Pepper can dispel dampness. As a proprietary Chinese medicine, peppercorns are pungent, warm and dry in nature and can be used to treat cold and dampness.
Peppercorns are pungent, warm and belong to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians, with the effect of warming the middle and relieving pain (relieving pain by warming the spleen and stomach), removing dampness and stopping diarrhea, killing worms and relieving itching, and can be used to treat cold pain in the epigastrium (cold pain in the epigastrium and the abdomen), vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain from worms, eczema, itching and paralysis of cold and dampness, and other conditions.
Therefore, pepper can be used to dispel dampness and treat cold-dampness. The adverse effects as well as contraindications of peppercorns are not yet clear.
It is recommended that patients with heavy dampness go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, do not blindly use their own medication, so as not to delay the condition.