Can people with heavy dampness drink ginger and date tea?

Dampness can be divided into two types in Chinese medicine theory, namely cold dampness and damp heat, of which people with cold dampness can drink ginger and date tea. Ginger has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, while jujube has the effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, and the decoction of the two can play a role in driving away cold and keeping warm, so people with cold and dampness are suitable for drinking ginger and jujube tea. The common symptoms are loose stools, white tongue coating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cold extremities or swelling. Patients with these symptoms, and confirmed by a TCM practitioner to be cold and damp, can drink ginger and date tea. In addition, ginger helps to promote blood circulation and stimulate gastric juice secretion, so ginger and date tea is also helpful for other cold symptoms other than cold-dampness evidence, such as wind-cold and other diseases. However, if the patient’s heavy dampness belongs to the damp-heat evidence, it is not recommended to drink ginger date tea. Damp-heat evidence mostly occurs in summer and autumn when there is a lot of rain, and weakness of the spleen and stomach is more likely to aggravate dampness, which is manifested by a thick yellow tongue coating, short yellow urine and unformed stools. At this time and then drink ginger and date tea, because dates, ginger warm, can aggravate the internal heat, may make the body more serious dampness, is not conducive to health. In addition, it is not recommended that the hotter menstruating, lactating women drink ginger date tea, diabetic patients should also be used with caution to avoid causing abnormal fluctuations in blood sugar. It is recommended that patients with heavy dampness seek medical advice in a timely manner, after the identification and treatment of Chinese medicine, to clarify why dampness is generated, and then targeted treatment. You can take herbal remedies under the guidance of a doctor to regulate, do not blindly self-diagnosis, so as not to use unsuitable drugs or food, the impact on health.