Is it true that you have to take a lot of Four Mighty Pills to make it effective?

It is wrong to say that dampness-heat is very heavy and you must take a lot of Si Miao Pills to make it effective. Four Wonderful Pills belongs to the proprietary Chinese medicine, although the treatment of dampness-heat, the main treatment of dampness-heat downstream (dampness and heat evils invade the intestines, bladder, pubic area, lower limbs, etc.) resulting in paralysis, is not a treatment for all dampness-heat conditions, need to be identified by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner can only be used after the identification of the disease. Si Miao Pill is composed of Atractylodes macrocephala, Achyranthes bidentata, Cyperus rotundus, Semen coicis, etc. It has the efficacy of clearing heat and inducing dampness (removing heat and dampness in the body), and is used to treat redness and swelling of the feet and knees, and pain in the tendons and bones. There is no significant adverse reaction, pregnant women should be cautious. Damp-heat evil injures the body, and the main formulas chosen for treatment vary according to the location of the disease. For example, stomachache caused by damp-heat injuring the center can be treated by adding and subtracting Qingzhong Tang; diarrhea caused by damp-heat can be treated by adding and subtracting Puerariae Scutellariae Lian Tang; dysentery caused by damp-heat can be treated by adding and subtracting Paeoniae Lactiflorae Tang; dystocia (pain in the area of the coxae and ribs) caused by damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder (the accumulation of damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder) can be treated by adding and subtracting Longguan Diarrhea of the liver Tang. If the patient’s dampness-heat is very serious, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time and treat the patient after recognizing the evidence, and not to blindly use medicines on one’s own, so as to avoid damaging the organism and aggravating the condition.