Chinese medicine: the body is thin, long-term eating is not fat, the key is the body “fire” too big! How to effectively regulate?

“Fat people more phlegm and dampness”, Chinese medicine refers to the fat people are generally obese people or people who are easy to gain weight. Usually, their body fluid metabolism is not smooth enough, easy to produce phlegm damp, overflowing skin or stagnant body, thus forming obesity. Nowadays, with the improvement of living conditions, obesity has become a lot of people’s distress. But some people worry about fat, but also some people worry about thin.

Thin people more fire

Sometimes, the physique also reflects a person’s physique, Chinese medical texts often mentioned in the “fat people more wet, thin people more fire”, it is to illustrate certain physical characteristics of people. Our body shape to a certain extent can also reflect the situation of water and moisture in the body.

Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the main transport and transformation of water and dampness in the body, is the hub of fluid metabolism, once the spleen is not transported, will produce phlegm and dampness, therefore, there is “spleen is the source of phlegm” said. Phlegm and dampness stop blocking in the human body is the same as waste, will further affect the internal organs meridian function, so, obesity will cause a variety of diseases. At the same time, the spleen deficiency will also make people lack of qi and blood, so, fat people common idleness and weakness, the skin white but lack of luster and other false image.

Thin people more fire, because the body dampness is less, and presents a “dry” state. Some thin people eat a lot, but they do not gain weight, this kind of people tend to be hyperactive Yang Qi, internal fire. Chinese medicine is concerned about the balance of yin and yang, fire for yang, water for yin, if the excess of yang, it is easy to Yin deficiency water less. These people usually belong to the kidney yin deficiency water less, and thus will be relatively yang overload, internal heat constantly and cause fire. People with Yin deficiency and little water usually appear to lack nourishment, their bodies are not full and thin, and their tendons and joints are not soft.

It is pointed out in the Medical Principle that “internal dryness starts in the lungs, stomach and kidneys, with the stomach being heavy and the kidneys being especially heavy”. The lung is the source of essence, the stomach is the source of biochemical essence, and the kidney is the root of biochemical essence.” Internal dryness to the kidney as the pivot, kidney yin deficiency will dry up the fluid and dryness, further depletion of fluid. Due to the loss of yin, a long time of yin deficiency and fire, heat injury yin, injury Jin dry liquid.

Some people are born with this kind of Yin deficiency and fire, but some people are caused by their acquired habits, such as love of chili and alcohol, this kind of eating habits tend to make people dry and hot, resulting in Yin deficiency. Others love to stay up late, which can also damage yin and fluids. This is like, our body needs a pot of hot water, but the “fire” in the body is too big, the water is boiled half left, so the body does not need enough water, people are prone to internal heat and fire.

Fat people to strengthen the spleen to remove dampness, thin people to nourish Yin and kidney

Some people say that fat is because the spleen and stomach are good and the nutrients are well absorbed. In fact, on the contrary, fat people do not necessarily have a good spleen and stomach, but rather because the whole metabolism is out of order to cause obesity. The spleen is responsible for transporting nutrients and throwing away those that are not nutritious so that our body can maintain a normal physique. If the spleen is deficient, the body’s fluid metabolism is not smooth, it is easy to accumulate in the body to produce phlegm and dampness, when these dampness evil overflow, it will cause obesity.

And people thin does not mean healthy. Thin people more fire, but also divided into real and virtual. Real fire people, fire heat easily consume fluid, fluid deficiency, then is dry, tendons and flesh skin lose fluid moistening, growth capacity is insufficient, naturally thin. In the case of deficiency fire, there is often a deficit of liver and kidney yin, and yin deficiency cannot control yang, so yang energy has to be opened up. The shape and color of the external diagnosis of the Jane Mo records that “thin people …… whose blood is clear and slippery, easy to lose in the gas, easy to lose in the blood”. This kind of people consume the body with internal fire, often how to eat can not eat fat, visible thin, inflexible joints, irritability and insomnia, eyes and mouth dry, yellow urine, etc.

In fact, the “thin people more fire” statement only tells half of the characteristics of the thin body, the other part of the characteristics of the thin body is that thin people often have blood deficiency, Yin deficiency situation. The so-called “thin people” are also judged by looking at the diagnosis, that is, the shape looks thin, body shape is not full. Yin and Blood deficiency is mainly characterized by dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, insomnia, palpitations and numbness of the limbs, as well as signs such as yellowish or fair complexion, pale nails or lips, weak and feeble pulse and pale tongue. In case of Yin deficiency and fire, there are symptoms such as irritability of the five hearts, dry throat and mouth, impatience and irritability, night sweating, as well as signs such as red cheekbones, red tongue with little coating and thin pulse.

Therefore, thin people should tonify the middle and benefit the qi, nourish the yin and nourish the kidneys. Stressful life, excessive stress, insomnia, indolence, overwork and strain on the muscles, bones, joints and back are not conducive to the maintenance of the liver and kidneys and the maintenance of yin energy. You can properly eat more food to nourish Yin and benefit Qi. “Quiet can produce water”, quiet down, cultivate the body, to ensure adequate sleep, internal heat on the fire will also gradually calm down.

Of course, fat people more wet, thin people more fire is only a general judgment from clinical experience, some thin people may also have dampness, fat people may also have fire, whether to nourish yin or to get rid of dampness, but also according to individual circumstances and combined with other symptoms comprehensive analysis.