Does Cordyceps get rid of dampness?

Cordyceps does not have the effect of dispelling dampness. Cordyceps is a kind of Chinese medicine. It is sweet in flavor, flat in nature and belongs to the kidney and lung meridians. It has the effect of tonifying the kidney and benefiting the lung, stopping bleeding and resolving phlegm. It is used for kidney essence deficiency, impotence and spermatorrhea, lumbar and knee pain, prolonged cough and asthma, and blood in phlegm. This medicine favors tonifying the deficiency, so it should be used with caution for those who have not exhausted the superficial evil (evil qi on the surface of the muscle). From the point of view of its efficacy, this medicine cannot get rid of dampness. Dampness in the human body can be divided into internal and external. The main symptoms of feeling external dampness are cold (fear of cold) and fever, head and body heaviness (a feeling of heaviness in the head and limbs), and soreness and pain in the limbs and joints. Commonly used medicines such as Qiang Wu, Duhuo, and Jianghuang are used to dispel wind and dampness (to get rid of wind and dampness in the body), and to clear the channels and relieve pain (to dredge the meridians and channels and relieve pain). The main symptoms of internal obstruction of dampness include fullness and stuffiness in the epigastrium (abdomen), loss of appetite, drowsiness, fatigue, tiredness of the limbs, turbid urine, and loose stools. Cangzhu, Poria, Houpu, Coix Seed, Atractylodes Macrocephala and other medicines are commonly used to treat the disease, and the treatment is to strengthen the spleen and promote dampness. If you need to get rid of the body’s dampness, you should go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to standardize the treatment, not blindly self-medication, so as not to aggravate the condition or cause adverse reactions.