What is more difficult to get rid of than dampness is dampness and heat. If you feel sleepy every day, your arms and legs are sore, you don't want to move, your mouth is sticky, and your appetite is not good, it may be simply dampness, but if in addition to these symptoms, there are symptoms such as bitterness in the mouth, headache, dryness, chest tightness, and redness of the tongue, it is likely that there is dampness and heat.
The generation of dampness and heat is mostly due to the heavy moisture of the body, the accumulation of moisture, and the formation of depression and heat, so why does the moisture accumulate?This has something to do with the liver, traditional Chinese medicine says that the liver is the main drain, the main ascension, the initiative, has the role of regulating the qi, and the metabolism of the fluid depends on the rise and fall of the qi, if the liver qi is stagnant, the metabolism of the water will be affected, and the dampness is easy to accumulate, resulting in dampness and heat.
In addition, liver depression may also restrain the spleen, resulting in spleen deficiency, we say that the spleen main water transport, spleen deficiency, transport function will be reduced, water dampness does not dissolve, there will be more moisture accumulation, the more accumulation, the more damp heat will be serious. At this time, it is not enough to just dispel dampness, but also to clear heat. What should I do in this situation?
If you are still in the stage where dampness does not turn into heat, then you can use the method of dispelling dampness and soothing the liver, you can refer to Shenling Baizhu San, Bupleurum Shugansan plus or minus for conditioning. However, if damp heat has been generated, in addition to dispelling damp heat, we should also pay attention to soothing the liver, as well as maintaining the spleen and stomach.