Why do some people gain weight just by drinking water, while others can eat as much as they want without gaining weight? This is due to different constitutions. In fact, less than one-third of people have a balanced constitution, which is the normal constitution without any偏向, while most people have a certain constitutional偏向.
Therefore, for health preservation in the summer, everyone must identify their own constitutional characteristics to achieve the desired conditioning effects with precision; otherwise, the results will be counterproductive. Damp-Heat Constitution: The "Bitter Mouth" Clan Eats Wild Vegetables
Characteristic Manifestations: Often having bad breath or a bitter taste in the mouth, prone to hemorrhoids and pimples, the face and nose tip are usually oily, and the personality is relatively irritable.
Health Preservation Recommendation: Water chestnut and celery juice, cold-dressed purslane. Juicing water chestnuts, lotus root, and celery together has a great effect on clearing heat and draining dampness.
In addition, blanching purslane in boiling water and then eating it cold with seasonings is also very good.
In the summer, eating large amounts of spicy food or barbecue can easily lead to the accumulation of damp-heat in the body. When the body's heat and toxins cannot be expelled, they will find an outlet, triggering eczema, small pimples, etc.
Therefore, people with a damp-heat constitution should eat more foods that clear heat and drain dampness in the summer, such as mung beans and cucumbers.