Traditional Chinese Medicine: Among the Six Qi, Damp-Heat is the Cause of Most Illnesses

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Among the Six Qi, Damp-Heat is the Cause of Most Illnesses

Eliminating damp-heat has always been a topic of great concern. This is because damp-heat issues are both common and troublesome, to the extent that the Yuan dynasty physician Zhu Danxi stated in his work “Ge Zhi Yu Lun,” “Among the six qi, damp-heat accounts for eight or nine out of ten diseases.” Since Mr. Zhu … Read more

Zhao Shaoqin: Ten Methods for Differentiating and Treating Damp-Heat Syndrome

1 Fang Xiang Xuan Hua Fa (Aromatic Transformation Method) (Upper Jiao) External invasion of summer heat, with damp-heat and turbid accumulation internally. Symptoms: dizziness, body heat, general soreness and fatigue, chest tightness, epigastric fullness, cough, and yellowish-red urine. Tongue coating is white and greasy, pulse is slippery. This is an early stage of damp-warm syndrome, … Read more