Now “heavy dampness” has become a mantra, Baidu about the performance of heavy dampness, compared to their own bodies, very sure that their symptoms are heavy dampness, and then Baidu about what to eat to get rid of dampness, and then eat a day or two. How does dampness form? What harm does it do to us? Today, I’d like to share with you what exactly is going on with dampness? How is it formed? What does it have to do with our body? What is dampness? Dampness is the “evil of all evils” and is extremely difficult to get rid of. In Chinese medicine, dampness is one of the “six evil spirits” that cause disease: wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, and the human body is most afraid of dampness. Chinese medicine believes that the natural climate is humid, eating meat is the main source of dampness, people mainly meat, will hurt the spleen and stomach, the spleen is to transport water and dampness, the spleen is injured, water and dampness can not be fully transported, the accumulation of dampness in the body, the formation of dampness, too much dampness is easy to hurt Yang Qi. Dampness is the easiest to penetrate, but also easy to cooperate with the outside of the body, when cold becomes cold damp, when hot becomes damp heat, when wind becomes rheumatism, etc., thus causing various health problems. What are the dangers of dampness? Dampness is the body’s metabolic liquid waste, should be excreted from the urine, but modern people love to drink alcohol, eat meat, etc., resulting in increased dampness, coupled with spleen deficiency, resulting in water and damp transport is not conducive to the accumulation of days will also form a sticky phlegm damp. If it accumulates on the surface of the body, the skin will be oily, acne and itchy. Accumulation in the joints, easy to cause rheumatism joint disease. Accumulation in the body, the limbs are heavy, the body obese. Accumulation in the organs and blood vessels, easy to cause fatty liver, hypertension, cardiovascular disease. If you do not get rid of the perennial, in case of cold and blockage, but also easy to cause nodules, tumors and other major diseases. The face is oily, spots and acne. Dampness accumulates on the surface of the body and causes the body oil to overflow from the skin, resulting in an oily face, while the stickiness of the oil blocks the release of fire, leading to heat buildup thus causing spots and acne. Greasy hair and sticky cochlea. Dampness occupies the human body and causes the body’s essence to overflow out of the body, which is reflected in the head and cochlea, resulting in greasy hair and sticky cochlea. Phlegm and cough, throat is not fresh. Coughing with phlegm and lack of freshness in the throat is caused by the deficiency of the spleen and dampness, which leads to the unfavorable transport of water and dampness, resulting in the accumulation of water in the lungs and the formation of phlegm and dampness. Dizziness and weakness, lack of energy. When dampness attacks the head, it causes insufficient supply of Qi and blood to rise, manifesting as dizziness and dullness in the head, like wrapping a wet cloth, dizziness and weakness, drowsiness and heavy and unable to lift the spirit. Back pain and joint pain. Dampness is pervasive and runs through all parts of the body, eroding into the joints, which can lead to poor Qi and blood flow in the joints, causing soreness and pain, etc. If it meets with cold evil and becomes damp cold, more serious joint diseases will form. Dampness of the pubic area in women and scrotum in men. Dampness in the female pubic area and dampness in the male scrotum are symptoms caused by excessive dampness in the body that tends to move downward. Fatness and swelling. Dampness occupies human tissues, which easily leads to fatness and swelling, and becomes phlegm dampness in the long run, which is more difficult to remove. Drooling in bed. Dampness plagues the spleen and affects its normal ability to transport and transform, and the unfavorable transport of water and dampness will increase the accumulation of dampness in the body, which will easily produce the symptom of drooling in bed.