How to Treat Damp-Heat Physique

Damp-heat physique usually needs to be regulated with medicines that clear heat and eliminate dampness (get rid of heat and dampness in the body), such as gentian diarrhea and liver soup, clearing heat and eliminating dampness granules and other medicines. Damp-heat body is characterized by oily face (yellowish and oily facial skin), easy acne, bitter and dry mouth, heavy and sleepy body, sticky or dry stools, short and yellowish urine, red tongue, yellowish and greasy moss, slippery pulse, moist scrotum in men, and increase in the number of diaphoresis in women, and other symptoms. Longdian Diarrhea Liver Tang has the effect of clearing and diarrhea the solid fire of liver and gallbladder, clearing and relieving dampness and heat of liver meridian, it can treat headache and eye redness caused by the inflammation of liver and gallbladder solid fire, dystocia (pain in the area of coeruleus and ribs), bitter taste in the mouth, and stringy and strong pulse, etc., or yin swelling and yin itching caused by the underflow of dampness and heat from liver meridian (dampness and heat invading into the intestinal tract, urinary bladder, yin, and the lower limbs, etc.). Note, caution should be exercised for those with cold spleen and stomach deficiency, or yin deficiency and hyperactivity. Clearing Heat and Dispelling Dampness Granules is composed of Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix Astragali and other medicines, which has the effects of clearing heat and dispelling dampness, benefiting qi and generating fluids (promoting the production of fluids by replenishing qi). It is used for symptoms such as tiredness of limbs, loss of appetite, heat and dry mouth caused by summer dampness. Note that it is contraindicated for diabetic patients. To regulate hot and humid body should go to the regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis and standardized treatment. Do not blindly use your own medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.