A dive into Evil dampness
During the humid rainy season, water droplets form on walls and clothes refuse to dry. This pervasive dampness creates an uncomfortable, sticky sensation throughout the body. In traditional Chinese medicine, when this natural moisture penetrates the body and disrupts internal metabolism, it becomes a pathogenic factor known as Evil dampness. Like a hidden swamp within, it silently erodes one’s health.
The four major characteristics of Evil dampness
1. Heavy and turbid like lead, dragging down the body
3. Downward invasion, rooting at the bottom of the feet
How to avoid or alleviate the troubles of dampness on the human body?
Because the nature of Evil dampness belongs to Yin, it is easy to restrain or damage the Yang Qi of the spleen, making it unable to play its due regulatory role in the process of water metabolism. Therefore, when preventing and treating diseases caused by Evil dampness, it is necessary to start from two aspects: protecting the function of the spleen and stomach and eliminating evil dampness.
2.Suggest a low salt diet to avoid water retention.
3. When the tongue coating is white and greasy, spicy food can be eaten; Alternatively, through appropriate exercise, one can achieve a slightly sweaty state in order to eliminate dampness.
4. Use coix seed, lotus seed, yam, euryale, wax gourd, corn whisker, red bean and other ingredients to make soup or Congee.
5. During consecutive rainy days, you can close the doors and windows and use a dehumidifier or air conditioner to control the indoor humidity between 40-60%.
6. Suggest sufficient rest time.
7. Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion have significant therapeutic effects in strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness.