Dampness for daily common name, Chinese medicine more called dampness, dampness cohesion in the body, lingering difficult to get rid of, can be used in traditional Chinese medicine fumigation and other ways, or with medicines, such as internal use in order to expel dampness to get rid of the evil.
Dampness can be caused by a long time in the humidity, rain and water, so that the dampness of the external, or by the spleen and stomach weakness, addicted to fat, sweet and thick flavors and so on, making the fluid cohesion, wet from the internal and so on, often manifested in the body sleepy, tired and uncomfortable, tongue sticky and greasy and other symptoms, more commonly known as heavy dampness. Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix lacryma and other dampness-eliminating drugs can be chosen to strengthen the spleen, dispel dampness and promote water retention.
According to the different identification of cold and heat, different drugs can be added or subtracted, such as cold can be equipped with mugwort, ginger, etc. in order to warm the cold and dampness; heat can be equipped with Cangzhu, cypress, etc. in order to clear the heat and promote dampness. Also can identify the use of medication, such as cold dampness can choose to annexe Lizhong Pill and other additives to dispel cold and dampness; dampness and heat can choose to gentian diarrhea liver soup and other additives to clear heat and diuresis of dampness.
When regulating the elimination of dampness, the physician and other professionals should identify the evidence and select the method, and the drugs should be selected in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, and should not be used without authorization to regulate.