Symptoms of headache caused by dampness-heat

Headache caused by dampness-heat can be manifested as a feeling of heaviness, such as cloth wrapping feeling, etc. It is recommended to combine with the systemic symptoms to clarify the evidence type. Dampness-heat is a kind of evil that is formed by the combination of dampness and heat, which is characterized by the dryness, redness, heat, injury of fluid and exhaustion of qi of heat, as well as the heaviness and stickiness of dampness, which takes a long time to be treated. If the headache is caused by dampness-heat, it can be manifested as headache with heavy feeling, head faintness, such as the feeling of cloth wrapping, and so on. Systemic symptoms of dampness-heat are generally characterized by chest tightness and abdominal distension, abdominal pain, constipation or sticky stools, and body heat (feeling hot all over the body, but not very hot when touching the skin). If there is damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder (damp-heat evils accumulated in the liver and gallbladder), there may be coercive pain, irritability, etc. If there is damp-heat in the spleen and stomach (the spleen and stomach feel the damp-heat evils), abdominal distension, dullness (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), fever and heaviness, and sticky and greasy stools will be the main causes. If you have a headache caused by dampness-heat, it is recommended to ask your doctor for a clear diagnosis and treatment under the doctor’s guidance.