There are many Chinese medicines that can remove dampness, such as Poria, Yin Chen, Patchouli, etc. Although all of them can remove dampness, their specific effects and indications are different. Although all can remove dampness, but its specific efficacy and indications are different, clinical often symptomatic application.
1. Poria: Poria is a kind of water-inducing and swelling-reducing medicine, which is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and belongs to the heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians. Its main effects include inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the flow of water to dispel dampness), strengthening the spleen, and tranquilizing the heart and mind. Indications include edema, phlegm (pathological product formed by impaired water metabolism), diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, palpitation, etc.
This product may cause adverse reactions such as polyuria when taken in large quantities. This product is contraindicated for those with deficiency cold and slippery semen, and those with Qi deficiency and subsidence.
2. Yin Chen: It is a kind of medicine for removing dampness and retarding yellowish color, slightly cold in nature, bitter in taste, and belongs to the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder meridians. Its main effects include clearing away dampness and heat, promoting bile and removing jaundice (clearing away evil qi from the biliary tract and eliminating jaundice). Its indications include jaundice, dampness-warmth (warmth caused by feeling dampness-heat), summer-warmth and wet sores. Large amounts of this product may cause adverse reactions such as dizziness and vomiting. This product is forbidden for those with blood stasis and blood deficiency.
3. Patchouli: It is a kind of dampness-eliminating medicine, slightly warm in nature, pungent in taste, and belongs to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. Its main effects include aromatizing dampness, harmonizing the stomach, stopping vomiting, and relieving heatstroke. Its indications include dampness obstructing the middle jiao (dampness obstructing the functions of the spleen and stomach), vomiting, summer dampness, and the first signs of dampness and warmth. This product is contraindicated in cases of Yin deficiency and fire-heat.
In addition to the above, Chinese herbs for removing dampness include pig ling, cangzhu, zedoary, etc. If you need to take traditional Chinese medicine related to dehumidification, you should go to the hospital in time for hospital-related examinations to clarify the cause of the disease, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment plan, follow the doctor’s instructions, and do not blindly take the medicine on your own.