Analysis of the Main Reasons for Difficult Moisture Elimination

The core reasons for the difficulty in eliminating dampness involve weak spleen and stomach function, humid environments, poor lifestyle habits, differences in constitution, and improper methods of expelling dampness. This can be analyzed from the following multi-dimensional perspectives:

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1. Spleen and stomach deficiency is the root cause.
- The spleen is responsible for the transportation and transformation of water and dampness: Weak spleen and stomach function can lead to a decline in the ability to metabolize body fluids. Modern people's irregular diet, preference for cold and sweet fatty foods, and prolonged stress can easily lead to spleen deficiency. After spleen deficiency, excess moisture cannot be effectively transported and discharged, resulting in the retention of dampness.
- Spleen deficiency: If one simply expels dampness without strengthening the spleen, dampness can easily recur. For example, relying on damp-expelling dietary therapy (such as job's tears water) for a long time while neglecting to strengthen the spleen may not lead to a complete cure.

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2. Environmental and Lifestyle Influences
- External dampness invasion: Prolonged exposure to humid environments (such as the southern rainy season or living in a basement), or excessive reliance on air conditioning during summer leads to sweat not being properly expelled, making it easier for dampness to invade the body through the skin.
- Dietary preferences: High sugar, high fat, and strongly flavored foods increase the burden on the spleen and stomach; cold drinks and ice products directly damage spleen Yang, accelerating the generation of dampness.
- Lack of exercise and irregular routines: prolonged sitting reduces blood circulation, affecting the expulsion of dampness; staying up late disrupts endocrine function and lowers metabolic efficiency.

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3. Differences in constitution and improper methods of eliminating dampness
- Differences in physical constitutions: Those with a damp-heat constitution need to clear heat and eliminate dampness, while those with a cold-damp constitution need to warm the yang and transform dampness. If one blindly eliminates dampness without identifying their constitution (for example, if someone with damp-heat drinks a lot of red bean and coix seed water), it may harm the spleen and stomach.
- Single or excessive methods of removing dampness: Relying on short-term dampness removal (such as only through cupping or dietary therapy) while neglecting long-term conditioning, or frequently using diuretic herbs (such as Poria, Alisma) may deplete Yang energy and instead reduce metabolic capacity.

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4. Other Key Drivers
- Emotional stress: Long-term anxiety and depression affect the endocrine system and metabolism, leading to internal dampness.
- Side effects of medication: Long-term use may affect liver, kidney, or gastrointestinal health, manifested in the form of liver and gallbladder damp-heat and spleen and stomach damp-heat.

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Summary of Suggestions
Dampness is difficult to eliminate and requires comprehensive conditioning, including strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach (such as consuming yam and lotus seeds), improving lifestyle habits (regular sleep schedule, reducing cold and cool food), targeted dampness removal (choosing heat-clearing or warming yang methods based on body constitution), and combining moderate exercise to promote metabolism.
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