What Chinese patent medicine should I take in a humid tropical climate?

Damp-heat is a term in traditional Chinese medicine, which can be divided into broad and narrow meanings. In the broad sense, it refers to gynecological and obstetric diseases, while damp-heat refers to the damp-heat accumulated in the body that cannot be discharged normally, which often leads to blockage of the meridians of the internal organs of the body, and is prone to deficiency of qi and blood. At this time, it is necessary to regulate the body with certain Chinese medicines, such as Yihuang Decoction, which has a good effect in clearing away damp-heat, and can be treated with medication under the guidance of a doctor.

What Chinese patent medicine should I take in a humid tropical climate?

In traditional Chinese medicine, damp-heat is considered to be moisture accumulated in the human body, which blocks the meridians of the internal organs, often causing systemic damp-heat symptoms and some pathological changes. The so-called dampness can be divided into internal dampness and external dampness. External dampness is an external evil, which is caused by climate change, resulting in rain or dampness in the residence, which allows the external dampness to invade the human body. This disease has the characteristics of stickiness; while internal dampness is a pathological product caused by dysfunction of the internal organs.

Heat can also manifest as an evil spirit, which is a characteristic that causes the patient to experience rising heat. It is an evil spirit of fire and heat. Heat can also be a symptom caused by the dysfunction of the body's internal organs, which is called internal heat. The evil fire is a heat syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dryness and heat caused by external invasion.

Prescription: Phellodendron chinense is 10g, Anemarrhena asphodeloides is 10g, Plantago seed is 10g (needs to be wrapped in gauze and decocted), Smilax glabra is 15g, Liuyi powder is 10g (wrapped in gauze and decocted), 10 ginkgo nuts, Gardenia scabra is 10g, and Achyranthes bidentata is 10g.

Additions and subtractions: If the patient has spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness, 10g of yam, 10g of white atractylodes, 15g of Euryale ferox, and 15g of coix seed should be added; for patients with more severe damp-heat, 6g of gentian, 10g of bupleurum, 10g of Scutellaria baicalensis, 12g of Rehmannia glutinosa, and 6g of Akebia should be added.

What is the humid tropical zone?

The name "leucorrhea" was first seen in "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine", while the name "leucorrhea disease" was first seen in "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases". Leucorrhea can be divided into broad and narrow meanings. In the broad sense, leucorrhea refers to gynecological and obstetric diseases. Since these diseases occur under the belt meridian, they are called "leucorrhea".

The main cause of leucorrhea is dampness, and the main pathogenesis is damage to the Ren and Dai meridians, as well as failure to regulate or nourish them. The treatment focuses on regulating the Ren and Dai meridians. Since leucorrhea is caused by dampness, the disease is lingering, recurs repeatedly, is not easy to heal quickly, and is often complicated by menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, infertility and other diseases. It is the second most common disease among female patients after menstrual disorders.