What causes typhoid fever? How to treat it?

The fog, dew, rain and humidity in spring and autumn, the cold wine and cheese in summer, the ice, snow, wind and frost in winter, all of these are things that everyone may experience in their lives. So what causes typhoid fever and how should it be treated?

1. Damage to the surface

Cause of the disease: Fog, dew, rain and moisture invade the skin surface and touch the skin's air, causing the disease. Also known as "wetness".

Symptoms: Heaviness in the head and body, as if wrapped or covered, fever without sweating, general discomfort, fatigue in limbs, and even chest tightness, fullness, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and loose stools, thin white and slippery tongue coating, and soft and floating pulse.

Treatment method: Dispel wind and dampness, such as Chushi Qianghuo Decoction and Shenshu Powder, and dispel dampness and induce sweating, such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder. In summer, if you suffer from dampness and no sweat, you can use Xiangru Drink to remove dampness and induce sweating.

2. Phlegm and dampness blocking

Causes: Spleen and stomach yang deficiency, dampness and turbidity cannot be transformed, dampness is depressed in the body and becomes phlegm; phlegm and dampness are blocked inside the body; or excessive consumption of raw and cold food, melons and fruits, rich and greasy foods damage the spleen and stomach, and yang deficiency cannot transform dampness and phlegm, resulting in accumulation of dampness.

Symptoms: chest distension and abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, limb fatigue, loss of appetite, loose stools, scanty urination, no dry mouth or thirsty for hot drinks but cannot drink much, white greasy tongue coating, and weak pulse. If phlegm and dampness block the middle part of the body, so that the clear yang cannot rise, it can also cause dizziness and discomfort. If phlegm and dampness block the chest and the yang in the chest is suppressed, the chest may be full and stuffy, or even chest pain that extends to the back, chest pain, qi stagnation, and difficulty breathing.

Treatment method: Strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm. Prescriptions such as Erchen Decoction, Pingwei Powder, Lizhong Huatan Pills, Xiangsha Erchen Decoction, Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction, etc. For those who suffer from vertigo, you can take Banxia Tuma Baizhu Decoction to strengthen the spleen, calm the liver and resolve phlegm. For patients with chest pain and qi stagnation, it is advisable to regulate qi and relieve chest tightness, use Trichosanthes, Allium macrostemon and Pinellia ternata decoction or Citrus aurantium, Allium macrostemon and Cinnamon twig decoction to regulate qi and promote yang.

3. Yellowing due to cold and dampness

Cause: Deficiency of spleen and stomach yang, internal accumulation of cold and dampness, which cannot be transported and transformed, resulting in yin jaundice; or excessive use of bitter, cold and heat-clearing agents for yang jaundice can damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, which can also turn into yin jaundice due to coldness.

Symptoms: dark yellow color, fear of cold, loss of appetite, drowsiness, abdominal distension, difficulty urinating, loose stools, pale white tongue, deep, thready and weak pulse, or even weak pulse and limb coldness.

Treatment method: Warming and removing dampness, such as Yinchen Shufu Decoction, Yinchen Lizhong Decoction, Yinchen Sini Decoction, etc.

4. Water retention inside the body

Cause: Deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, unable to transform dampness, unable to control water, dampness gathers and becomes water, which stagnates inside the body.

Symptoms: swollen face, body, limbs or abdomen, poor appetite, loose stools, little urine, mild mouth and no thirst, thin and moist tongue coating, deep and slow pulse. If the edema is severe, it may cause edema all over the body and abdominal distension. If moisture flows downward, the shins will swell, the waist and feet will feel heavy, or there will be difficulty in movement, numbness and pain, which are the symptoms of athlete's foot.

Treatment method: Warming and removing dampness, such as Shipiyin to warm the spleen and promote diuresis; Zhenwu Decoction and Jinkui Shenqi Pills to warm the kidney and promote diuresis. For those who suffer from dampness and dampness that leads to athlete's foot, warming and removing dampness are also necessary. You can use Jiming Powder to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.