I believe that many Chinese people have the feeling of “being in a sauna” in summer, feeling very hot and very wet, and the combination of wet and hot is a very sticky feeling. The mechanism of “being in a sauna” is the interweaving of two kinds of evil qi: dampness and heat. External evils include “wind, cold, heat, humidity, dryness and fire”, and dampness and heat are very easy to intertwine. Dampness and heat cause illnesses that are very difficult to treat. Today, we will tell you how to fight against dampness and heat in our body in such a hot and muggy “sauna day”. First of all, if it rains a lot in summer or during the rainy season in the south, the dampness is very strong at this time, and the first thing people feel is the dampness. The characteristics of dampness are summarized as: dampness sticky, dampness heavy turbidity, dampness tends to down. Dampness sticky, is to feel very sticky, that is, damp. Dampness heavy turbidity, it is equivalent to “sink”, people will feel unable to walk, feel lazy and very heavy body. Dampness tends to go down, and people who are prone to dampness will suffer from lower body disorders. Men may experience scrotal dampness, and women may experience gynecological inflammation, such as increased leucorrhea and vaginal itching. In the initial stage of feeling dampness, it is just a simple dampness. However, after a long time, the dampness can turn into heat, which is called “dampness-depression-thermal”. Why does dampness turn into heat? For example, when you throw wet towels together in the basin during the day, you will find that the middle of the towel is hot when you get home at night, this is a typical example of life, is “wet” stagnation together into “heat”. When you understand this, you will find that on a sauna day, there are actually two stages, the beginning of the day you simply feel the dampness, if you do not deal with it in time, then the dampness will turn into heat. So, how should we deal with it? The initial stage of summer dampness is recommended: Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui, which relieves the surface of dampness The initial stage of summer dampness, that is, when we simply feel that it is dampness, I recommend one of the most simple and effective Chinese medicines – [Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui]. Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui is very well known for its role in relieving symptoms and resolving dampness, as well as regulating Qi and harmonizing the middle. A box of 10 sticks costs less than$10 and is taken 10 ml at a time, twice a day. Let’s think more diffusely about how to get rid of dampness in the early stage of feeling dampness. The first method, with wind blowing. If the home which place is more humid, we will open the window with the wind to blow away the damp, Chinese medicine also has a term called “wind winds win damp”, you may wish to write down. The second method is through the method of dispersion. When there is dampness in the body, let it dissipate out. The third method is the “down” method, let the wet drain away, mainly through the urine and faeces to drain away. Let’s look at it again, what are the sources of dampness? First, external dampness. In sauna weather, you will feel the external dampness brought by nature. The second is internal dampness. What are the factors in the body that cause it? The answer is the function of the spleen and stomach. We know that the spleen and stomach in the middle jiao are the main transporters of water and dampness, so if the spleen is deficient in transporting water and dampness, it will lead to stagnation of water and dampness in the body and produce dampness. This is the process of external dampness plus internal dampness. Whether it is internal or external dampness, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui can overcome it. It can disperse the dampness and also regulate the qi and the middle, the “middle” refers to the middle jiao. It regulates the spleen and stomach, and after that, it can transport water and dampness through the function of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the first very obvious function of Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui is to treat the initial stage of summer heat and dampness. No matter what type of cold you have in summer, you can drink Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui, you can use some Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui first regardless of wind-cold and wind-heat, regardless of internal cold and external heat, and then come back to analyze wind-cold and wind-heat and judge the use of tea substitute or Chinese medicine. The second role, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui can very well solve the problem of diarrhea. This diarrhea refers to the diarrhea caused by food injury, such as eating too much, bad food, expired, etc. For this kind of diarrhea, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui can be used, and it works very well. The stomach pain is a problem with the spleen and stomach in the middle jiao, and this medicine just has the effect of regulating the qi and the middle. Although Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui is good, two issues should be noted: first, the general Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui contains alcohol, so do not drive after drinking it, it will involve the problem of drunk driving. Of course, you can also buy non-alcoholic patchouli water, the price will be a little higher, but in my opinion the same role of patchouli water, the cheapest is the best. Second, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi water can not always drink, because it is warm, drink too long will turn heat, more dry, so need to drink, drink 1-2 days on the good, generally recommended not to exceed 3 days. Dampness and heat recommended formula: the three ren soup to dispel dampness and heat Let’s continue to talk about wetness, if the initial stage of wetness is not well handled, easy dampness and heat, the criteria can be judged by looking at the tongue moss, which is a very obvious and effective method. If the tongue is very thick, basically you can tell that there is dampness. Then look at the color of the tongue moss, if it is white in color, basically dampness is the main cause. If the tongue is yellow, thick and yellow, it is basically damp-heat based, that is, there is dampness and heat. If the first half of the tongue is yellow and the second half is white, or if the second half is yellow and the first half is white, how can we tell? This is the upper Jiao dominated by heat and the lower Jiao dominated by dampness. Or conversely, the upper Jiao is dominated by dampness and the lower Jiao is dominated by heat. So when you look at the tongue, you can tell if there is dampness by the tongue moss. What should I do if there is a case of dampness and stagnation turning into heat? We offer you a tea substitute – [8 grams of fried almonds, 10 grams of cardamom seeds, 30 grams of coix seeds, 10 grams of bamboo leaves, 3 grams of tongcao, drink as a tea substitute]. This recipe comes from the “Wenzhi Zhuandian”, which was written by Wu Jutong, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, and I only took out the five herbs from the original recipe of San Ren Tang, and did not use all of them. The function of this tea drink is to clear dampness and heat and to promote the flow of Qi. The “three kernel” are almond, cardamom kernel and coix seed. The almond, lowering lung qi, is suitable for lowering qi, when there is dampness and stasis in the body, through the almond to open the upper and lower qi channels in the body, so that the qi can freely enter and exit, so that the dampness and stasis in the body can be discharged through the channels. Cardamom kernel and coix seed are both known to strengthen the spleen and promote dampness. Bamboo leaf belongs to the heart meridian, it can clear the heart fire to dissolve the heat caused by dampness and stagnation. The last Tongcao, as its name implies, is for circulation. After resolving dampness, the dampness must have a pathway to be expelled from the body, so Tongcao is used. Some students asked, because the body dampness is very large, so many doctors, experts recommended barley red bean soup diet, but after drinking many times, the dampness is still not removed, this is why? Job’s tear red bean soup can indeed get rid of dampness, as a dietary therapy, should be in a certain period of time to see results, but if it has not been effective, then there must be a problem. The red beans and barley are both transforming dampness, but where is the pathway after transforming dampness? It does not leave the pathway. If you can add a little bit of Tongcao to the barley and red bean soup, maybe the effect will come out immediately. When you make a small adjustment, maybe the whole formula will be different immediately.