What to drink to get rid of dampness

You can use Coix Seed and Chen Pi to soak and drink water to dispel dampness, but the efficacy is limited because soaking may not be able to completely precipitate the active ingredients of the drugs. Job’s tears can promote water retention and seepage of dampness (promote the flow of water to dispel dampness), strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, remove paralysis, expel pus, detoxify and disperse knots. It is used for edema, foot fungus, dysuria (unsmooth urination), diarrhea due to spleen deficiency (diarrhea caused by weak spleen), dampness paralysis, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps), and so on. Chen Pi can regulate qi and strengthen the spleen (regulate qi and strengthen the spleen), dry dampness and resolve phlegm (dispel phlegm in the body with drugs that dry dampness). It is used for distention and fullness in the epigastrium (abdomen), poor appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, and coughing with excessive phlegm. Patients are advised to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor and should not take the medicine on their own.