To get rid of dampness, you can soak your feet in Chinese herbs such as Poria, Semen Coicis, and Red Kidney Beans, but soaking your feet is different from decocting, and you can’t give full play to the therapeutic effects of Chinese herbs.
Dampness is mainly due to the dysfunction of the spleen (the spleen has the function of digesting food, absorbing food essence and water and transferring it to the whole body), water and food in the body can not be transformed into water and grain essence and dispersed to the whole body, but accumulated in the body to form pathological products.
Clinical practitioners treating dampness in the body often choose Poria, Semen Coicis, Red Beans and other Chinese herbs for the treatment.
1. Poria has the effects of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the flow of water to dispel dampness), strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart. It is mainly used in treating edema with low urine output, deficiency of the spleen with low food intake, loose stools, diarrhea, restlessness of the heart and mind, palpitations and insomnia.
2. Job’s tears have the effects of inducing water retention and seepage of dampness, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing paralysis, draining pus, detoxifying and dispersing knots. It is mainly used in the treatment of edema, athlete’s foot, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, dampness paralysis and contracture, lung carbuncle and other diseases.
3. Red beans have the effect of inducing water retention and eliminating swelling, detoxifying and draining pus. It is mainly used for edema and swelling, swollen feet, rheumatism-heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of joints and muscles), carbuncle and sores, intestinal carbuncle and abdominal pain.
Patients with heavy dampness, the above three kinds of Chinese medicine can be used as a treatment option, but foot soaking is not the same as decoction, and does not give full play to the medicinal effects of Chinese medicine. It is recommended that patients go to the hospital for consultation and regulate under the guidance of a professional physician.