As the saying goes, a thousand colds are easy to remove, but one dampness is hard to get rid of. Dampness is a term unique to Chinese medicine.

What is dampness? Dampness can actually be simply understood as water in the body.

Water has to be removed from the body, firstly by way of sweating from the skin, secondly by way of breathing and thirdly by way of urination and defecation.

We often see traditional Chinese medicine that dampness should be through the spleen to dispel dampness, often see a variety of health experts recommend a variety of dampness tea. What Poria, Job's tears, red beans and so on. But often the effect is not so ideal.

There is a saying in Chinese medicine that all diseases are born from phlegm-dampness, and even some people think that tumors are related to phlegm-dampness, and they believe that the relationship between phlegm-dampness and tumors is: phlegm-dampness-cold-blood-stasis-swollen!

A good Chinese medicine to get rid of dampness is not simply limited to the use of Poria, red beans, Coix Seed these, but can not be separated from the overall diagnosis and treatment, diagnosis and treatment is the difficulty of Chinese medicine, but also the classics of Chinese medicine.

The phlegm-dampness coagulation is due to the internal stagnation of water and fluid. They are then prone to obesity, abdominal plumpness, puffy eyes, often feel sore and heavy limbs, and have a sticky mouth with a sweet taste. There is much phlegm in the throat with a sense of blockage, and the skin of the face is more oily, and sweaty and sticky.

There is an old saying in Chinese medicine: a thousand colds are easy to remove, but one dampness is hard to get rid of.

When choosing proprietary Chinese medicines for patients with phlegm-dampness constitution, it is necessary for the doctor to combine the tongue, pulse and dialectical typing before choosing the application. Clinically, there are many proprietary Chinese medicines that are commonly used to dispel dampness and resolve phlegm. For example, gentian diarrhea pills are used for liver and gallbladder dampness and heat; Bazheng San is used for bladder dampness and heat; Tangerine Red Pills are used for phlegm-dampness in the lungs; and Pores and Minerals Pills are used for phlegm-contaminated clear orifices. Phlegm-dampness is caused by a variety of reasons such as abnormal water metabolism, stagnation of water-dampness in the body, resulting in symptoms such as low food intake, loose stools, fatigue, drowsiness, fatness and heaviness. Phlegm-dampness can be dominated by dampness, or it can be manifested as both cold and dampness or both dampness and heat. Huanglian Qinggong Pill can be used to remove dampness and heat.

There are many ways to get rid of dampness. Dampness is closely related to the spleen and the stomach. The spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, so dampness is most likely to attack the spleen and stomach, but strengthening the spleen is the most important way to get rid of dampness. In fact, there are not many Chinese medicines that can dispel dampness alone, but there are many that can strengthen the spleen, such as the Spleen Pills, the Tonifying Herbal Pills, so if you want to get rid of dampness, you don't want to choose Chinese medicines. Chinese herbal formulas are more suitable and appropriate, as the spleen moves water and dampness, and strengthening the spleen is the basis for getting rid of dampness, and getting rid of dampness is the symptom. Therefore, I would like to ask a Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe a formula for you, but if you are going to rely on Chinese herbal medicines to get rid of dampness, I'm afraid that the strength of these herbal medicines will not be in place, nor are they appropriate for you, nor will they be suitable for you. So, Chinese medicine is not enough.

Thanks. What herbal remedies are more effective in getting rid of dampness?

Commonly used Chinese medicines to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness include Ginseng and Atractylodes Pills, Ginseng and Spleen Pills, etc. They are suitable for people with phlegm-dampness constitution, which is mainly manifested as tiredness, weakness, weakness of limbs, less energy, and loose stools, etc.; the specific choice of which medicines should be made under the guidance of a physician. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness is a yin evil, its nature is sticky, heavy, tends to down; easy to block the qi, affecting the spleen and stomach transportation. And often with other evil mixed disease. To strengthen the spleen to eliminate dampness of Chinese patent medicine mainly have wood Xiang Shun Qi Pill, spleen pill, return to the spleen pill and other medicines.

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If you don't have time to decoct the medicine or boil the congee to get rid of dampness and choose proprietary Chinese medicine to get rid of dampness, I suggest to choose Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu Pill because the medicine also has the function of incorporating water into and transferring the water, regulating the water channels and controlling the opening and closing of the door, etc. The medicine can be used to remove dampness in the body.

To effectively get rid of dampness, we must first understand the reasons for the formation of dampness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness is a yin evil, is one of the six evils, with heavy, sticky, tend to down and other characteristics, easy to block the qi and curb injuries to the spleen yang. Spleen main transportation of water and dampness, the nature of the dry and evil dampness, spleen transportation failure so that water and dampness stagnation, there will be virtual obesity, heavy body, headache such as wrapping, head and face greasy, sticky stools, urine dribbling, urine and even edema and other evidence. Dampness for the disease is often lingering, repeated episodes, so there is "a thousand cold easy to go, a wet hard to remove" said. The lung is the main water, through the waterway. Lung main propaganda, can be upward to the outside dispersal of fluid, but also propaganda Wei Qi, regulating sweat excretion; lung gas purging, can be downward to the inside of the distribution of fluid, and participate in the generation and excretion of urine, the lungs through the regulation of the function of the waterway normal water through sweating, urination and excretion of water out of the body and not to be retained. The kidneys rely on the opening and closing effect of kidney qi to maintain the relative balance of water, neither too much, nor not and. In summary, in the whole process of water metabolism, the spleen is the main incorporation (through the stomach) and transfer, the lung is the main pronouncement of the water and water channels, the kidney is the main opening and closing of the regulation of the amount of water, dysfunction of the three viscera will lead to water metabolism disorders, so that the water and dampness stops to gather.

Ginseng and Atractylodes Macrocephalae Pill is a tonic, its main effect is to tonify qi, strengthen the spleen, and stomach and lungs, in which Codonopsis pilosulae, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae (Four Gentlemen's Soup) tonify qi and strengthen the spleen, and harmonize with the middle to regulate the stomach, Chinese yam, lentils, Coix lacryma replenish the spleen and strengthen the intestines, and stop diarrhea by seepage of dampness, Platycodonopsis tartaricus opens up and lifts up the lung qi and expels phlegm to stop coughing, Radix stenothermatae harmonizes and regulates qi, and Lian Zi Zi is good for the kidneys to consolidate essence. It strengthens the spleen, tonifies the lungs, strengthens the kidneys, and maintains the normal incorporation and transfer of water and fluid, smooth and orderly opening and closing of water channels, which together play a role in maintaining the balance of water and fluid. This formula is mainly for removing dampness by strengthening the physiological functions of the spleen, lungs, kidneys and other organs to enhance the ability to dispel dampness, supplemented with Poria, Coix Seed and other medicines that seep dampness and diuresis to guide the evils out, treating the symptoms as well as the root cause to achieve the purpose of dispelling dampness.