How to treat wet, hot and sticky stools

If the stool is damp, hot and sticky, it must be a problem with the balance in the body. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, that is dampness and heat. In terms of adjustment, it is necessary to remove moisture. On the one hand, you need to calm yourself down and have good work and rest habits and sufficient rest time. On the other hand, physical adjustments to the body, such as cupping or scraping, can remove moisture. However, everyone's situation is different, and you need to contact your doctor for consultation on the specific situation. This article is for reference only.

If there is dampness and heat in the body, the spleen and stomach will be affected. Therefore, we can also tell whether there is dampness and heat in our body by looking at the nature of our stool.

How to regulate damp-heat constitution

First: Adjust your mind. If you want to relieve damp-heat constitution, the most important thing is to adjust your mental state. Generally speaking, patients with a damp-heat constitution tend to be irritable or depressed, or often angry. Therefore, in our daily life, we must keep our mentality stable, listen to more music that can soothe the mind, and do some appropriate

Aerobic exercise.

Second: Develop scientific living habits. If you want to better adjust and improve your damp-heat constitution, you must develop scientific living habits. Because the damp-heat constitution is mainly caused by the stagnation of dampness and heat in the body, you must be patient when adjusting. It is best not to develop the bad habit of staying up late, and you should not overly fatigue yourself mentally and physically.

In addition, you also need to keep your bowel movements and urination smooth, so that you can better prevent and treat the accumulation of dampness and heat in the body.

In addition, it is necessary to develop good hygiene habits. This is because patients with a damp-heat constitution are more likely to develop acne and dermatophytes, and paying attention to personal hygiene can better prevent the possibility of skin diseases. In addition, the personal living environment must also be well ventilated and heated, which will not only make living more comfortable, but also make the body feel refreshed. Some bad habits in life must be avoided, such as smoking and drinking.

Third: Meridian conditioning. An old Chinese medicine doctor suggests that if the patient has a damp-heat constitution, he or she can do more meridian conditioning work in normal times. Common methods include cupping or scraping. These can effectively improve the damp-heat stagnation in the body, and have a good therapeutic effect on yellow urine and depressed mood. In addition, mental irritability may cause insomnia, and muscles all over the body will feel sore, especially the muscles in the cervical spine. At this time, scraping and cupping become very important. Many patients with damp-heat constitution feel very comfortable and relaxed after cupping and scraping, as if a huge burden has been removed. At this time, you can frequently use these methods to improve your physical condition, and you don’t even need to take medicine.

Fourth: Exercise and conditioning. If you have a damp-heat constitution, you must do a good job of clearing turbidity and removing dampness on a regular basis. At this time, you can do some high-intensity or high-volume exercises, such as mountain climbing, swimming, martial arts, and middle- and long-distance running. This will not only better eliminate excess heat in the body, but also expel excess water, thereby clearing away heat and dehumidifying. Health experts tell us that if you want to achieve the purpose of clearing away heat and removing dampness, it is best to combine strength training with middle- and long-distance running for better results.

Fifth: Regulating dampness and heat with medicine is actually a disease, so if you want your body to recover quickly, taking medicine is very necessary. From a clinical perspective, damp-heat can be divided into many types. It needs to be clarified whether the dampness is heavier or the heat is heavier, or the two are equal. If you want to eliminate dampness, you can take some coix seed, almond, talc, imperata root and raw licorice; if clearing heat is the main task, you can choose to take some purple gentian, scutellaria, dandelion, honeysuckle, coptis root, wild chrysanthemum, etc.