Cold and dampness in the body can be caused by a variety of reasons, including living in a cold and damp place for a long time or consuming cold and sweet food for a long time, etc. Usually, it can be alleviated by adjusting the diet and habits, medication, moxibustion and other ways to adjust.
1. Adjustment of diet and living habits: patients with cold and dampness in the body, if the symptoms are mild, it is recommended to pay attention to warmth in life, and eat less cold drinks and sweet and greasy food. Usually appropriate activities to enhance the body’s positive energy. Before going to bed, you can use ginger or mugwort leaves to soak your feet.
2. Medication: Cold and dampness blocked in various parts of the human body have different symptoms, if the cold and dampness of the evil, qi and blood run blocked, the joints, tendons and bones mainly; if the cold and dampness and damage to the spleen and yang, or the spleen and kidney yang deficiency and cold and dampness stop, the cold and cold limbs, abdominal pain and diarrhea, or swelling is common.
Patients with joint pain due to cold and dampness can use Wu Tou Tang to dispel cold and dampness, remove paralysis and relieve pain; patients with diarrhea due to cold and dampness that damages the spleen and yang can use Buhuo Jin Zhen Qi San to dry dampness and resolve phlegm (to dry dampness and resolve phlegm by way of expelling dampness), regulate qi and zhong (to regulate the qi of the spleen and stomach, so as to make the function of the spleen and stomach smooth); patients with cold and dampness and deficiency of spleen and kidney yang who suffer from edema can use Jisheng Kidney Qi Pill and Zhen Wu Tang.
3. Moxibustion: Moxibustion has the effect of warming yang, selecting points such as foot Sanli, Sanyinjiao, Yanglingquan, Tianshu and so on can treat cold and dampness in the body.
Note that the use of drugs and the operation of moxibustion should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, and should not be operated on their own to avoid adverse reactions.