Tips to self-test whether you have damp-heat constitution

If you have a damp-heat constitution, your body will tend to get sick more easily, and your health will be greatly damaged and affected. People with a damp-heat constitution should pay attention to conditioning in daily life, but many people don’t know whether they have a damp-heat constitution. Today, we will teach you how to test whether you have a damp-heat constitution.

wet

That is what is commonly referred to as water dampness, which can be divided into external dampness and internal dampness. External dampness is caused by the invasion of external moisture into the human body due to humid climate, wading through rain, or a damp home; internal dampness is a pathological product, often related to digestive function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of "transporting and transforming water and dampness". If one is weak and has poor digestion or if one overeats and eats too much greasy food and sweets, the spleen will not be able to "transport and transform" normally and "water and dampness will stagnate inside the body". External dampness may lead to internal dampness, but internal dampness often has no effect on external dampness.

hot

That is a thermal image. When the weather is hot, the sun causes external heat that our bodies can feel, while overly spicy or hot foods cause internal heat in our bodies. In addition, eating too much nourishing food may lead to the growth of heat. Likewise, external heat can cause internal heat, but internal heat will not affect external heat.

Damp heat

Excessive accumulation of moisture in the body may also turn into internal heat. However, when heat is accompanied by dampness, the effect of clearing heat alone is often not good, and it requires a two-pronged approach of clearing heat and removing dampness to be effective. This kind of relationship in which you are in me and I am in you often causes both to "harm" the human body together, especially in summer, when humidity and heat become particularly prevalent due to the stimulation of the external environment. Therefore, it is particularly important to maintain good living and eating habits and maintain a healthy body when you are young.

Identify the characteristics of damp-heat constitution and conduct self-examination:

Not to mention the Cantonese people who are well-versed in traditional Chinese medicine, even foreigners who have stayed in Guangdong for a few years know the reason why Guangdong’s soil, water and weather are hot and humid. Among the people, there are often many folk remedies for dealing with dampness and heat, such as herbal tea, mung bean soup, etc. However, is your condition definitely "damp heat"? Because such a minor problem is not enough to warrant a visit to the hospital, some Cantonese people are accustomed to using common sense, or judging based on weather changes that they or their family members may have "damp heat," and they will then boil a pot of bitter herbal tea for the whole family to drink together. In fact, experts explain that hot and humid days do not necessarily mean that the human body will be hot and humid. It is best if the medicinal food that the whole family drinks together is mild in nature and taste, after all, the physical conditions of family members may be different. Although some experts do not recommend that the public judge dampness and heat on their own. However, if you have learned about your own physical condition from Chinese medicine and understand some of the symptoms of dampness and heat, then eliminating the "dampness and heat" by yourself, it is not ruled out as a possibility.

wet

Dry mouth but no desire to drink water, tiredness, sleepiness, laziness and heaviness of the body. The tongue coating is often thicker.

hot

Dry mouth and desire to drink water, sore throat, dry nose, dry mouth, yellow urine, and yellow tongue coating.

Moisture and heat

The stool is rather loose and occurs more frequently.

The above symptoms can only be used as a rough reference and cannot replace medical diagnosis. After all, the disease has many atypical symptoms and unknown factors. The treatment of damp-heat is generally divided into whether it is more dampness-intensive or more heat-intensive. For dampness-heavy conditions, the main approach is to eliminate dampness, and for heat-heavy conditions, the main approach is to clear away heat. Based on this principle, corresponding Chinese medicine is selected according to certain special manifestations, such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsules, Gegenqinlian Tablets, etc. If the symptoms are alleviated, you can regulate yourself by drinking some herbal tea, mung bean soup, winter melon soup, etc.