Many friends can very accurately determine whether they have phlegm and dampness – fat large tongue, thick greasy tongue moss on the tongue, teeth marks next to the tongue, often feel heavy body limbs, easily sleepy, fat abdomen, phlegm, chest tightness, etc. Zhang Jingyue, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, said: Phlegm is not the origin of the disease, but only the result of the disease. If we just get rid of phlegm, we are treating the symptoms but not the root. Then where is the root of phlegm treatment? Mr. Zhang Jingyue also said: “five organs are sick, will produce phlegm, but when it comes to the root, it is only the spleen or kidney. The spleen is responsible for the metabolism of water and dampness, if the metabolic function of the spleen becomes poor, dampness is not removed and phlegm accumulates in the body over time. And the kidney is water, kidney water flooding will also become phlegm. Therefore, the main problem of phlegm does not transform is the spleen, and the root of phlegm formation lies in the kidney. Therefore, whenever there is a phlegm evidence, it must be related to these two organs.” If a person’s spleen and stomach are not deficient in themselves, but only occasionally produce phlegm and dampness due to excessive diet, remove the dampness and stagnation and the phlegm will naturally be gone. But if the person’s spleen and stomach are weak, it is easy to have water-dampness stagnation, so to cure the root cause, we must first strengthen the spleen and stomach. When the spleen and stomach are strong, sometimes the phlegm and dampness will dissolve on their own without removing the phlegm. People with a weak spleen and stomach tend to have a poor appetite, mental lethargy, or stuffiness in the stomach and stomach. How to remove dampness from the body? In fact, reducing dampness in the human body is a painstaking process that requires slow adjustment from the habits of life and living. If the spleen and stomach are not well adjusted, dampness is difficult to eradicate! Rulan Goldenseal – a good helper in removing dampness: Goldenseal pacifies the liver, strengthens the spleen and tonifies the body, balances yin and yang, clears heat and cools the blood, removes dampness and detoxifies the body, and helps to consolidate the root. (For people with cold body and heavy dampness, you can drink Julan Goldenseal with ginger powder (pills) or red dates and dried cinnamon!) In summer, when there is a lot of rain, it is the time for dampness to flourish, and people generally feel heavy, dizzy and swollen and uninspired. Therefore it is also a good time to get rid of dampness and strengthen the spleen.