Phlegm-dampness can take ginseng-su drink, six gentleman soup and Er Chen pill and other medicines to treat, but there is no certain cure for the therapy, the specific therapeutic effect needs to be combined with the patient’s physical condition, condition and other factors for comprehensive analysis, not a generalization.
1. Ginseng-Su Drink: the main ingredients are Chen Pi, Citrus aurantium, Platycodon grandiflorum, Radix glycyrrhiza glabra, Radix et Rhizoma Pinelliae, Semen Haematoxylinae and so on, which has the function of benefiting qi to relieve the symptoms, regulating qi and resolving phlegm and treating qi deficiency with phlegm-dampness inside. Symptoms include malignant cold (fear of cold) and fever, no sweating, headache and nasal congestion, cough with white phlegm, fullness in the chest and epigastrium, tiredness and weakness. Adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear.
2. Liu Jun Zi Tang: the main ingredients are Chen Pi, Pinellia, Poria, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, with the functions of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness and dissolving phlegm evils by drying dampness), and it is mainly used in treating the syndrome of spleen and stomach qi deficiency with phlegm-dampness. Symptoms include low voice, shortness of breath, loose stools (thin and unformed feces), nausea and vomiting. Adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear.
3. Er Chen Pill: The main ingredients are Chen Pi, Semixia (made), Glycyrrhiza glabra, Poria, etc. It has the efficacy of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach, and it can be used for coughing and phlegm caused by phlegm-dampness stagnation, nausea and vomiting, and distension and congestion in chest and epigastric region. Pregnant women, children, lactating women and the elderly and infirm should take this drug under the guidance of a physician.
Specific medication is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions, recognize the evidence of the use of drugs.