Generally speaking, it is suitable to eat some medicines to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness in the summer, such as yam and lotus seeds and other dual-use medicinal products.
Yam is the dried rhizome of the plant Dioscoreaceae. It is sweet in flavor and flat in nature. It belongs to the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It can replenish the spleen and nourish the stomach, promote the production of fluids and benefit the lungs, and replenish the kidney and astringe the essence. It is used for spleen deficiency with little food, prolonged diarrhea, lung deficiency with asthma and cough, kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea, dyspareunia, frequent urination, deficiency heat and thirst.
Lotus seed is the dried mature seeds of Lotus japonicus. Taste sweet, astringent, flat. Attributed to the spleen, kidney, heart meridian. It can replenish the spleen to stop diarrhea, stopping leucorrhea, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind. It is used for diarrhea of deficiency of spleen, hypoglossia, spermatorrhea, palpitation and insomnia.
Job’s tears are sweet, light and cool in nature. Attributes to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It can promote drainage and seepage of dampness (promote the operation of water to dispel dampness), strengthen the spleen, stop diarrhea, remove paralysis, expel pus, detoxify and disperse knots. It is used for edema, athlete’s foot, dysuria, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, dampness paralysis, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lumps).
If you are not feeling well, it is recommended that you take medication under the guidance of your doctor.