How to Regulate Yin Deficiency and Excessive Stomach Fire?

Many people are bothered by yin deficiency and stomach fire hyperactivity. People with this condition often cannot gain weight even with a good appetite, their muscles become loose, and their metabolism is relatively fast. They may also experience symptoms such as annoyance, insomnia, and emotional fluctuations. These symptoms can affect people's normal lives, and it is important to promptly address yin deficiency and stomach fire hyperactivity. How can it be managed?

1. Dietary Therapy to Reduce Fire:

a. Mung Bean Soup: Ancient texts record that mung beans have a sweet and cold taste, entering the heart and stomach meridians, reducing swelling, clearing heat, and detoxifying. During hot summers, people often enjoy cooking a pot of mung bean soup in the evening, allowing it to cool before consumption. It provides a refreshing and cooling effect, making people feel much more comfortable even during the hottest days.

b. Luo Han Guo Herbal Tea: The treatment of stomach fire hyperactivity focuses on clearing and draining stomach fire. Ingredients such as pangdahai, luohanguo, danpi, and shengdi can be used. Luo Han Guo is sweet, sour, and cool in nature, with effects such as clearing heat and cooling the blood, promoting the production of saliva and relieving cough, lubricating the intestines and detoxifying, nourishing the skin, lubricating the lungs, and resolving phlegm.

c. Winter Melon Soup: Winter melon has a cold nature, able to clear and reduce stomach fire, nourish the stomach and promote the production of saliva, reducing appetite and promoting the conversion of starch and sugar into heat energy rather than fat. Most importantly, winter melon also has excellent heat-clearing and summer-cooling properties.

2. Acupoint Massage:

a. Zhao Hai Point: The Zhao Hai point is located on the medial side of the foot, in the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus. Pressing this point can relieve symptoms caused by yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity, such as dry throat, red eyes, and insomnia. When pressing, a sensation of soreness, numbness, and fullness is sufficient; the pressure should not be too long, lasting for 5 to 10 minutes.

b. Nei Ting Point: The Nei Ting point is located at the bifurcation between the second and third toes. One of its most significant characteristics is its ability to dispel stomach fire. Press this point with the tip of your finger, using moderate pressure and aiming for a sensation of soreness and fullness. Press each side for 1 minute, totaling 2 minutes, and repeat this massage daily.

3. Precautions:

People with stomach fire often have decreased digestive function, manifesting as symptoms such as bloating and difficulty in defecation. In such cases, it is necessary to adopt corresponding methods to adjust beneficial flora.