The body warmer cannot remove dampness in the body.
What is dampness in the body?
Generally, dampness is a pathological factor in the category of traditional Chinese medicine. The causes of dampness mainly include internal and external causes. The internal cause is mainly spleen deficiency. Excess water cannot be metabolized, so it stays in the body and forms dampness. The external cause is that there are too many water molecules in the ambient air, which invade the body and form dampness. If there is too much dampness in the body, it may be manifested as fear of cold, soreness of the waist and knees, dull skin, dizziness and fatigue, obvious loss of appetite, thick tongue coating, irregular stool, and other symptoms. In severe cases, lower limb swelling and pain or joint swelling may occur. Excessive humidity will affect women’s reproductive function.
The body warmer can only be used to keep warm or resist cold. Generally, you can remove the dampness in the body through diet conditioning, strengthening exercise, drug treatment, and other methods. Normally, sweating at the place where the body warmer is stuck is just simple sweating, not dampness excretion. Because the body warmer is high in temperature and stimulates sweat glands, sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon, not a manifestation of dampness excretion.
How to treat dampness?
1. Diet Conditioning
Dampness can also be improved by diet therapy. Patients with heavy humidity usually need to take a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, and avoid spicy, fried, sweet food, raw and cold food, such as hot pot, ice cream, barbecue, etc. Patients can eat more barley, red beans, yams, lotus seeds, and other foods that help to remove dampness. They can also drink some ginger soup appropriately to help patients expel dampness from the body. Because red beans have the effect of detumescence, and Job’s tears have the effect of dehumidification, the combination of the two will have a better effect.
2 . Strengthening the campaign
Patients can properly strengthen exercise and exercise every day, which can speed up metabolism and help expel excess water and dampness from the body. Generally, you can choose running, cycling, swimming, mountain climbing, and other sports, and you need to do it step by step. Avoid sudden and violent exercise to avoid adverse effects such as muscle strain. Insisting on daily exercise and keeping a good attitude can strengthen the curative effect and make the body recover faster and better.
3. Medication
The patient’s body is cold and humid, and the symptoms usually include fear of cold, soreness of the waist and knees, clear and long urine, dark skin, etc. Under the guidance of the doctor, patients can take traditional Chinese medicine to remove dampness, such as Shenling Baizhu Powder and Jianpi Pill, which can improve the condition of heavy dampness. Acupuncture and cupping can also be used. Drink plenty of water after cupping, do not blow cool wind, do not go out immediately, do not take a bath within three hours, and avoid cold air invasion.
4. Bubble Feet
Dampness can be improved by soaking feet. If wormwood leaves are added to the water, the effect will be better. Secondly, dampness can also be improved by diet therapy.
Patients with heavy humidity should avoid being in a cold and humid environment as much as possible. If they live in a cold and humid environment for a long time, the human body is vulnerable to external dampness, which is not conducive to dehumidification.