When dampness is heavy, what Chinese medicine can be used to regulate

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the body will only be healthy when the yin and yang of the body are balanced. When the yin and yang of the body are out of balance, problems will arise. Some people will experience symptoms such as sore limbs, dizziness, lack of energy, and thick tongue coating when there is too much dampness in the body. At this time, you can drink some Chinese medicine for conditioning, so that your body will be healthy and your mind will be refreshed.

1. Dampness-removing drugs

It is suitable for symptoms of dampness invading the skin surface. It is characterized by aversion to cold and fever or low body temperature, heaviness and pain in the head and body, nasal congestion and runny nose, or loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, thin and greasy tongue coating, and weak pulse. What should we do when there is too much dampness in the body? Because dampness is a yin evil, it is stagnant and greasy in nature and extremely difficult to decompose. When dampness is on the surface, we cannot just use the method of sweating to relieve the surface, to prevent the dampness from being retained after sweating away. We cannot use the method of removing dampness to attack the interior, to prevent the evil from entering the interior. How to get rid of excessive dampness in the body? Only by promoting the circulation of qi and dispersing it can the dampness be eliminated. According to the difference between dampness with summer heat, heat and cold, it can be summarized into the following three categories of medicines:

Aromatic dehumidifying medicine

Patchouli, Cymbidium leaves, Perilla leaves, etc. It is used for Wei-fen syndrome caused by external invasion of dampness or cold-dampness, which is often seen in the early stages of colds and acute enteritis. Symptoms include severe aversion to cold and mild fever, heavy pain in the head and body, abdominal distension and nausea, poor appetite, nasal congestion and runny nose, greasy white tongue coating, and a weak pulse.

Medicine for clearing away summer heat and dampness

Elsholtzia, white lentils, lentil flowers, watermelon juice, etc. It is suitable for Wei-fen syndrome caused by exogenous heat-dampness, which is often seen in colds, the initial stage of Japanese encephalitis, etc. It is characterized by fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, nasal congestion and runny nose, thin yellow tongue coating, and weak pulse.

Drugs for dispelling dampness and heat

Lotus leaves, mung beans, watermelon rind, etc. It is suitable for Wei-fen syndrome caused by exogenous damp-heat, which is often seen in colds, Japanese encephalitis, and the initial stage of dysentery. It is characterized by fever, heaviness of the head and body, sore throat, nausea, thin yellow tongue coating, and a weak and rapid pulse.

2. Drying and dampness medicine

It is suitable for those with dampness accumulated in the middle and lower Jiao. Common symptoms include loss of appetite, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting or diarrhea, yellow or red urine, thick and greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse. Clinically, it can be divided into two categories according to whether the dampness turns into heat or not:

Dampness-drying and spleen-strengthening medicine (bitter, warm and dampness-drying)

Magnolia officinalis, tangerine peel, cardamom, atractylodes, etc. It is suitable for acute and chronic gastroenteritis caused by dampness and turbidity stagnation in the middle burner. It is characterized by fullness or pain in the stomach, vomiting, nausea or diarrhea, white and greasy tongue coating, and slippery or slow pulse.

Clears heat and dries dampness (bitter and cold to dry dampness)

Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Sophora flavescens, Gentiana scabra, etc. It is suitable for acute and chronic enteritis, gastritis, dysentery, jaundice, etc. caused by damp-heat accumulation in the middle or lower burner. It is characterized by abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth and loss of appetite, constipation or diarrhea, yellow and red urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

3. Anti-dampness medicine

Suitable for those with dampness lurking in the skin, tendons and bones. Symptoms include soreness and pain in limb joints, which is aggravated on rainy days. Dampness often brings with it cold or wind to invade the skin, tendons and bones, or accumulates for a long time and turns into heat, often becoming a lingering chronic disease that is not easy to resolve quickly. It must be treated according to the different evil spirits it carries. Therefore, dampness-removing drugs can be divided into the following three categories:

Dampness-removing and wind-cold-dispelling medicine

Angelica dahurica, Clematis chinensis, white flower snake, tiger bone, silkworm sand, Cynanchum wilfordii, Acanthopanax acanthopanax, black-necked snake, Piper mesenteriae, Millennium angelica, turpentine, etc. It is mostly suitable for rheumatoid arthritis, neuralgia, etc. caused by wind, cold and dampness invading the tendons and bones. Symptoms include pain in limb joints, local aversion to wind and cold, pain relieved by heat, white and slippery tongue coating, and deep and slow pulse.

Heat-clearing and rheumatism-relieving drugs

Stephania tetrandra, Gentiana macrophylla, Achyranthes bidentata, Clerodendrum foetida, Trachelospermum officinale, Viscum album, Pittosporum tobira bark, and Rhizoma Cynomorii, etc. It is suitable for rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. caused by internal accumulation of damp heat. Symptoms include red, swollen, hot and painful joints, fever, thirst without desire to drink, yellow urine, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and weak and rapid pulse.