Drinking water boiled with white lentils, Poria, and Coix Seed can dispel dampness to a certain extent.
White lentil is sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian, which can dissolve dampness and strengthen the spleen, harmonize the middle and eliminate heatstroke, and can be used in the treatment of weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, loose stools, summer dampness and vomiting and diarrhea and other diseases. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this drug are not clear.
Poria is sweet and light in taste, flat in nature, belonging to the lung, spleen, heart and kidney meridians, it can strengthen the spleen, diuresis and dampness (to promote the operation of water to dispel dampness), tranquilize the mind and tranquilize the spirit, and can be used in the treatment of spleen deficiency with low food intake, loose stools, diarrhea, restlessness of the mind and the spirit, oedema, and urination and other disorders. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not clear.
Coix Seed is sweet, light, cool in nature, and belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians, it can diuretic and seepage dampness, remove paralysis, strengthen the spleen and seepage dampness, expel pus, detoxify and disperse knots, and it can be used in the treatment of diseases such as diarrhea with deficiency of the spleen, oedema, and dysuria (unsteady urination). Job’s tears should be used with caution in pregnant women.
The above drugs boiled water to drink tea has a certain effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, but should be consumed under the guidance of a physician, do not take blindly.