How does Chinese medicine regulate damp-heat constitution?

The human body will have various problems due to various reasons at normal times, and everyone's physique is different. Many friends have a damp-heat physique. Not only will they feel physical discomfort, but also various symptoms will appear, which have a serious impact on life and body. After the damp-heat physique appears, it is necessary to adjust it in time. Let's learn about Chinese medicine to regulate damp-heat physique.

The general manifestations of damp-heat are: heavy limbs, fever that is often obvious in the afternoon and is not relieved by sweating; yellow and greasy tongue coating, and rapid pulse. The specific manifestations vary depending on where the dampness and heat are located: in the skin, it is eczema or blisters; in the joints and tendons, it is local swelling and pain. However, the damp-heat usually referred to refers to damp-heat that penetrates into the internal organs, especially the damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, which can be seen in abdominal distension, nausea and loss of appetite, loose stools and cramps, short and dark urine, and a weak and rapid pulse; others, such as damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, are manifested by distension and pain in the liver area, sore mouth and poor appetite, or yellow body and eyes, or alternating fever and chills, and a stringy and rapid pulse; damp-heat in the bladder is manifested by frequent and urgent urination, and the urination is painful and astringent, with yellow and turbid color; damp-heat in the large intestine is manifested by abdominal pain and diarrhea, and even tenesmus, bloody stools, burning sensation in the anus, and thirst.

The treatment of damp-heat is generally divided into dampness-focused or heat-focused. For cases with heavy dampness, the main approach is to eliminate dampness, and you can choose Liuyi Powder, Sanren Decoction, or Pingwei Powder; for cases with heavy heat, the main approach is to clear away heat, and you can choose Lianpu Yin, Yinchenhao Decoction, or even Gegenqinlian Decoction. Based on this principle, corresponding medicines are selected according to certain special manifestations. For example, for eczema and carbuncle, add wild chrysanthemum, plantain grass, sophora flavescens, and white moss; for swollen and painful joints, add cinnamon twig, honeysuckle vine, mulberry branch, etc.; for diarrhea or even dysentery, add whiteheada, sanguisorba officinalis, and plantain seed, etc.; for scrotal eczema, testicular swelling and pain, and yellow and smelly leucorrhea, add gentian and sophora flavescens, etc.; for hematuria, add thistle, imperata root, stone reed, and Polygonum multiflorum, etc.

Foods that can eliminate dampness and heat include pumpkin, day lily, lettuce, winter melon, crucian carp, red bean, coix seed, corn, etc.

The above is the situation of Chinese medicine regulating damp-heat constitution. While regulating, we need to pay attention to eating more moisture-removing foods in our daily diet. In addition, we must have a reasonable living habit. Good living habits and eating habits have a positive significance for regulating our body. Everyone must pay attention to it in normal times.