Damp-heat and phlegm-dampness are both characterized by lingering and difficult to cure dampness, and are differentiated in terms of the nature of the disease, the site of invasion and the manifestation of the disease.
Damp-heat and phlegm-dampness have in common that they are both characterized by lingering dampness and heavy turbidity, but damp-heat is also characterized by heat and phlegm-dampness by phlegm, which is clinically classified as tangible phlegm and intangible phlegm, etc. Damp-heat is easy to attack the spleen because the spleen likes dryness.
Damp-heat evil is easy to attack the human spleen, because the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, it is easy to be invaded by dampness, obstructing the spleen’s transportation and exacerbating dampness-heat, and dampness-heat can be downward invasion of the lower large intestine, bladder, etc., and phlegm-dampness evil invades the joints of the limbs and the orifices, and other parts of the body.
Damp-heat traps the spleen and stomach, resulting in poor appetite, dull (no appetite, less food), yellow tongue, etc., stay in the liver and gallbladder prone to jaundice and other diseases, downstream in the large intestine will lead to the performance of the downli; and phlegm-damp body type is usually more obese, can appear chest tightness, epigastric distension, white tongue, etc..