Water element (Overactive) excessive phlegm, coughing, colds, allergies, chills, dizziness, laziness, and sluggishness.
Personality: Compassionate, gentle, deeply sensitive, hardworking, and loyal in relationships. Warm-hearted, full of love and care for family. Easily affected by emotions, tends to be overly sentimental, and often prioritizes others’ needs over their own.
Precautions: “Throat Phlegm” refers to mucus or phlegm in the throat area. Conditions often affect the upper respiratory system, including nasal mucus, throat, and upper bronchial tubes, such as phlegm buildup, sinusitis, and the common cold.
Recommendations:
- Eat foods with spicy, bitter, and astringent flavors.
- Avoid triggers that aggravate phlegm, such as daytime sleeping.
- Avoid eating heavy, hard-to-digest foods such as fatty foods and tough meats.
- Avoid overly sweet, sour, or salty foods.
- Avoid constant snacking or eating too frequently.
- Avoid staying in damp environments.
- Keep your body warm at all times.
- Get sufficient sleep at night.
- Avoid stress.
- Choose easily digestible foods, including easily digestible meats such as fish.
- Refrain from smoking.
- Exercise regularly.