What Chinese patent medicine should be taken for cold and damp constitution

A cold and damp constitution often causes heavy dampness, which not only leads to poor immunity, but also makes it easy to have cold limbs, abdominal distension and diarrhea, indigestion, loss of appetite, etc. At this time, you can take some Chinese patent medicines to treat it. For example, Ginseng Jianpi Pills have a good effect in promoting appetite and digestion. In addition, Longdan Xiegan Pills, Jiawei Xianglian Pills, etc., all have good therapeutic effects.

1. Ginseng Jianpi Pills

Composition: It is composed of ginseng, atractylodes, licorice, yam, lotus seeds, white hyacinth bean, costus root, cardamom, tangerine peel, green tangerine peel, Liushenqu; barley sprouts, hawthorn, Euryale ferox, coix seed, angelica, and fructus aurantii.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, and has both digestive and tonifying effects. Take orally 6-12 grams each time, twice a day.

Fuzi Lizhong Pills

Ingredients: Contains Chinese medicines such as aconite, codonopsis, atractylodes, dried ginger, and licorice.

Function: Oral administration: 6-9 grams each time, 3 times a day. Use with caution in pregnant women.

2. Longdan Xiegan Pills

Ingredients: Gentiana, Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Gardenia (fried), Alisma, Akebia, Plantago (fried with salt), Angelica (fried with wine), Rehmannia, and Licorice.

Function: Clears the liver and gallbladder, eliminates dampness and heat. It is used for damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, dizziness, red eyes, tinnitus, deafness, pain in the ribs and bitter taste in the mouth, red urine, and damp-heat in the lower abdomen.

3. Jiawei Xianglian Pills

Main effects: clearing away heat and dampness, resolving stagnation and relieving pain.

Applicable diseases: dysentery caused by damp-heat in the large intestine, with symptoms including bloody stool, abdominal pain, and tenesmus.

Dosage and Administration: Oral, 6g at a time, 3 times a day.

Medicinal properties analysis: Coptis chinensis in the prescription can clear away heat, dry dampness, stop diarrhea and dysentery, and is the main medicine. Scutellaria baicalensis and Phellodendron chinense strengthen the heat-clearing and dampness-relieving function of Coptis chinensis, and serve as assistant drugs. White peony root and Chinese angelica root regulate blood circulation and relieve pain; Corydalis yanhusuo regulates qi and relieves pain; Magnolia officinalis, Citrus aurantium, Areca catechu and Costus root promote qi and harmonize the middle, relieve stagnation and relieve pain; Evodia rutaecarpa warms the middle, dries dampness and stops diarrhea, and is also a bitter and cold ingredient, so it serves as an adjuvant. Licorice strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach, and regulates the properties of other drugs, so it is used as a guiding drug. These medicines are used together to clear away heat and dampness, resolve stagnation and relieve pain.