Summer dampness steam talk fresh medicine

“summer full of mansummer summer connected”, a few days is a small summer, the weather is hot, summer steam wet move, and recently rainy, air humidity, the weather is hot, sweat is not smooth. People are greedy for cool drinks cold, easy to feel the wind cold wet diseases, such as summer colds, dysentery, diarrhea, etc.. Summer heat is easy to consume Qi and injure fluid, so people have a sense of tiredness and thirst. Damp heat in the skin can lead to eczema and other skin diseases, dampness is trapped in the head that is dizziness, head heavy as a wrap, summer dampness trapped in the spleen and stomach, the mouth is sticky, appetite decline, damp heat injection is easy to cause urinary tract infections and so on. Chinese medicine in the treatment of summer dampness class diseases, combined with the characteristics of the climate, more from the clearing of summer, benefit Qi, dampness, etc., the use of some aromatic dampness products, such as patchouli, pelargonium, etc., and many drugs of fresh products are easy to obtain, and the same source of medicine and food, you can use their own, health and disease prevention, mild symptoms or can be dissipated, the following are a few examples. [White lentil] is sweet and light, slightly warm, belongs to the spleen, stomach meridian, can strengthen the spleen, dampness, eliminate summer heat. Mainly used for spleen deficiency and dampness, summer dampness and vomiting and diarrhea. [Lotus leaf and lotus stalk] lotus leaf is fragrant, bitter and astringent, flat in nature, and belongs to the heart, liver and spleen meridians, which can dispel dampness and wake up the brain, clear summer heat and dampness, lose weight and lower fat, and relieve greasiness and appetite. It is a common choice in traditional medicinal meals, and is often used as baked or packaged dishes, such as lotus leaf chicken or lotus leaf congee and rice. The lotus stalk is used to relieve dampness and relieve summer dampness and chest congestion, especially for those who do not feel comfortable. Watermelon [Cui Yi] is sweet and cool in nature, it can clear heat, quench thirst and facilitate urination, which is suitable for those who are thirsty due to summer heat. [Amaranthus officinalis] is sour in taste; cold in nature, belongs to the large intestine and liver meridian, etc. It can clear heat and dampness, detoxify and cool the blood to cure dysentery, mainly treating heat and blood dysentery and damp-heat dysentery. [It is pungent, slightly warm, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. It is aromatic and can dispel cold, move Qi and stomach, treating wind-cold, chest and abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, and detoxifying fish and crab. For abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by eating fish and crab, it is more effective when used with ginger.