Can you eat Chen Pi if your body is too damp?

Chenpi can be eaten when body dampness is too heavy due to cold dampness blocking the middle jiao. Chenpi belongs to a Chinese medicine, the medicinal properties of which are pungent, bitter, warm, and belongs to the lung and spleen meridians. It can regulate qi, strengthen the spleen, as well as dry dampness and resolve phlegm. Chenpi is mainly used to treat symptoms of stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach, such as chest paralysis (stuffy pain in the chest), vomiting, and low food intake, and it also has a certain effect on coughing with damp phlegm and cold phlegm; therefore, Chenpi can be used for too much dampness caused by cold and dampness stagnation in the middle jiao. The adverse effects of Chen Pi are not clear for the time being; it is prohibited for patients with yin deficiency and dry cough, and should not be used by people with solid internal heat; attention should be paid to not consuming cold, sticky and phlegm-producing food. If you need to use the Chinese medicine Chen Pi, should be used under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner, unauthorized use of drugs may cause adverse consequences.