Dampness and heat in the body can be removed by fire cupping, acupuncture and medication.
1. Fire Cupping: Fire Cupping is a kind of external treatment method in Chinese medicine, by burning air to make the negative pressure inside the can, thus adsorbing on the fixed acupoints or the parts that need to be treated, so that the local skin will be congested and stagnant, in order to achieve the purpose of treating and preventing diseases. Cupping can play the role of tendon relief, blood circulation, swelling and pain, etc., for the removal of internal dampness and heat is also effective.
2. Acupuncture: Chinese medicine believes that the human body’s organs, limbs, organs, flesh, sinews and bones to maintain relative coordination and unity to complete the normal physiological activities, are dependent on the meridians to complete.
Through the use of millimetre needle acupuncture specific points can make the connection between the internal organs more fluent, so that the qi and blood run smoothly, to get rid of the body’s evil. Dampness and heat is the body is easy to feel the external evil, so acupuncture also has a therapeutic effect.
3. Taking drugs: Chinese medicine has a lot of drugs can also clear heat and dampness, such as Huanglian, cypress, rhubarb and so on. There are also a lot of Chinese herbal formulas that have the effect of removing dampness and heat, such as peony soup. But need to be taken under the guidance of the physician, so as not to medicine is not the right, delayed treatment.
In addition to following the doctor’s instructions to take active measures to treat the patients who feel dampness and heat, but also pay attention to do not drink cold drinks, eat less spicy and stimulating food, as much as possible light diet.