What medicine to take for damp heat

  Damp-heat is a pathology of the human body. According to Chinese medicine, damp-heat is the qi of yin evil in the human body, which stays in the body and blocks both the qi and meridians of the human body, which is not conducive to the gathering of yang energy in the human body and damages the yang energy of the human body.  So when choosing a medicine, you should first determine whether the dampness is heavier or the heat is heavier. If the heat is heavier, you need to focus on clearing heat, and under the guidance of a physician, you can choose drugs such as Scutellaria baicalensis, Huang Lian, Dandelion, etc. to clear heat and detoxify. If the dampness and heat are both heavy, you can choose to remove both dampness and heat at the same time, you can choose to use Cang Zhu, Huang Bai and other medicines to remove both dampness and heat under the guidance of a physician. If the dampness is heavy, you can choose to treat it with drugs that mainly dispel dampness, such as Fu Ling.  In addition, people with damp-heat can also choose to eat vegetables and fruits that help remove damp-heat. For example, winter melon, which is good for clearing heat as well as for generating fluid and removing irritation. Corn, which is diuretic and has the effect of adjusting loss of appetite. Lentils, which have the effect of strengthening the spleen, eliminating summer heat and resolving dampness. Carp, with the effect of clearing heat and dispelling dampness and dispersing blood and swelling, can also treat the symptoms of blood in urine and damp-heat in urine.  Finally, if you find yourself with damp-heat symptoms, be sure to go to a regular Chinese medicine hospital for treatment, do not use your own medication to avoid delaying your condition.