Ginger boiled in water does not have the effect of dispelling dampness. To dispel dampness, we can use Huo Park Xia Ling Tang, Lian Park Drink, etc. It is recommended to use medication under the guidance of a doctor.
Ginger is the fresh rhizome of ginger, family Zingiberaceae. It is pungent in flavor and slightly warm in nature. It belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It can relieve cold (removing cold from the muscle surface), warm and stop vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, and detoxify fish and crab. It is used in treating wind-cold cold, vomiting with cold stomach, coughing with cold phlegm, and fish and crab poisoning.
Huo Park Xia Ling Tang; composed of Huo Xiang, Hou Pu, Jiang Han Xia, Poria, Bitter Almonds, etc. It can regulate qi and eliminate dampness, dredge the surface and harmonize the middle, and is used to treat
Dampness-warmth (warmth disease caused by feeling dampness-heat) at the beginning of the disease, with cold (fear of cold) without sweating, body heat without raising (feeling the whole body is hot, but touching the skin is not very hot), drowsiness of the limbs, muscular pains, dirty and greasy complexion, thirst or thirst without desire to drink, lumpiness in the chest, loose stools without refreshing.
Lian Pu Drink: It is composed of Jiang Hou Pu (姜厚朴), Jiang Huang Lian Zi (姜黄连片), Acorus calamus (石菖蒲), and Jiang Han Xia (姜半夏), etc. It can clear away heat and dissolve dampness, regulate qi and zhong (理气和中), which can help the functions of spleen and stomach to be smooth. It is used for treating dampness and heat, cholera, vomiting and vomiting, chest and epigastric congestion, thirst and heartache.
It is recommended to follow the doctor’s prescription for treatment and do not take the medicine by yourself.