Dampness can be treated by taking Huopu Xia Ling Tang, Coix Seed Tang and other formulas according to the symptoms and under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis.
Heavy dampness refers to dampness as a heavy, turbid and qualitative evil, belonging to yin. Dampness causes disease and often appears in clinical manifestations characterized by a feeling of heaviness, such as heavy head and body (heavy feeling in the head and limbs), soreness of the limbs, unkindness of the skin, and pain and heaviness in the joints.
1. Huo Park Xia Ling Tang is composed of Huo Xiang, Chuan Park, Jiang Han Xia, Chi Ling, Apricot Kernel, Raw Coix Seed, Cardamom Kernel, Poria, Tempeh, Ze Xie Diarrhea and Tong Cao, which has the efficacy of promoting the flow of qi, clearing heat and inducing dampness (removing heat and dampness from the body).
This medicine is often used in treating the initial symptoms of dampness-warmth (warmth disease caused by feeling dampness-heat), heat and cold (fear of cold), drowsiness of limbs, headache like wrapping, stuffiness in the chest and diaphragm, sticky and greasy in the mouth, and loose stools. Caution should be exercised if the tongue is yellow and greasy.
2. Coix Seed Soup is composed of Coix Seed, Angelica Sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Ginger, Cinnamon sticks, Qiang Wu, Dugong Wu, Fenghuang, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Licorice, Sichuan aconite, and Ephedra, which is capable of dispelling wind and removing dampness (dispelling wind and dampness in the body), dispersing cold and relieving pain (relieving pain by dispelling cold in the body), and is commonly used in the treatment of aching and pain in the joints, adverse effects of lateral flexion and extension, and swelling of the lower limbs.
It is recommended that patients in need of treatment should seek medical attention in a timely manner.