There are many medicines with the effect of dispelling dampness, which can be divided into dispelling wind and dampness (dispelling wind and dampness in the body), clearing heat and drying dampness (removing heat and drying dampness), aromatizing dampness, and promoting water and seepage of dampness (promoting the operation of water and liquid to dispel dampness), etc., such as Dugong, Rhizoma Coptidis, Huo Xiang, and Poria.
1. Dispelling wind and removing dampness is used in the treatment of rheumatic paralysis. Commonly used herbs include Duhuo, Qiangwu, Cangzhu, Fenghui, Gentiana, and so on.
2. Clearing heat and drying dampness is used in the treatment of damp-heat diseases. Commonly used herbs include Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Cyperus rotundus, Gentian grass, Radix et Rhizoma Gentianae, Radix et Rhizoma Gentianae, and so on.
3. Aromatizing and transforming dampness is used to treat dampness obstructing the middle jiao (dampness obstructing the function of the spleen and stomach), commonly used herbs include patchouli, pelargonium, cardamom and grasshopper.
4. Diuresis is used to treat water-dampness, commonly used Chinese herbs include Poria, Poria, Coix Seed, Ze Xie Di, and so on.
The use of dampness-removing drugs need to be identified by a professional Chinese medicine doctor, according to the specific circumstances of the choice of different dampness-removing drugs, should be avoided to take their own medicine.