Proprietary Chinese Medicines for Clearing Heat and Dampness

Proprietary Chinese medicines for clearing heat and eliminating dampness (removing heat and dampness from the body) include Clearing Heat and Dispelling Dampness Granules, Yin Chen Wuling Pills, and Longdian Diarrhea and Liver Pills. 1. Heat-clearing and Dampness-eliminating Granules: It is composed of Codonopsis pilosulae, Yin Chen, Astragalus membranaceus and Cang Zhu, etc. It has the effects of clearing heat and eliminating dampness, benefiting Qi and generating fluids (promoting the production of fluids by replenishing Qi). It can be used clinically to treat summer dampness-induced fatigue of the limbs, loss of appetite and body heat. No tonic herbs should be used in the treatment. 2. Yin Chen Wu Ling Wan: composed of Yin Chen, Ze Xie Di, Poria and other medicines, it has the efficacy of clearing dampness-heat and facilitating urination, and can be used for the treatment of dysuria (unruly urination), abdominal distension, jaundice and other symptoms caused by dampness-heat of the liver and gallbladder (dampness-heat evils deposited in the liver and gallbladder). Pregnant women should be cautious in using this medicine. 3. Longdian Diarrhea Liver Pill: composed of Zhimu, Scutellaria baicalensis, Chaihu and Zedo, etc. It has the effect of clearing damp-heat in liver and gallbladder, and can be used to treat headache, redness of the eyes, bitterness in the mouth and tinnitus caused by damp-heat in liver and gallbladder. Pregnant women should be cautious in using this medicine. All of the above proprietary Chinese medicines have the effect of clearing heat and inducing dampness. If you need to use them, you should do so under the guidance of a doctor and do not use them on your own.