Author: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Chen Chuxiong

Review: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Wu Junyan

The previous article Yat-sen Pharmacist introduces you to the common types of spleen deficiency and the corresponding proprietary Chinese medicines, this time we introduce you to the types of dampness and the corresponding proprietary Chinese medicines.

Wind, cold, summer, dampness, dryness and fire are the six major evils in Chinese medicine, and dampness is one of them. There is an old saying: "A thousand cold is easy to remove, a wet hard to go. Dampness viscous, such as oil into the face." This means that once the body is trapped by the evil of dampness, it is often difficult to regulate, and the course of the disease is lingering.

Then, where does the moisture come from, one, from the outside and into the common climate damp, wading in the rain, living in the humid lead; second, from the inside, mostly for the dietary restraints lead to, if you often eat greasy, thick, cold and other foods, coupled with the body's own spleen deficiency, the spleen's ability to transport and transform the poor, it is easy to form in the body of the moisture.

Damp and heat together called damp heat, and cold together called cold damp, and summer together is summer damp, and wind together called wind damp. If there is dampness in the body, and dampness is not removed, then all diseases are born. There are many diseases that are related to dampness and phlegm-dampness, such as fatty liver, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney disease, and even malignant tumors.

If the body is simply heavy moisture, usually only need to dietary regulation, common dietary formula to eliminate dampness, such as Poria cocos barley azuki bean dampness soup, cotton Yin Chen azuki bean crucian carp to eliminate dampness soup, five-fingered hairy peach nourishing and eliminate dampness soup, double red Chenpi water duck soup, five flowers to eliminate dampness tea and so on.

If you suffer from dampness for a long time, or with other evil collusion, easy to cause a variety of diseases in the body, it is often necessary to regulate through traditional Chinese medicine, it is recommended that under the guidance of the Chinese medicine doctor to identify the symptoms of treatment, symptomatic medication effect is good. The following is an introduction to the common types of dampness and the corresponding proprietary Chinese medicines, for your reference.

Summer dampness accumulation

Summer dampness accumulation occurs in the summer and autumn seasons, such as summer dampness accumulation, the body heat can not be excreted, dampness and heat inside the depression and often have body heat, head and body sleepy, chest and epigastric plagued, upset, nausea, bitter taste and dry throat, constipation or diarrhea, urine red and jaundice, red tongue, yellow fur and other symptoms.

The summer dampness is a combination of the treatment of summer heat, dampness and detoxification, common Chinese medicines are: Ganlu disinfectant pills, clearing heat and dampness particles, summer dampness and cold particles and Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui , which Ganlu disinfectant pills in addition to the aroma of turbidities, but also to clear heat and detoxification; clearing heat and dampness particles in addition to the expulsion of dampness and fever, there is also a benefit of the gas, heat and detoxification; summer dampness and cold particles is long in the

Dampness trapped in the spleen and stomach

The spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, and it is easy to be trapped by dampness in the spleen, which is known as "dampness trapped in the spleen and soil". The spleen's function of transporting and transforming water and dampness declined, and the elevation is not normal, which can further aggravate the stagnation of water and dampness, resulting in a vicious circle. People will appear all kinds of symptoms of spleen deficiency and internal dampness, such as tiredness and fatigue, heavy limbs, dull food, epigastric bloating, loose stools, short urine, sticky mouth, tongue fat jagged marks and other symptoms.

For those who are trapped in the spleen and stomach, not only to replenish the qi and spleen, there is also a dampness, Ginseng Baijutsu Pill is a treatment of spleen deficiency and dampness of the Chinese medicine, which is based on the Four Gentlemen Pill with yam, lotus seeds, Job's tears, white lentils, sand nuts, Platycodon grandiflorum, in addition to strengthening the spleen and qi, but also has the effect of water retention and edema. It is mainly used for the treatment of spleen deficiency and dampness, tiredness and fatigue, less food and loose stools.

Dampness and obstruction

Dampness belongs to the yin, dampness and evil invasion of the human body, stagnation in the internal organs and meridians, it is easy to block the qi, which makes the qi rise and fall out of order. The road to the elevation of the gas for the chest, wet obstruction of the chest and diaphragm, the gas is not smooth chest tightness.

Therefore, many dampness remedies are often paired with qi products, in order to gas line dampness, common Chinese medicines, such as Auckland Shunqi Pill, which consists of woodruff, sand nut, vinegar, betel nut, licorice, Chen Pi, thick Park, Hovenia, Cangzhu, Qingpi, ginger. It has the function of promoting qi and removing dampness, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach. It is used for dampness and turbidity blocking the Qi mechanism, chest and diaphragm plagued, epigastric distension and pain, vomiting and nausea, belching and nausea. Xiangsha Stomach Ling Pill which consists of wood, sand nuts, Cangzhu, Houpu, Atractylodes macrocephala, Chenpi, Poria, Zeloda, poria, cinnamon, licorice, etc., has the effect of promoting qi and stomach, eliminating dampness and transporting the spleen, and if the dampness is heavy, taking it will help to get rid of the dampness, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Others, such as Xiangsha Pinggou Granules , have the effect of drying dampness and transporting the spleen, moving qi and stomach.

Dampness and heat are entrenched

Dampness is a heavy and sticky evil, easily affecting the flow of qi, such as the combination of heat and heat, dampness and heat are trapped, then the heat due to dampness obstruction and difficult to clear, dampness due to heat vaporization and yang qi injury is more serious, the clinical manifestations of the heat is lingering, the body is heavy and fatigue, laziness, dazed and confused, chest and epigastric plagiarism, nausea, dullness, distension, loose stools or jaundice, and the mood is more irritable, and the body is more than a bit tired. Jaundice, irritable temperament, bitter and dry mouth, sores on the mouth and tongue, unfavorable or yellowish urine, and yellowish and greasy tongue coating. Damp heat is mainly divided into spleen and stomach damp heat and liver and gallbladder damp heat.

Dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, often more wet than hot, mainly manifested in the epigastric plagued, vomiting, anorexia, heavy limbs, nausea, loose stools, yellow urine, and so on. Chinese medicines used for dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, such as Hovenia Citrus Anti-Plankton Pill , which consists of Hovenia Citri Reticulatae, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Fructus Semenxia, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Licorice, Poria, Poria, Macrocephala, Malt, and Dry Ginger, have the effect of resolving dampness and heat and eliminating planking and fullness and are used for the treatment of dampness and heat, and for the planking in the chest and abdomen. Others, such as Zhongmanguo Fenxie Pills , have the function of strengthening the spleen and promoting qi, clearing heat and inducing dampness.

Damp heat of the liver and gallbladder, often more hot than damp, mainly manifested as distension and pain in the ribs, body heat, bitter mouth, dry mouth, dry stools, short and red urine. The principle of treating dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder is to clear dampness and heat, clearing the liver and gallbladder, for those who are heavy in dampness, use Intuitional five ling powder to treat; for those who are heavy in heat, use Gentian Liver Pill to treat, gentian liver pills is a classic Chinese medicine for clearing the liver and gallbladder, and clearing dampness and heat, mainly used for dizziness due to liver and gallbladder dampness and heat, tinnitus and deafness, pain and swelling of ears, pain and swelling of the ears, pain and swelling of the ears, pain and swelling of the ears. Ear swelling and pain, coercive pain and bitter mouth, urine redness and astringency, damp-heat leucorrhea.

Damp-heat dysentery with Gehen Scutellariae Lian Tablets or Xianglian Pills ; Damp-heat injection with Si Miao Pills, which consists of Cangjiao, hyssop, cypress, Coix lacryma, with heat and dampness; clearing heat and dampness, through the tendon paralysis of the function of the main treatment of Damp-heat injection, numbness in the two feet, soreness of the tendons and bones, and so on. Wuling Pill has the effect of clearing heat and diarrhea, diuresis and gonorrhea, and is mainly used for gonorrhea caused by dampness-heat downstream injection. Compound Qianqiancao Granules has to clear away heat and dampness, diuretic stone, anti-inflammatory pain, mainly used for urinary stones, urinary tract infections is a damp-heat under the injection of evidence. Lotus Leaf Tea has the function of promoting dampness, lowering turbidity, laxative, and is mainly used for hyperlipidemia that is characterized by dampness and heat. Angelica Sinensis Pill has the effect of cooling the blood and removing dampness, mainly used for blood dryness and dampness and heat caused by acne pimples, eczema and itching. Gynecological Thousand Gold Pill has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, tonifying qi and blood, and is mainly used for pelvic inflammation and endometritis, which is characterized by dampness and heat.

Cold and dampness obstruction

Since dampness is a yin evil, and yin wins, yang is sick, so dampness is harmful, easy to injure yang. Cold and dampness in the obstruction of the body manifests itself in the body of cold limbs, fatigue, epigastric distension, heavy body, nausea, less food, thirst, limbs sore, tongue pale moss slippery, pulse sinking late. The treatment is to warm the middle and disperse the cold, dry dampness to move the qi, Pu Zi Li Zhong Wan is a kind of warm middle and disperse the cold, strengthen the stomach, dispel dampness of the Chinese medicine, mainly used for the spleen and stomach cold due to vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and abdominal pain, dyspepsia.

Phlegm and Dampness

The spleen is the main transportation of water and dampness, for the water in the source, the lungs are the source of water, the kidneys are the source of water, the three internal organs regulate the ability of the water out of the problem, will cause water metabolism is not out of the water, the water and dampness within the cohesion of the phlegm. "Spleen is the source of phlegm", but do not forget that "liver and wood to the spleen earth", the liver is the "culprit". Therefore, the treatment of phlegm and dampness, in addition to more exercise, pay attention to dietary modification, more importantly, is to maintain a good liver and spleen.

The classic Chinese medicine for phlegm-dampness is Er Chen Wan , which consists of Chen Pi, Pinellia, Poria, and Glycyrrhiza, which can remove dampness and phlegm, and regulate qi and stomach, and is mainly used for coughing and phlegm caused by phlegm-dampness stagnation, and for chest and epigastric distension, nausea, and vomiting. In addition, Warm Gallbladder Soup is also an ancient formula for removing phlegm and dampness, but it needs to be used under the guidance of a doctor.