Class: Eliminate Dampness
Subclass: Clear and Transform Damp-Heat
Actions:
Clears Damp-Heat
Disperses Qi
Regulates the Qi
Transforms Damp-Heat
Indications:
Early-stage Damp warm-febrile disease or Summer-Heat warm-febrile disease in which Dampness predominates and the pathogenic influences are lodged in the protective and Qi levels.
Possible symptoms and diseases:
Chills
Enteritis
Evening fever
Fullness of the abdomen
Fullness of the chest
Gastroenteritis
Generalized pain
Headache
No desire to drink
Pyelonephritis
Sensation of heaviness of the head
Sensation of heavy body
Thirst
Typhoid fever
Undulant fever
Dull complexion
Ivory complexion
Nausea
Poor appetite
Tongue with a white-greasy coating
Slippery pulse (Hua); Soft pulse (Ru)
Western Medicine application:
Arthritis, cardiopulmonary diseases, fever, gastroenteritis, glomerulonephritis, hepatitis, obesity, dizziness, otitis media, pneumonia, restless legs syndrome.
Contraindications:
Contraindicated when there is more Heat than Humidity or if there is presence of Dryness.