Manifestations of Damp-Heat Physique in Women

Women’s damp-heat constitution is manifested by dark complexion, limb acidity and tiredness, frequent urination, urinary urgency, urine dribbling, excessive amount of discharge, yellow color and taste, yellowish and greasy tongue coating, etc. If it causes diseases, damp-heat has different manifestations in different parts of the body, which need to be diagnosed and treated. For example, damp-heat in the spleen and stomach (the spleen and stomach feel damp-heat evil), manifested as epigastric plumpness (stomach distension and discomfort), body fatigue and heaviness, loose stools, heat and bitterness in the mouth, thirst and thirst for more than one drink, urine is less than yellow, or even yellowish skin like orange, yellowish and greasy tongue, and moist and numb pulse. Damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder (damp-heat evils accumulated in the liver and gallbladder) manifests as distension and pain in the ribs and abdomen, burning heat, abdominal distension and anorexia, bitter and foul breath, short and red urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow in color) or yellow, irregular bowel movements (abnormal bowel movements), or yellowish body and eyes, large tongue, red tongue with thick and greasy yellow coating, and stringy pulse. If Damp-Heat in the large intestine manifests as abdominal pain and diarrhea, even anxiousness and heaviness (discomfort in the lower abdomen, wanting to defecate, feeling of incomplete defecation after defecation), diarrhea of pus and blood, burning in the anus, thirst, short and yellowish urine, and yellowish greasy reddish fur on the tongue. Slippery pulse, etc. Damp-heat bladder manifests itself in frequent urination and urgency, burning pain in the urethra, yellow and red urine, short urine, abdominal distension and stuffiness, or accompanied by fever and lumbar pain, or blood in the urine, or urine with sand and gravel, dry stools, red tongue with yellow moss and greasy, and number of pulses. Women’s damp-heat body, need to identify the severity and urgency, according to the systemic and local symptoms, by the professional doctor to identify the conditioning to improve.