Effective ways to get rid of dampness in summer commonly include general treatment and medication.
1. General treatment: Eat more mild food, eat less cold and cold frozen food, avoid excessive air conditioning, appropriate physical exercise.
2. Medication: Dampness medication is based on Chinese medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine that strengthens the spleen and dispels dampness. Clinically commonly used flat stomach powder and Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San.
(1) Pingqi San is a traditional Chinese medicine formula composed of Atractylodes macrocephala, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Fructus Hederariae, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and drying dampness, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach, and is mainly used for treating dampness obstruction of spleen and stomach. It is not suitable for people with deficiency of Yin and stagnation of Qi, and weakness of spleen and stomach.
(2) Patchouli Zhengqi San, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, has the effects of dispelling dampness and relieving the symptoms, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach. It can be used to treat internal dampness stagnation (stagnation of dampness in the body due to overly cold diet, etc.), and external wind-cold syndrome. This formula is not suitable for vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness-heat cholera.
Treatment with Chinese medicine should be carried out under the guidance of a physician.