With the improvement of living standards in modern society, people no longer just stay at the level of satiety, but also pursue eating well, but "eating well" does not mean eating healthily. Those unhealthy diets bring excessive intake of nutrients and accumulation of phlegm and dampness. And "all diseases are caused by phlegm", and the accumulation of phlegm and dampness brings many discomforts to the body, such as edema, obesity, acne, diarrhea ... and even injuries to the five internal organs. Mild phlegm dampness can be removed through diet and lifestyle conditioning, but if phlegm syndrome is serious, we must pay attention to drug conditioning. So, which herbs can regulate phlegm-dampness constitution? These six Chinese herbal medicines are experts in resolving phlegm and eliminating dampness. Let's have a look!

1. scutellaria baicalensis Georgi

China medical books have recorded that "Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is yellow in blue, buried in yellow and buried in green, so it is a medicine for adjusting wood and soil. Phlegm syndrome is the reality of Tujia nationality and should be treated with wood, so Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is good at this position. " Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi tastes bitter and cold, its bitter taste can help people drive away evil spirits in the body, its cold property can help people reduce the heat in the body, and it has the effect of resolving phlegm and reducing turbidity, which is suitable for people with phlegm-dampness constitution. For example, the common Xiaochaihu decoction is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach symptoms, and Bupleurum and Scutellaria are among them.

2. Poria cocos

Because of its growth characteristics, it lies underground and looks like pig manure, hence the name Poria. Poria cocos is often accompanied by pine roots, which not only grows uniquely, but also has high medicinal value. It has the effects of moistening the body, benefiting the spleen and stomach, calming the heart and calming the nerves. This medicine grows in the soil, and Yin Qi is golden, so it is beneficial to yin, and is often used as a good product for tonifying kidney.

3. Perilla

Perilla frutescens is mature in autumn, with purple and white color, purple enters the liver, white enters the lungs, and tastes pungent, and its warm nature can be attributed to the lungs and large intestine meridians. It has always been an important medicine for treating lung diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of lowering qi and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, and can be used to treat phlegm, adverse qi, cough, asthma, constipation and other diseases. At the same time, many health care workers drink perilla in wine, which is a famous health care product. However, it should be noted that perilla should not be taken for a long time. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold will have symptoms of diarrhea, and friends with qi deficiency and yin deficiency should not eat perilla every day.

4. Pinellia ternata

Pinellia ternata harvested in summer and autumn is white, pungent and poisonous, and belongs to spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is a commonly used Chinese medicine, which has the effects of eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, eliminating lumps and resolving hard masses, and is widely used in clinic. It is a commonly used expectorant and antiemetic medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, and is often used to treat lung and stomach qi, phlegm and blood stasis. Modern pharmacological research shows that Pinellia ternata has many functions, such as relieving cough, anti-ulcer, anti-early pregnancy, anti-tumor, anti-arrhythmia and reducing blood fat. However, it should be noted that pregnant women should not take it.

5. Fructus Aurantii Immaturus

The bitter orange that tastes sour at first tastes fragrant when it matures. Sour enters the liver, fragrant enters the spleen and stomach, leaves do not fall in winter, and it is thick green all year round. Fructus Aurantii Immaturus is slightly cold, bitter, pungent and sour, belonging to spleen meridian and stomach meridian. It has the effects of breaking qi, resolving food stagnation, resolving phlegm and resolving hard mass, and belongs to commonly used drugs for regulating qi. At the same time, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus has dual functions of inhibiting and exciting gastrointestinal motility and uterine smooth muscle, strengthening the heart, increasing cardiac blood transfusion and contracting blood vessels. However, it should be noted that although the effect of Fructus Aurantii Immaturus is very powerful, pregnant women should not take it.

6. Magnolia officinalis

Magnolia officinalis has thick leaves and beautiful flowers, which can be used as a greening ornamental tree species and has high medicinal value. Bark, root bark, flowers, seeds and buds of Magnolia officinalis can be used as medicine, and its bark is the main medicinal part, which has the effects of eliminating dampness, promoting qi circulation, relieving asthma, promoting digestion, expelling wind and relieving pain. Its seeds have the effect of improving eyesight and benefiting qi, and its bud leaves are often used as gynecological medicine. In addition, the seeds of Magnolia officinalis can also be used to extract oil or make soap, and its wood has a wide range of uses, which is really "full of treasures".