Top 10 Chinese Patent Medicines for Eliminating Damp-Heat in Summer
As the saying goes, “Nine out of ten overweight individuals suffer from dampness,” meaning that among ten overweight people, nine have excessive dampness in their bodies. Moreover, excessive dampness can affect many bodily functions.
Damp-heat accumulation is a TCM syndrome that refers to damp-heat flowing into the lower jiao (lower abdomen). This condition arises from a preference for spicy, rich foods, or from a deficiency in the spleen and stomach that fails to transform and transport fluids, leading to qi stagnation and blood stasis, which then transforms into heat. Symptoms include short and dark urine, heaviness and fatigue, a yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a slippery and rapid pulse. Clinically, it is often seen in conditions such as damp-heat dysentery, damp-heat diarrhea, urinary tract infections, and joint swelling and pain in the lower limbs.
Damp-heat primarily refers to the damp and fire evils among the six excesses. Severe damp-heat in the body can occur under two conditions: during hot and rainy summer weather, where the body is easily invaded by both damp and fire evils, or in individuals with a constitution that is inherently damp, leading to a deficiency of yin and an excess of fire, which causes dampness to transform into heat. The best Chinese patent medicine for eliminating damp-heat is Wu Ling San (Five-Ingredient Powder), which consists of Fu Ling (Poria), Ze Xie (Alisma), and Zhu Ling (Polyporus) to dispel dampness.
The best Chinese patent medicine for eliminating damp-heat is Wu Ling San.
Wu Ling San consists of five medicinal ingredients, four of which have damp-dispelling properties. This formula has excellent diuretic and damp-dispelling effects, and regular consumption can help individuals with a constitution that is weak and overweight reduce weight, as well as eliminate acne and improve skin health.
Here are the top 10 Chinese patent medicines for quickly eliminating damp-heat:
1. Wu Ling San
Wu Ling San is very effective in dispelling dampness due to its ingredients, which all have damp-dispelling and diuretic properties. After taking it for three days, one can noticeably feel lighter.
2. Liang Yi San
Main ingredients: Talc, Licorice.
Indications: This product is used to clear summer heat and eliminate dampness. It is indicated for fever, fatigue, thirst, diarrhea, and yellow, scanty urine caused by summer damp-heat; it can also be used externally for heat rash.
3. Er Miao Wan
Er Miao Wan has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness, and can treat skin diseases and genital diseases caused by damp-heat, such as erysipelas, swelling and redness of the knees due to damp-heat, and itching in women’s leucorrhea and men’s scrotal itching.
4. Ba Zheng He Ji
Ingredients: Plantago, Houttuynia (roasted), Herba Lysimachiae, Rhubarb, Talc, Chuan Mu Tong, Gardenia, Licorice, Lightly Roasted Lampwick Grass. Excipients: Sodium benzoate.
Characteristics: This product is a brown liquid; it has a bitter and slightly sweet taste.
Functions and indications: Clears heat, promotes urination, and unblocks the urinary tract. It is used for damp-heat accumulation, short and dark urine, painful urination, and dry mouth and throat.
Contraindications: Not suitable for pregnant women.
Precautions:
1. Avoid spicy and irritating foods.
2. Do not take warming and tonifying Chinese patent medicines during treatment.
3. Those with chronic diseases such as heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, and kidney disease should take it under the guidance of a physician.
4. Strictly follow the dosage instructions; children, nursing women, and elderly or weak patients should take it under the guidance of a physician.
5. If symptoms do not improve after three days of taking the medicine, or if other severe symptoms occur, seek medical attention.
6. Those allergic to this product should not use it; those with allergic constitutions should use it with caution.
The main efficacy of Ba Zheng He Ji is to clear heat, promote urination, and dispel dampness, primarily treating painful urination, frequent urination, urgency, and dryness of the mouth and throat caused by damp-heat accumulation.
5. San Jin Pian
Ingredients: Gold Cherry Root, Houttuynia, Sheep’s Tongue, Gold Silk Vine, Centella Asiatica. Excipients: Corn starch, talc powder, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose, film coating premix.
Characteristics: This product is a film-coated tablet; it appears brown to black after removing the coating; it has a sour, astringent, and slightly bitter taste.
Functions and indications: Clears heat and detoxifies, promotes dampness and urination. It is used for short and dark urine, painful urination caused by damp-heat in the lower jiao.
Adverse reactions: Occasionally, mild increases in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), mild increases in blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and mild decreases in white blood cells (WBC) may occur.
Contraindications: Not suitable for pregnant women.
Precautions:
1. Avoid smoking, alcohol, and spicy foods.
2. Do not take tonifying Chinese medicines during treatment.
3. Monitor liver and kidney function during treatment.
4. Those with severe chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease should take it under the guidance of a physician.
San Jin Pian has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling dampness, and promoting urination, treating urinary tract infections, painful urination, frequent urination, and modern applications include treating pyelonephritis, acute cystitis, and other kidney diseases.
6. San Ren He Ji
Main ingredients: Bitter Apricot Kernel, Cardamom, Coix Seed, Talc, Light Bamboo Leaf, Ginger Pinellia, Tong Cao, Magnolia Bark.
Indications: Opens the middle jiao, clears heat, and dispels dampness. It is used for the initial stage of damp-heat, where the evil lingers in the qi level, not yet transforming into dryness, and for summer heat with dampness, presenting with headache, heaviness, chest tightness, lack of appetite, afternoon fever, and a white tongue without thirst.
7. Li Dan Pai Shi Pian
Ingredients: Money Grass, Artemisia, Scutellaria, Mu Xiang, Turmeric, Rhubarb, Mirabilite, Areca Nut, Fried Bitter Orange, Ginger Magnolia Bark.
Characteristics: This product is a sugar-coated tablet; it appears brown after removing the coating; it has a bitter and salty taste.
Functions and indications: Clears heat, promotes dampness, and expels stones. It is used for damp-heat accumulation and toxicity, with symptoms of hypochondriac pain, gallbladder distension, fever, yellow urine, and constipation; it is indicated for cholecystitis and cholelithiasis with the above symptoms.
Contraindications: Not suitable for pregnant women.
Precautions: Use with caution in those with weak constitutions or poor liver function.
Drug interactions: May interact with other medications; consult a physician or pharmacist for details.
Li Dan Pai Shi Pian primarily clears heat, promotes dampness, and expels stones, mainly treating pain from stones due to damp-heat accumulation, and can also prevent stone formation and has anti-inflammatory effects.
8. Qing Lin Granules
Qing Lin Granules primarily clear heat and drain fire, promote urination, and are used for urinary difficulties caused by damp-heat entering the bladder, as well as urinary retention and urinary tract obstruction; they are mainly used for urinary tract infections and prostatitis.
9. Long Dan Xie Gan Wan
Ingredients: Gentiana, Chai Hu, Scutellaria, Gardenia (roasted), Ze Xie, Mu Tong, Salty Plantago, Wine Angelica, Rehmannia, Roasted Licorice.
Characteristics: This product is a dark yellow water pill with a bitter taste.
Functions and indications: Clears liver and gallbladder, promotes damp-heat. It is used for liver and gallbladder damp-heat, presenting with dizziness, red eyes, tinnitus, ear swelling and pain, hypochondriac pain, bitter mouth, red urine, and damp-heat leucorrhea.
Precautions:
1. Avoid smoking, alcohol, and spicy foods.
2. Do not take tonifying Chinese medicines during treatment.
3. Those with severe chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease should take it under the guidance of a physician.
4. If the number of bowel movements increases and is unformed after taking the medicine, reduce the dosage as appropriate.
5. Pregnant women should use it with caution. Children, nursing women, the elderly, and those with spleen deficiency and loose stools should take it under the guidance of a physician.
6. If symptoms do not improve after three days, seek medical attention.
7. Those allergic to this product should not use it; those with allergic constitutions should use it with caution.
8. Do not use if the product’s characteristics change.
9. Children must use it under adult supervision.
10. Keep this product out of reach of children.
11. If using other medications, consult a physician or pharmacist before using this product.
Drug interactions: May interact with other medications; consult a physician or pharmacist for details.
Long Dan Xie Gan Wan primarily treats damp-heat accumulation in the liver and gallbladder, leading to dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, hypochondriac pain, and bitter mouth. Due to the ingredient Mu Tong, many people have developed hepatitis; it should not be taken long-term.
10. Jia Wei Xiang Lian Wan
Ingredients: Mu Xiang, Ginger Huang Lian, Scutellaria, Huang Bai (roasted), Bai Shao, Dang Gui, Ginger Magnolia Bark, Fried Bitter Orange, Areca Nut, Vinegar Yanhusuo, Processed Wu Zhu Yu, Roasted Licorice.
Characteristics: This product is a yellow-brown to brown water pill; it has a faint fragrance and a bitter taste.
Functions and indications: Clears heat, dispels dampness, and alleviates pain. It is used for dysentery caused by damp-heat in the large intestine, presenting with pus and blood in the stool, abdominal pain, and urgency.
Precautions:
1. Use with caution in chronic cold and damp diarrhea.
2. During treatment, the diet should be light, avoiding spicy, greasy, and cold foods.
3. This medicine is bitter and cold, which can easily harm the stomach qi; stop using it if symptoms worsen, and do not overuse or use for a long time.
4. In cases of severe dehydration, appropriate treatment measures should be taken.
Drug interactions: May interact with other medications; consult a physician or pharmacist for details.
Jia Wei Xiang Lian Wan primarily functions to clear heat and treat damp-heat accumulation leading to pain. Clinical studies have applied Jia Wei Xiang Lian Wan in treating enteritis, colitis, and diarrhea.
Conclusion: Through the above introduction, I believe everyone now knows about the best Chinese patent medicines for eliminating damp-heat, as well as the top 10 fastest-acting Chinese patent medicines for damp-heat elimination. I hope everyone can choose the appropriate medicine for use.
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