了解四種肥胖類型和健康減重的小妙招

As the weather gets hotter, all sorts of cool and breezy clothes are appearing on the streets. Want to switch to lighter attire, but worried about indulging in delicious food during winter and revealing your belly fat? Dr. Huang Ya-hui, a Traditional Chinese Medicine physician at the Douliu Clinic of Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, points out that as long as you follow the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis and treatment...Liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney functionIn addition, with exercise and dietary control, successful weight loss is not a dream!
Dr. Huang Ya-hui stated that obesity is a systemic metabolic disease that, in addition to changes in body shape, can also cause metabolic and endocrine disorders, and should not be taken lightly. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to obese patients as "fat noblemen." Obesity is commonly seen in outpatient clinics. Adolescents often have a strong stomach but a weak spleen, with spleen deficiency leading to poor digestion and water retention. Obesity in middle-aged and elderly people is often due to deficiency of both qi and yin.

Huang Ya-hui pointed out that,obese peopleIn clinical practice, four common syndrome types are observed. The first type is characterized by a plump physique, soft muscles, and frequent feelings of heaviness in the head, chest tightness, fatigue, and drowsiness. Occasionally, symptoms such as fatigue, reduced speech, abdominal distension, nausea, and loose stools may occur, which are indicative of spleen deficiency and dampness. The treatment should focus on strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, and modified Er Chen Tang can be used for conditioning. If the patient frequently experiences rib pain, abdominal distension, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, and menstrual irregularities in women, such as amenorrhea or premenstrual breast tenderness, then the condition is due to liver qi stagnation. The treatment should focus on soothing the liver, regulating qi, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and modified Chai Hu Shu Gan Tang can be used for conditioning.

If you experience symptoms such as dizziness, constipation, abdominal bloating, good appetite but still frequently feeling hungry, it indicates stomach heat.Obesity caused by dampnessFor one type, it is advisable to clear heat and dampness, resolve phlegm and eliminate turbidity; Fangfeng Tongsheng San (防风通圣散) with modifications can be used. Another type is the spleen and kidney yang deficiency type. Obese individuals of this type often experience fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, lethargy, limb swelling, lower back pain, weak knees, and loose stools. Warming the kidneys and strengthening the spleen is advisable; Jisheng Shenqi Wan (济生肾气丸) with modifications can be used. Besides medication, auricular acupuncture, body acupuncture, and moxibustion can also be used to achieve weight loss.

Obesity is often accompanied by obesity syndromes such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, stroke, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Huang Ya-hui stated that by regulating the functions of the liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys according to traditional Chinese medicine principles, and combining this with exercise and dietary control, healthy weight loss is by no means difficult.