How to Get Rid of Dampness on Your Body

Dampness in the body can be removed through both medication and acupuncture. Commonly used medications include Ginseng and Atractylodis Macrocephalae Granules, Xiangsha Liujun Pills, and Ginseng Pills for Strengthening the Spleen. Acupuncture and moxibustion can also be used to regulate the function of the spleen and stomach, such as the middle epigastric point and the Shenque point. 1. Medication: Ginseng, Poria, Atractylodes Macrocephalae Granules, composed of ginseng, Poria, Atractylodes Macrocephalae and so on, has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stomach and benefiting the lungs and qi. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, with little food and loose stools (thin and unformed feces). It is not recommended for those who have diarrhea with loose stools and a feeling of dropping in the anus. Xiangsha Liujun Pill, composed of Mu Xiang, Sha Ren, Codonopsis and so on. It has the effect of benefiting qi, strengthening the stomach and harmonizing the stomach. It is used for spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, indigestion, belching (hiccups) with little food, epigastric (abdominal) distension, and loose stools. Ginseng Strengthening the Spleen Pill is composed of ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala and poria. It is effective in strengthening the spleen and vital energy, harmonizing the stomach and stopping diarrhea. It is used for patients with weak spleen and stomach, such as dietary inactivity, stuffy and noisy epigastric region (feeling like hunger, emptiness with burning in the stomach), nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and loose stools, and weakness and tiredness. It is not suitable for patients with cold and fever. 2. Moxibustion treatment: patients with symptoms of spleen deficiency can also be treated through the side of moxibustion, acupuncture can be used to stimulate the epigastric cavity, Shenque points and other acupuncture points to regulate the spleen and stomach transport function, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating dampness. When the patient’s body dampness is heavy, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, in the Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of the application of drugs and acupuncture, do not self-medication.