These four Chinese patent medicines are the most effective for clearing heat and removing dampness

Clearing away heat and removing dampness is the top priority for many people in their daily health care. Generally speaking, if people want to clear away heat and remove dampness, they can choose the following four Chinese patent medicines to take.

1. Shangqing Pills

It is composed of rhubarb (fried with wine), scutellaria baicalensis (fried with wine), forsythia suspensa, chrysanthemum, angelica dahurica, phellodendron (fried with wine), gardenia, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia divaricata, mint, chuanxiong and platycodon. Functions: clearing away heat and dispersing wind, detoxifying and relieving constipation. It is mainly used to treat dizziness, tinnitus, red eyes, mouth ulcers, swollen and painful gums, constipation and sinusitis. Pregnant women should not take it; people with internal heat inflammation, spleen and stomach deficiency, children and the elderly and weak should use it with caution.

2. Huanglian Shangqing Pills

It is composed of Coptis chinensis, Gardenia jasminoides (processed with ginger), Forsythia suspensa, Vitex rotundus (fried), Saposhnikovia divaricata, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Angelica dahurica, Scutellaria baicalensis, Chrysanthemum, Hedelia officinalis, Rhubarb (fried with wine), Phellodendron chinense (fried with wine), Platycodon grandiflorum, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Gypsum, Inula japonica, and Licorice. Function: dispersing wind, clearing heat, purging fire and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat dizziness caused by wind-heat attacking the upper body, excessive heat in the lungs and stomach, sudden onset of red eyes, toothache, oral ulcers, sore throat, deafness and tinnitus, constipation, and short and dark urine. It is forbidden to use for pregnant women and those with weak spleen and stomach.

3. Gardenia Golden Flower Pill

It is composed of honeysuckle, jasmine, anemarrhena, phellodendron, radix trichosanthis, scutellaria, coptis root and rhubarb. Functions: clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat excessive heat in the lungs and stomach, ulcers in the mouth and tongue, swollen and painful gums, red eyes and dizziness, swollen throat, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, and constipation. Use with caution in pregnant women.

4. The indigo is very granular

It is composed of Isatis root. Function: clearing away heat, detoxifying, cooling blood and relieving sore throat. It is mainly used to treat sore throat, dry oropharynx, and swollen cheeks caused by excessive heat in the lungs and stomach; acute tonsillitis and mumps with the above symptoms.