Food therapy to cure Dampness + Qi Deficiendy

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My name is James and I'm new to this group, I believe I have a dampness problem

plus qi deficiency. What food therapy can one use to cure dampness and qi

deficiendy?

Other than food therapy, what changes in lifestyle could help heal one with

these problems?

[Guest guest]

Hi, and welcome to the group =)

 

This seems to be one of the more common topics to come up (how to eat properly

for a damp condition), several good threads have been created with this topic in

mind.

 

http://health.Chinese Traditional Medicine/message/10890

 

http://health.Chinese Traditional Medicine/message/10190

 

for example.

 

A primer book may also be good to check out. There are some book suggestions in

the thread that the first link gets you to.

 

Good luck =)

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " xxjames08xx " <xxjames08xx wrote:

>

> Hi,

> My name is James and I'm new to this group, I believe I have a dampness

problem plus qi deficiency. What food therapy can one use to cure dampness and

qi deficiendy?

> Other than food therapy, what changes in lifestyle could help heal one with

these problems?

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you mrasmm, the information has been helpful. After reading capisces7's

post it brought me back to alot of things and symthoms I had, specially with the

drinking water.

I first got allergies years ago, around 1999. For 5 years I took allergy

medicine, prescriptions, went to an allergist, took allergy tests and even took

an allergy shot......the allergies kept coming back until the spring of 2006

which they got really worst. I couldn't sleep, kept coughing, it was hard for me

to breathe and at the time I refused to take any more medication. So I went to

an acupuncture practiocioner and it fixed me up, amazing. He did tell me to stay

away from milk, cheese, all dairy products, and some other foods.

Now there are other things I never paid attention to like balding, plegm and my

skin getting irritated during the winter as soon as I started sweating.

I started losing hair back in 2002 and it has never stopped, my scalp became

very greasy. Now about drinking water, also in 2002 I started drinking heavy

amounts of water due to the work I was doing, physical work and I was told that

you would only be hydrated if your urine was clear, so if it wasnt clear then I

would water until it did. Even after I got another job I still kept drinking

alot of water up until yesterday when I read the other post.

I also had alot of mucus and plegm even before I got my allergies but the

doctors told me that all that had to do with my allergy problem...and ever since

2004, my skin would get irritated in the winter as soon as I started sweating.

When I went to the acupuncture I focused mainly on my allergies, but at the time

I cant afford to go back or to see a TCM practioner so Im looking into what I

can learn and change until then. I also wonder if I have damp/heat condition

like capisces7.

[Guest guest]

Sure, no problem =)

 

According to Bob Flaws (Tao of Healthy Eating), a lot of the food that causes

allergies is on the warm to hot end of the spectrum (like shell-fish and

seafood, nuts, eggs, etc), so it could be that your body is in a state that is

more prone to being aggravated by that sort of thing.

 

Al seems to have some pretty good advice as far as the water, be in-tune with

how your body feels, and drink what your body feels like it wants.

 

To me it sounds like a damp-heat condition is likely for you, but I'm really no

expert. There are some on the list that would be able to really pinpoint it for

you, and explain some of the things like your skin getting irritated by sweat in

the winter.

 

Dairy is usually considered quite dampening, so the fact that your practitioner

said he would rather you avoid those types of food would be supportive (ice

cream is especially dampening because of it's high sugar and fat content as well

as it's cold). Usually with a damp condition also comes a weak Spleen (caps

denotes the TCM organ, or in other words collection of functions). Phlegm

usually looks like what they call congealed dampness, so that would also be

supportive.

 

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " xxjames08xx " <xxjames08xx wrote:

>

> Thank you mrasmm, the information has been helpful. After reading capisces7's

post it brought me back to alot of things and symthoms I had, specially with the

drinking water.

> I first got allergies years ago, around 1999. For 5 years I took allergy

medicine, prescriptions, went to an allergist, took allergy tests and even took

an allergy shot......the allergies kept coming back until the spring of 2006

which they got really worst. I couldn't sleep, kept coughing, it was hard for me

to breathe and at the time I refused to take any more medication. So I went to

an acupuncture practiocioner and it fixed me up, amazing. He did tell me to stay

away from milk, cheese, all dairy products, and some other foods.

> Now there are other things I never paid attention to like balding, plegm and

my skin getting irritated during the winter as soon as I started sweating.

> I started losing hair back in 2002 and it has never stopped, my scalp became

very greasy. Now about drinking water, also in 2002 I started drinking heavy

amounts of water due to the work I was doing, physical work and I was told that

you would only be hydrated if your urine was clear, so if it wasnt clear then I

would water until it did. Even after I got another job I still kept drinking

alot of water up until yesterday when I read the other post.

> I also had alot of mucus and plegm even before I got my allergies but the

doctors told me that all that had to do with my allergy problem...and ever since

2004, my skin would get irritated in the winter as soon as I started sweating.

> When I went to the acupuncture I focused mainly on my allergies, but at the

time I cant afford to go back or to see a TCM practioner so Im looking into what

I can learn and change until then. I also wonder if I have damp/heat condition

like capisces7.

>

[Guest guest]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:06 PM, mrasmm <mrasmm wrote:

 

>

>

>

> To me it sounds like a damp-heat condition is likely for you, but I'm

> really no expert.

>

 

 

 

 

 

Quick and easy way to know is check out the color of your excretions and

secretions.

 

White and clear = cold

 

yellow, red, green = heat.

 

Green doesn't always really mean heat, but if it is phlegm from the lungs,

then that's heat.

 

-al.

 

 

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Get off greasy and spicy foods. Also reduce dairy to reduce phlegm. Avoid

sugar and foods that are excessively sweet.

 

 

 

 

-

" xxjames08xx " <xxjames08xx

<Chinese Traditional Medicine >

Monday, August 31, 2009 11:19 AM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Food therapy to cure Dampness + Qi Deficiendy

 

 

> Hi,

> My name is James and I'm new to this group, I believe I have a dampness

> problem plus qi deficiency. What food therapy can one use to cure dampness

> and qi deficiendy?

> Other than food therapy, what changes in lifestyle could help heal one

> with these problems?

>

>

>

>

> ---

>

> Post message address: Chinese Traditional Medicine

> http://health.Chinese Traditional Medicine/

[Guest guest]

Mung beans are good to absorb damp. Avoid salt, it holds water in the body,

promote potassium, it counteracts salt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R3m0g1H4LE

Spleen QiGong with healing sound. QiGongDeb is cool.

 

 

 

-

" mrasmm " <mrasmm

<Chinese Traditional Medicine >

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:06 PM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Re: Food therapy to cure Dampness + Qi Deficiendy

 

 

> Sure, no problem =)

>

> According to Bob Flaws (Tao of Healthy Eating), a lot of the food that

> causes allergies is on the warm to hot end of the spectrum (like

> shell-fish and seafood, nuts, eggs, etc), so it could be that your body is

> in a state that is more prone to being aggravated by that sort of thing.

>

> Al seems to have some pretty good advice as far as the water, be in-tune

> with how your body feels, and drink what your body feels like it wants.

>

> To me it sounds like a damp-heat condition is likely for you, but I'm

> really no expert. There are some on the list that would be able to really

> pinpoint it for you, and explain some of the things like your skin getting

> irritated by sweat in the winter.

>

> Dairy is usually considered quite dampening, so the fact that your

> practitioner said he would rather you avoid those types of food would be

> supportive (ice cream is especially dampening because of it's high sugar

> and fat content as well as it's cold). Usually with a damp condition also

> comes a weak Spleen (caps denotes the TCM organ, or in other words

> collection of functions). Phlegm usually looks like what they call

> congealed dampness, so that would also be supportive.

>

>

> Chinese Traditional Medicine , " xxjames08xx " <xxjames08xx

> wrote:

>>

>> Thank you mrasmm, the information has been helpful. After reading

>> capisces7's post it brought me back to alot of things and symthoms I had,

>> specially with the drinking water.

>> I first got allergies years ago, around 1999. For 5 years I took allergy

>> medicine, prescriptions, went to an allergist, took allergy tests and

>> even took an allergy shot......the allergies kept coming back until the

>> spring of 2006 which they got really worst. I couldn't sleep, kept

>> coughing, it was hard for me to breathe and at the time I refused to take

>> any more medication. So I went to an acupuncture practiocioner and it

>> fixed me up, amazing. He did tell me to stay away from milk, cheese, all

>> dairy products, and some other foods.

>> Now there are other things I never paid attention to like balding, plegm

>> and my skin getting irritated during the winter as soon as I started

>> sweating.

>> I started losing hair back in 2002 and it has never stopped, my scalp

>> became very greasy. Now about drinking water, also in 2002 I started

>> drinking heavy amounts of water due to the work I was doing, physical

>> work and I was told that you would only be hydrated if your urine was

>> clear, so if it wasnt clear then I would water until it did. Even after I

>> got another job I still kept drinking alot of water up until yesterday

>> when I read the other post.

>> I also had alot of mucus and plegm even before I got my allergies but the

>> doctors told me that all that had to do with my allergy problem...and

>> ever since 2004, my skin would get irritated in the winter as soon as I

>> started sweating.

>> When I went to the acupuncture I focused mainly on my allergies, but at

>> the time I cant afford to go back or to see a TCM practioner so Im

>> looking into what I can learn and change until then. I also wonder if I

>> have damp/heat condition like capisces7.

>>

>

>

>

>

> ---

>

> Post message address: Chinese Traditional Medicine

> http://health.Chinese Traditional Medicine/

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for sharing this info.

And regarding what Al said:

 

Quick and easy way to know is check out the color of your excretions and

secretions.

White and clear = cold

yellow, red, green = heat.

Green doesn't always really mean heat, but if it is phlegm from the lungs,

then that's heat.

-al.

 

My urine is very yellow, orangy like. I had been told so many times in the past

that when your urine is dark or yellow that you are dehydrated, I guess this

isn't true. Now the daily plegm(nasal and throat) I have is greenish unless its

allergies then its clear. Thanks for the qigong video too.

[Guest guest]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:17 PM, xxjames08xx <xxjames08xx wrote:

 

>

>

> My urine is very yellow, orangy like. I had been told so many times in the

> past that when your urine is dark or yellow that you are dehydrated, I guess

> this isn't true.

>

 

 

 

 

 

Heat->dehydration->darkened urine. Same thing is being said at two different

points of the mechanism.

 

Although in some instances, TCM might propose: dehydration -> lack of

cooling fluids -> sensation of heat or fever. This is that " yin deficiency

heat " or " deficiency heat " or " false heat " , that sort o' thing.

 

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.