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What should I do if the weather is hot and humid with loose bowels? Dialectical medication

The weather is hot and humid recently, which is easy to induce diarrhea. Chinese medicine believes that humid weather in summer directly targets the spleen in the five internal organs. The spleen is responsible for absorbing nutrients into the whole body, and the five elements belong to the soil, and they like dryness and hate dampness. If the moisture in the body is too heavy, the symptoms of spleen dampness will first appear. If the transport function of spleen is not good, digestion and absorption will be bad, and symptoms such as sticky mouth, abdominal distension and even diarrhea will appear. Chinese medicine experts pointed out that in the treatment of summer diarrhea, as long as the appropriate Chinese patent medicine is selected according to different types of diarrhea, the condition can be effectively controlled. Let's take a closer look. Cold-dampness diarrhea 1. Cold-dampness diarrhea [symptoms] diarrhea is sparse. Abdominal pain, bowel sounds, nausea and drowsiness, or aversion to cold and fever, headache and stuffy nose, and pain in limbs. The tongue coating is thin and white or slightly greasy, and the pulse is slow. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this kind of diarrhea is caused by eating too many cold drinks, damaging the spleen and stomach, or sleeping outdoors in a cool and humid place due to overheating, or turning on the air conditioner and blowing the electric fan too much, infecting the cold and dampness, invading the spleen and stomach, causing the spleen and stomach to rise and fall abnormally, and the turbidity is not smooth. Shui Gu travels in the large intestine. Drug selection: the treatment should relieve exterior syndrome and dispel cold, and aromatic dampness. You can choose Huoxiang Zhengqi Water (pills and soft capsules), and children can have afternoon tea. Experts remind: If there are too many stools, there will be symptoms such as watery stools, dizziness, fatigue, dry mouth and oliguria, dry skin and decreased elasticity. Water and salt should be replenished in time. You can drink light salt water or sugar water, and go to the hospital for infusion when necessary to replenish electrolytes to avoid dehydration. Damp heat diarrhea II. Damp-heat diarrhea [Symptoms] Diarrhea, abdominal pain, acute diarrhea, or loose stool's discomfort, yellow and smelly stool, burning anus, short and red urine, irritability and thirst, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery or thin pulse. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this kind of diarrhea is mostly caused by the evil of summer heat and dampness, or the accumulation of heat in the intestine (such as those who like drinking and overeating spicy and irritating products), which leads to the combination of damp and heat. Drug selection: For the treatment of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, Gegen Qinlian tablet and Kelitua capsule can be selected. Experts remind: if there is abdominal pain, diarrhea, purulent bloody stool, severe diarrhea and high fever, it is mostly bacillary dysentery, so as not to delay the illness. Carnivorous diarrhea III. Carnivorous diarrhea [symptoms] Diarrhea, feces stink like eggs, accompanied by indigestible things, abdominal pain and bowel sounds, pain relief after diarrhea, abdominal distension and belching, sour smell after burping, thick or unclean tongue coating, and slippery pulse. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this kind of diarrhea is mostly due to overeating, staying in the stomach and stopping in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in damage to the spleen and stomach, and dereliction of duty in transportation and transformation. Shui Gu's subtleties cannot be absorbed, but stop as dampness, leading to diarrhea. Drug selection: Jiawei Baohe Pill, Zhishi Daozhi Pill, Qipi Pill and Xiangsha Yangwei Pill can be used to treat dyspepsia and stagnation. Experts remind: In case of this kind of diarrhea, you should control your diet, give priority to light and digestible food, and eat some porridge and noodles. You can fast for one day if necessary. Do not eat fried food to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Spleen deficiency diarrhea. Diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency [Symptoms] Diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency, Shui Gu retention, abdominal distension after eating, slight increase in stool frequency, sallow complexion, listlessness, pale tongue with white fur and thready pulse. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this kind of diarrhea is mostly caused by long-term eating disorders, internal injuries from fatigue, or chronic illness, which leads to weakness of the spleen and stomach. In addition, the evil of summer-heat and dampness is easy to damage qi and trap spleen, which leads to the spleen and stomach can't accept Shui Gu, and the transport is subtle, which leads to depressed diet, indigestion, confusion between clear and turbid, and then diarrhea. Drug selection: the treatment should be based on invigorating spleen and qi, astringing intestines and stopping diarrhea. You can choose Shen Ling Baizhu Powder (or Pill), Ginseng Jianpi Pill, Buzhong Yiqi Pill, Bupi Yichang Pill and Xiangsha Yangwei Pill. Experts remind: diarrhea due to spleen deficiency belongs to chronic diarrhea, which is more common in middle-aged and elderly people. Pay attention to health care at ordinary times, and cooperate with food supplement and medicine supplement (Jianpi Pill or Xiangsha Yangwei Pill can be taken for a long time) to increase gastrointestinal immunity and reduce diarrhea. Tips: For summer diarrhea, the most important thing is to prevent it. As long as we pay attention to summer health and food safety, we will be able to spend the hot summer safely.