Introduction: Commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs for removing dampness include Poria, Polyporus, Coix seed, Hyacinth bean, Red bean, Gordon Euryale seed, Chinese yam, Wax gourd peel, Atractylodes macrocephala, Agastache rugosa, Eupatorium fortunei, Atractylodes lancea, Magnolia officinalis, Amomum villosum, Herba Abri, and Oldenlandia diffusa. In fact, some daily foods also have the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting urination to remove dampness. If you don't like the taste of medicinal herbs, you can eat more dampness-removing foods.
Carp
As the saying goes, "Carp in winter, carp in summer." The carp in winter is plump with many roe and has a particularly delicious taste. The whole carp is sweet and warm in nature, and has the effects of stimulating the spleen and stomach, increasing appetite, reducing edema, stopping vomiting, and promoting lactation, making it very suitable for pregnant women to eat.
Brined Carp Segments
Purslane
Purslane is distributed all over the country and is also known as longevity vegetable and five-element grass. It is a plant used for both medicine and food, with effects of clearing heat and promoting urination, detoxifying and reducing swelling, anti-inflammation, quenching thirst, and promoting urination; its ω-3 fatty acid content ranks first among green leafy vegetables.
Kale
Kale contains organic alkaloids, which give it a certain bitterness, stimulating a person's taste nerves and increasing appetite. It can also speed up gastrointestinal peristalsis and aid digestion. It also contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can prevent constipation. It also has effects such as lowering cholesterol, softening blood vessels, preventing heart disease, promoting urination to resolve phlegm, detoxifying and dispelling wind, relieving summer heat and clearing heat, relieving fatigue, and clearing the mind and brightening the eyes.
Kale with Chinese Sausage
Watercress
Watercress is high in various vitamins and minerals and is generally available in stages from November to April of the following year. It is sweet and pungent in taste, cool in nature, and affects the lung and stomach meridians, with effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing essence and qi, purifying the blood, lowering blood pressure, and ventilating the lungs and promoting urination to remove dampness.
Cured Meat with Watercress