What are the treatments for heavy gastrointestinal dampness?

In daily life, gastrointestinal dampness is a common physical disease. Dampness in the stomach and intestines can easily lead to constipation, indigestion, unformed stools, sticky stools and other symptoms. Long-term gastrointestinal dampness is very harmful to physical health. It can be adjusted through diet. You can eat more beans, or coix seed, mung beans and other foods.

Treatment for gastrointestinal dampness

Effects of Dehumidifying Tea

Job's tears: strengthens the spleen, nourishes the lungs, clears away heat and promotes dampness. It is used to treat diarrhea, dampness, muscle and vein spasm, difficulty in flexion and extension, edema, beriberi, pulmonary emphysema, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, stranguria, and leucorrhea.

Adzuki beans: promote diuresis and remove dampness, regulate blood circulation and discharge pus, reduce swelling and detoxify. Treat edema, athlete's foot, jaundice, diarrhea, bloody stool, and carbuncle.

Poria: dissipates dampness and promotes diuresis, benefits the spleen and stomach, and calms the mind and soothes the nerves. Used for: edema, oliguria, phlegm and fluid, dizziness and palpitations, spleen deficiency, poor appetite, loose stools and diarrhea, restlessness, palpitations and insomnia.

Patchouli: dispels heat and relieves exterior symptoms, eliminates dampness in the spleen, regulates qi and harmonizes the stomach

Platycodon: clears the lungs, eliminates phlegm, relieves sore throat, and discharges pus. Platycodon grandiflorum tastes bitter and spicy, and is neutral in nature. It enters the lung meridian. It has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving sore throat, removing phlegm and discharging pus.

Buddha's hand: Soothes the liver and regulates qi, harmonizes the stomach and relieves pain. It is used for liver and stomach qi stagnation, chest and flank distension and pain, epigastric fullness, loss of appetite and vomiting.

Chinese yam: nourishes the spleen; nourishes the lungs; strengthens the kidneys; improves the essence. Indications: diarrhea due to spleen deficiency; edema due to loss of appetite; cough and asthma due to lung deficiency; diabetes; spermatorrhea; leucorrhea; frequent urination due to kidney deficiency; external use to treat carbuncle and scrofula.

Licorice: tonifies the spleen and replenishes Qi, clears away heat and detoxifies, removes phlegm and relieves cough, relieves pain, and harmonizes various medicines. It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, cough with excessive sputum, cramps and pain in the abdomen and limbs, carbuncles and sores, and to relieve the toxicity and potency of drugs.

Tangerine peel: It has the effects of regulating qi, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It can be used to treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension, vomiting, or chest tightness, poor appetite, and loose stools caused by dampness and turbidity in the middle.

Tangerine peel: eliminates phlegm, promotes qi, relieves fullness, and disperses nodules. Treats wind-cold, phlegm cough, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and fullness.

Lotus leaf: clears away heat and dampness, promotes the flow of yang, and stops bleeding. It is used to treat diarrhea caused by summer heat and dampness, dizziness, edema due to water vapor, thunderhead wind, vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, bloody stool, and postpartum fainting.

White lentil: It is not only a top-grade tonic, but also a good medicine. It is high in minerals and vitamins, and has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the middle and eliminating dampness, and relieving heat and detoxifying. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, loose stools, excessive leucorrhea, vomiting and diarrhea due to summer heat and dampness, chest tightness and abdominal distension.