Herbs that can reduce dampness and relieve heat are often used: Huoxiang and Peilan

Huoxiang is pungent in taste and slightly warm in nature. Returns to lung; spleen; stomach meridian. The main function is to dispel heat and relieve external symptoms; to resolve dampness and relieve stomach inflammation. Used for summer colds; cold and heat headaches; chest and epigastrium tightness; vomiting and diarrhea; vomiting of pregnancy; rhinophyma; hands; tinea pedis, etc.

Patchouli

About the function of Patchouli, "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a good discussion. It says: "Patchouli, clear and slightly warm, is good at regulating dampness, turbidity and phlegm in Zhongzhou. It is a wonderful medicine for awakening the spleen and rejuvenating the stomach, vibrating and eliminating yang... The aroma can help clear the air in Zhongzhou and eliminate dampness, so it is an important medicine in the summer and dampness season. "

Peilan has a pungent nature and taste, and its meridian distribution is pungent. flat. Returns to the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. The main functions are to relieve heat and dampness, ward off impurities and neutralize the phlegm. It can treat heat-dampness, cold-heat headaches, internal dampness, abdominal pain and lack of hunger, nausea and vomiting, sweetness in the mouth, and quenching thirst.

Peilan

As for the efficacy of Peilan, "Compendium of Materia Medica" discusses: "Orchid grass and adenophora have a fragrant and warm smell, a pungent and loose taste, the yang in yin, and enough taiyin. , Jueyin meridian medicine. The spleen likes fragrance, and the liver is suitable for pungent powder. The spleen and spleen are relaxed, and the three burners are relieved and the righteousness is harmonious. It can eliminate phlegm addiction, kill poisonous insects and ward off evil spirits, and is a good medicine for quenching thirst.

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