Symptoms of damp-heat accumulation

Dampness and heat are the causes of many diseases in the human body. People's damp and hot constitution will cause them to develop many diseases, and dampness and heat will cause changes in the functions of various organs. Of course, the symptoms of dampness and heat will also manifest on the surface of the human body. For example, some people's dampness and heat in their constitution will cause the tongue coating to turn yellow, or some people will have dry stools. Below, I will introduce to you the symptoms of damp-heat accumulation.

Dampness and heat are terms in traditional Chinese medicine and are pathogenic factors. They are two of the six evils: wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire (heat). It is also the name of a syndrome in Traditional Chinese Medicine. For example, damp-heat syndrome refers to the accumulation of dampness and heat in the body, which blocks the functioning of the internal organs and meridians, and pathological changes of damp-heat symptoms can be seen throughout the body.

The so-called dampness is what is commonly referred to as water dampness, which can be divided into external dampness and internal dampness. Exogenous dampness is an external evil, also known as dampness evil. It is mostly caused by a humid climate, wading through rain, or a damp living room, which causes external water and moisture to invade the human body. Its pathogenic characteristics are heavy, sticky, and tend to go downward. Internal dampness is a pathological product related to organ dysfunction.

Heat is also a kind of evil spirit. It causes disease with the characteristics of rising heat, so it is called the evil spirit of fire and heat. Heat can also be produced by dysfunction of the body's internal organs, which is called internal heat. When evil fire and heat invade the human body or the body's internal organs malfunction and produce internal heat, it can lead to heat syndrome. Heat syndrome is a symptom of being affected by external evil, or hyperactivity of human body functions, and excess of yang and deficiency of yin. Clinical manifestations of heat syndrome: fever, thirst, preference for cold drinks, red face and eyes, short and red urine, dry and hard stool, red tongue with yellow dry coating, and rapid pulse.

Damp-heat means that heat and dampness invade the human body at the same time, or there are pathological changes in the body at the same time, or because the weather is hot and humid in summer and autumn, dampness and heat invade the human body together, or the dampness can turn into heat because it is not removed for a long time. Common clinical manifestations of damp-heat syndrome: fever but not rising body heat, heavy headache, heavy and painful body, bitter taste in the mouth, chest fullness, yellow and short urine, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and weak and rapid pulse. When damp-heat flows into the joints, it is called damp-heat arthralgia. When it invades the internal organs, damp-heat in the spleen and stomach (damp-heat in the spleen), damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, damp-heat in the bladder, and damp-heat in the intestines may occur.