How long can Chinese medicine recuperate damp heat?

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People of all ages may be affected by dampness and heat, especially those aged 30-45, who belong to the "Earth" age group in life, and have heavy moisture in their body. At the turn of summer and autumn, they belong to the "long summer" season in traditional Chinese medicine, which also corresponds to the "Earth" in the five elements. They are more likely to have the above symptoms because of the combination of internal and external factors and the humidification on the top of the dampness. If damp heat invades a child, the common symptoms are diarrhea and unsmooth stool. If damp heat invades the elderly, they may have symptoms such as lower limb soreness and low back pain. So how long can Chinese medicine recuperate damp heat? I'd like to share my views with you.

How long can Chinese medicine recuperate damp heat?

First of all: because each person's constitution is different, the absorption capacity of drugs is not the same, so this time is not very good to determine. Specific or depends on the severity of your condition, if the condition is relatively light, do not drink too long, if the condition is relatively heavy, need to slowly recuperate. Look at the effect of your medication, and then change the prescription accordingly. Generally need to take three courses of treatment, seven days for a course of treatment, every medicine sooner or later drink once, in order to achieve satisfactory therapeutic effect. If the disease is not good, intermittent adhere to the treatment, if the disease is good, the drug should be stopped immediately!

Next: take medicine 30 ~ 60 minutes before meal. The location of the disease is below, so we should take medicine before meals, so that the drug can be easily released, such as liver and kidney deficiency or waist disease. In the treatment of intestinal diseases, it is also appropriate to take medicine before meals, because in the state of stomach empty, the medicine liquid can directly contact with the gastrointestinal mucosa and enter the intestine quickly through the stomach, so that it can be absorbed more and play a role, and will not be affected by the dilution of food in the stomach.

Finally: it's better not to drink tea, coffee, milk or soymilk for about an hour before and after drinking Chinese medicine, so as to avoid the chemical reaction between Chinese medicine ingredients and tea tannins, caffeine and protein, which will affect the curative effect. You can drink water. General Chinese medicine should be taken warm, medicine fried after a while, when it is not hot or cold, such as peace tonic drugs. All cold medicine should be taken while it is hot to achieve the purpose of sweating; The medicine of dispelling cold and activating blood vessels is also like this, which is beneficial to dispelling cold and activating blood circulation.

matters needing attention

People with damp heat constitution should pay attention to their own diet, so that they can adhere to a light and hot diet, and eat more diuretic foods, such as lotus root, cucumber, cabbage, balsam pear, wax gourd, mung bean, red bean, lotus seed, coix seed, etc. These foods can help us to remove damp heat and maintain smooth defecation. We should eat less fried spicy and tonic foods, such as mutton, beef, dog meat, onion, garlic, ginger and so on. We should also give up smoking and alcohol, and eat less sweets.