What medicine should I take for damp-heat cold?

If the damp-heat constitution is more serious, the physical condition will decline, the immunity will become worse, and it is easy to cause colds. For people with damp-heat constitution and colds, certain Chinese medicines can be used for treatment. The more common Chinese medicines include honeysuckle, dandelion, and astragalus and coptis chinensis. They all have a good effect in treating damp-heat colds. In addition to paying attention to the treatment and medication, you should also strengthen your diet.

What medicine should I take for damp-heat cold?

From the perspective of clinical differentiation, damp-heat constitution can be divided into dampness being more serious than heat, heat being more serious than dampness, and both dampness and heat being more serious. The main treatment method for heavy dampness is to eliminate dampness. Commonly used medicines include talcum powder, raw licorice, almond, coix seed, white cardamom seed, imperata root, etc. For severe heat, the main treatment is to clear away heat. Honeysuckle, dandelion, and wild chrysanthemum can be used. Purple gentian, Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Pueraria lobata, etc. Chinese patent medicines include Ganlu Xiaodu Dan, Juntai Oral Liquid, Qingre Qushi Granules, and Xihuangcao Granules. Note: Chinese medicine for clearing heat and removing dampness should not be taken for a long time. You can stop taking it once the inflammation is eliminated. This type of medicine is highly toxic.

Dietary conditioning:

You should eat more foods that have the effects of clearing heat and removing dampness, such as coix seed, lotus seed, poria cocos, seaweed, red bean, mung bean, lentil, duck meat, crucian carp, winter melon, gourd, bitter melon, cucumber, celery, cabbage, water spinach, cabbage, lotus root, etc. Avoid spicy, hot, or nutritious foods and drinks.

Precautions

It is not advisable to drink too much water if you have a damp-heat cold. Do not consume too much alcohol or greasy food, as this may help to generate dampness and heat, which will attack the "external evil" in nature and easily make people sick. At the same time, people who have already caught a cold should not easily use the method of drinking more water to treat it, because the body is already full of moisture at this time, and drinking more water will increase the burden on the spleen. Not only will it not help the disease, but it will be harmful.

Cooking coix seeds and red beans into porridge can not only cure colds, but also has a very good regulating effect on dizziness, heaviness, drowsiness, sweating and other symptoms in people who have not had a cold during this period.