How do you know if you have moisture in your body?

Dampness is the moistening air that evaporates from the yin and yang between heaven and earth. However, as an evil air, it can hinder people's health and make people hate it deeply. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. To conquer the dampness evil, we should understand it from all aspects.

First of all, according to its attributes, dampness is divided into weather-related dampness such as rain and fog, earth-qi dampness such as muddy water and turbid yin evil, diet-related dampness such as wine, cheese and fruits, and internal damage to the spleen and kidneys. The five internal organs, qi, blood and body fluids are wet.

Second, the ways in which moisture can injure people: evil spirits such as fog, dew, mountain miasma, and wind poison can enter through the mouth and nose; rain, sweat, muddy water, etc. can injure the muscles, skin, muscles, and bones (injury). Dampness), water, drinking turbid and greasy food comes from the mouth, the dampness produced by the internal organs, qi, blood and body fluids comes from the inside. There is also internal dampness, that is, there is cold dampness in the inside or edema for the first time and severe external dampness.

Thirdly, dampness evil can invade any part of the human body: headache, wind in the head, face travel, etc. may be seen if dampness affects the head, face, and limbs; lumbago, athlete's foot, etc. may be seen if dampness affects the waist and feet; cutaneous paralysis, etc. may be seen if the skin is traumatized. Skin rash, when it enters the muscle surface, fever, aversion to cold, and spontaneous sweating can be seen. When it stagnates in the meridians, it can cause severe numbness, difficulty in bending and stretching, and spasm. When it enters the muscles, it can cause numbness, swollen hocks, jaundice, and it feels like mud when pressed, and it hurts the body. The tendons may show flaccidity, and stagnation in the meridians is beriberi. If the flow is mild to the joints, there will be a sound when bending the knees, or even swelling and pain in the joints. Pain in the waist and hips when entering the kidneys, the body will feel like a board, and the side will feel like sand falling. If it enters the spleen and stomach, vomiting and abdominal distension will occur. If it enters the small intestine, it will cause hernia, red urine, secretion and astringency; if it enters the bladder, it will cause stranguria; if it enters the large intestine, it will cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, posterior heaviness, and prolapse; if it enters the qi and blood, it will cause fatigue.

Fourth, the change of dampness evil: when dampness goes against the upper level, it becomes dampness, and the upper level clears the orifices. If the divine mechanism is blocked, dizziness, dementia, forgetfulness, etc. can be seen. Depression in the middle is phlegm. What flows down is water. Pain and numbness can be seen due to cold and dampness. Jiaofeng is caused by rheumatism, body aches, and slight sweating on the forehead. The combination of wind, cold and dampness results in paralysis syndrome. Combined temperature is damp heat and damp temperature. It can also be used as wine and wheat cheese. If the treatment of dampness diseases is delayed for a long time, it may develop into tumors such as phlegm retention, edema, constriction, and obstruction of Qi, dampness, and phlegm.

Moisture is originally the righteous energy of the human body's qi, blood, and body fluids, but as an evil energy, it is very harmful to people. The nature of dampness is Yin, and the nature is blocked and sticky, causing contamination and damage wherever it goes. Doctors in the past dynasties have various opinions on dampness evil. Generally speaking, whether dampness is evil or righteous always depends on whether the qi is transformed or not. Now I will elaborate on the content that I have a deeper understanding of.

In the "Huangdi Neijing", there are various kinds of dampness, swelling and fullness, which all belong to the spleen. The spleen cannot transport and transform, water and dampness cannot flow, or there may be swelling and fullness due to dampness, and the neck may be strong. Li Dongyuan attaches great importance to the spleen and stomach in the occurrence of diseases. He believes that internal injuries to the spleen and stomach lead to all kinds of diseases. If the Qi of the spleen and stomach is damaged, if the Qi cannot be replenished, various diseases will occur. Its importance is discussed in "Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach": The stomach is the sea of ??the twelve meridians and the sea of ??water and valleys. It belongs to the Yang soil and is active and endless. It is like the Yang Qi in the ground that can generate and transform all things. Stomach qi is peaceful and Rong qi rises, producing warmth. Warmth is like spring and summer, it can move Yang twenty-five degrees, causing the essence to serve Yang. In this way, if the stomach qi is peaceful, everything will be peaceful. In a pathological state, stomach problems cannot be nourished and the six fu organs will be exhausted, resulting in the Yang Dao being blocked and the Yin Fire ascending. The Qi of the six internal organs will be extinguished first, and the Qi of the five internal organs will be extinguished later. The lungs govern the retraction and the five qi. If the lung qi is exhausted, the five qi will not be generated but will flow downward alone, and overlap with the spleen earth in the lower burner (heavy strong). Therefore, stomach qi disease cannot move the yang qi and accumulate yang all day long, and the clear yang cannot go out of the upper orifices, strengthen the limbs, and send out the internal organs, but instead flows downwards: "Dampness is received from below" - the spleen is the place of yin, and the tangible soil is filled under it. Yin fire takes advantage of the spleen and stomach. If one of the stomach's internal organs is diseased, the vitality of the twelve meridians will be insufficient. If there is less qi, the body fluids will not be able to be qi-transformed, resulting in damp stagnation and blood loss. Therefore, it is said that stomach-qi diseases will lead to all kinds of dangers. Wang Ang in the Qing Dynasty also discussed in detail the mechanism of insufficient qi in the abdomen and lack of air movement to produce dampness, aiming to understand the mechanism so that correct medication could be administered.

Let’s look at the relationship between lungs and dampness. The lungs govern the weather. Only when the weather is clear can the earth's Qi circulate. The lung meridian regulates water channels and flows down to the bladder. If the lung meridian is opened, the bladder will also be opened. This should mean opening the upper gate and opening the river. Wu Jutong said that "dampness evil is a disease, and the upper burner is combined with the lungs" - the lungs govern the qi of Taiyin and damp soil. In lung diseases, the qi cannot be transformed due to dampness. However, if the qi transforms into dampness, it will naturally be resolved, even if there are both evil qi. It will be resolved together. The treatment of dampness evil can open and close the lungs to express the surface, make the superficial Qi flow, penetrate heat and transform dampness, and relieve it without sweating. The wind on the surface of the skin and the dampness from the sun can also take advantage of the situation to be released externally. It can not only lower the upper Jiao Qi, invigorate the Qi and transform dampness, but also relieve the internal organs and make the dampness escape from sweating. At the same time as sweating, the evil heat of internal stagnation can also be dispersed outwards, so that sweating can relieve dampness and heat. purpose of retreat. Wu Youke said in the Nine Transmission Treatment Methods of Xie You that the disease qi is distributed from the outside to the inside. When the evil qi is in the membrane, the evil qi is divided equally. If half of it goes inside, you will see internal symptoms, and if half of it goes on the surface, you will see external symptoms. What's wrong with both the outside and the inside is internal and external blockage, which prevents sweating on the outside and blockage on the inside. At this time, you cannot forcefully sweat. You should first use Chengqi to clear the inside. When the internal evils are removed, the internal Qi can be ventilated, and then the internal Qi can express itself. The evils that were previously trapped in the muscles will take advantage of the situation to rise and release (either causing spots or vomiting, depending on the situation). due to its nature]. This is a method of using diarrhea as supplement.

The above one advocates nourishing the spleen and stomach, purging yin fire and raising yang, while the other advocates opening up internal qi and releasing middle qi. Just as Shi Shoutang in the Qing Dynasty said in the syndrome of dampness and heat closing the surface and congesting the lungs and blocking the triple burner, "It is not focused on raising the surface (sweating), but on unblocking its stagnation and yin and yang." It is also of great significance to the treatment of dampness from the spleen - Tonify the spleen and stomach, purge yin-fire and raise yang. For example, Cui Yanling uses Banxia Xiexin Decoction to treat damp-heat cough. It is believed that the spleen and stomach are not healthy, water and dampness are stagnant in the body, and heat accumulates over time, and the dampness and heat are blocked and invade the lungs, causing the lungs to lose their clearness. Pinellia ternata can dry out dampness and reduce phlegm, dried ginger can stimulate spleen and stomach yang with pungent heat and yang can reduce dampness, and Qinlian, which is bitter and cold, can purge heat and remove dampness, plus clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm, has achieved good results.

For specific treatment methods and additions and subtractions, please refer to "Spleen and Stomach Treatise" and other works.

The rise of Yang Qi mentioned above is also closely related to the gallbladder and small intestine. "All the eleven internal organs depend on the gallbladder." "A and the gallbladder belong to the wind-warm family, which is responsible for the biochemistry of qi and blood throughout the body; B, the small intestine is responsible for growing and nourishing the yang qi of the whole body, and their qi can float and disperse in the stomach. If the gallbladder and small intestine do not have enough warming and nourishing qi, they will remain. There are countless causes of fever, stroke, etc. in the visible meridians.

The internal organs, qi, blood and body fluids are all connected with damp thoughts through their respective and mutually coordinated qi transformation functions. Congestion is also a damp disease. Important factors for its formation. "Su Wen? Cijie Zhenxie" says that the waist and spine are the big joints of the human body, and the shin is the basis for walking and running. The front yin is the machine in the body and the yin essence is the path of the body fluid. .If the diet is not moderate and the anger is often generated, the body fluid will overflow and flow down to the front vagina, blocking the blood channels, making the day long, inconvenient to pitch, and unable to fly. This is a disease of body fluid, which cannot go up or down. Use beryllium stone for treatment. It is said in "Xie Ke" that Ying Qi secretes its body fluid and injects it into the blood vessels to turn into blood. This all shows that Ying Qi causes blood diseases. Zhang Jingyue said: "People who have lost blood often have edema, and congestion and water will also cause edema. "Blood disease and water", "Blood irrigates the whole body, reaches everywhere, and body fluids can pass through" and it also shows that blood disease can cause the movement of water. Dampness can block the meridians and form congestion, causing blood and qi to be blocked. In this way, the two factors influence each other.

In addition, iatrogenic dampness diseases cannot be ignored. If the infusion is improper or too fast, too much can cause Affecting the balance of water, liquid and electrolytes in the body; using medicines that are too cold and cool to make people greasy; overusing drugs that consume Qi and damage Yang; using drugs that damage the heart, lungs, spleen, and kidneys, etc. may lead to the occurrence and development of dampness diseases.

< p> As the earth's temperature changes, people's working environment and living and eating habits change, people's physique may develop in the direction of "humidity and heat". In view of the above, people should strengthen their awareness and knowledge of disease prevention and obey the laws of nature. , strengthen physical and mental cultivation to stay healthy.

2. Dampness syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine

Dampness syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine is different from that in western medicine. Dampness syndrome in western medicine is a skin disease. Dampness syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine is one of the six major diseases of the human body, that is, rheumatism. , dampness syndrome, cold syndrome, heat syndrome, dryness syndrome, and fire syndrome. It can invade every organ or meridian of the human body, or every cell. Disease in one organ can also spread to another organ. Dampness syndrome It is a serious disease of the human body, so it is difficult to cure.

Everyone knows that there is no life without water. Water is moisture, moisture is the carrier of life, blood is carried by moisture, and fire is generated by moisture. Cooling down, modern cancer is a tumor, which is essentially a disease in which water and dampness cannot flow freely and remain. The urethra is the discharge channel of dampness, and urinary system diseases are also dampness syndromes. Western medicine calls skin diseases dampness syndrome. The same is true in Chinese medicine, but it is only very small. Part of the disease. Therefore, overcoming dampness syndrome is a major part of human disease treatment, and it is not a trivial matter.

Dampness and heavy turbidity. Heaviness means heaviness and heaviness. Dampness is water and has a certain weight. Therefore, diseases caused by dampness evil often have a feeling of heaviness. For example, if the head is as heavy as a wrap, the whole body feels heavy, and the limbs are sore and sore, etc., turbidity refers to the disease caused by dampness, which can increase secretions and excretions and make the turbidity unclear. Such as dampness, excessive dirt on the face (eye feces), diarrhea, mucus, pus and blood, turbid urine, excessive vaginal discharge in women, etc.

Dampness is a yin evil, which can easily block Qi and damage Yang Qi. Dampness is similar to water, so it is Yin evil. The evil of water-dampness is heavy

sticky, invades the human body, and remains unresolved. It is easy to stay in the organs and meridians, blocking the rise and fall of Qi. The internal organs and meridians are blocked and the Qi movement is not smooth, so symptoms such as chest tightness, abdominal pain, and fullness are common. Exogenous dampness is most likely to damage or block spleen yang, resulting in weak spleen yang, internal stasis of water and dampness, and symptoms such as diarrhea and edema.

Wet viscosity. sticky. It means stickiness and stagnation. Damp evil is the culprit. Its stickiness is mainly manifested in secretions or excretions, which often manifest as astringent and unpleasant symptoms, such as tenesmus, heavy urination, and unsmooth urination. Damp evil causes many lingering and difficult-to-heal diseases. The disease has a long course and is easy to recur. The dampness tends to be downward, and it is easy to attack the Yin position. Damp evil is a disease, and symptoms are more common in the lower body, such as diarrhea, vaginal discharge, stranguria, edema of the lower limbs, etc.