese medicine perspective, it becomes a wind pathogen. Being blown by air conditioning will cause the skin pores to function abnormally, affecting the body’s ability to perspire, and increase the accumulation of damp pathogens in the body. The lowered temperature can damage yang qi, and the cold pathogen can attack which leads to cold and dampness body state.
If you want to reduce humidity, you should use a dehumidifier. The relative humidity of 50-60% is most comfortable. If you want to dispel dampness in the body, it is recommended to drink the rice water made with red rice, white rice and coix seeds daily to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness. You can also consume ingredients such as poria, Chinese yam, hyacinth bean. Eat less cold/raw, cool and cold natured ingredients and sweet foods to prevent phlegm. Follow daylight availability by getting up earlier and sunbathe to help dispel dampness. Properly exercise and sweat appropriately to reduce body dampness accumulation and reduce the impact of spring fatigue on the body.
