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What are the traditional Chinese medicines that can clear away dampness and heat?

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Asked on:Apr 07, 2026 07:54 AM

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  • Bert Bert

    Apr 07, 2026

      What kind of traditional Chinese medicine can be used to treat dampness and heat in the lower Jiao? I believe that many friends do not know the answer to this question. Today, why not let the editor take you to see what traditional Chinese medicines can be used to clear dampness and heat in the lower Jiao.

      Traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and dampness

      Sophora flavescens

      It is the dried root of the leguminous plant Sophora flavescens. It is excavated in spring and autumn. The root head and small branches are removed, washed and dried, or cut into slices while fresh and dried. It is bitter and cold. It has the functions of clearing away heat, drying dampness, killing insects, and being a diuretic.

      skullcap

      The roots are used as medicine. They are bitter in taste and cold in nature. They have the functions of clearing away heat and drying dampness, purging fire and detoxifying, stopping bleeding, and preventing miscarriage. It is mainly used to treat febrile diseases, upper respiratory tract infections, lung-heat cough, damp-heat jaundice, pneumonia, dysentery, hemoptysis, red eyes, fetal movements, high blood pressure, carbuncles and boils. The clinical antibacterial activity of Scutellaria baicalensis is better than that of Coptis chinensis, and it does not produce drug resistance.

      Momordica charantia

      Used for heat stroke, toothache, diarrhea, dysentery, and blood in the stool. Raw food clears heat and purges fire, relieves heat and removes troubles; cooked food nourishes blood and nourishes the liver, moistens the spleen and kidneys, can remove evil heat, relieve fatigue, clear the heart and improve eyesight, and replenish qi and strengthen yang.

      Coptis chinensis

      It has the effects of clearing away heat and drying dampness, purging fire and detoxifying. Its taste is extremely bitter in the mouth. It is mainly used to treat damp-heat and fullness, vomiting and acid swallowing, diarrhea, jaundice, high fever and coma, excessive heart-fire, restlessness and insomnia, palpitations, blood-heat and vomiting, red eyes, toothache, thirst, and treatment of carbuncles and sores; external treatment of eczema, eczema, and ear canal pus.

      money plant

      It has the effects of removing dampness and reducing jaundice, diuresis and treating stranguria, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is often used for damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and hypochondriac pain, stone stranguria, hot stranguria, astringent and painful urination, carbuncles and boils, and snake and insect bites.

      Chinese patent medicine for clearing away heat and dampness

      Ermiaowan

      Main effects: Dampness and heat clearing.

      Applicable symptoms: used for damp heat, redness, swelling and heat pain in the feet and knees, erysipelas in the lower limbs, leucorrhea, wet and itchy scrotum.

      Usage and dosage: Orally. 6-9 grams at a time, 2 times a day.

      Bazheng granules

      Ingredients: Qumai, Plantago Seed (fried), Cortex Echinacea, Rhubarb, Talc, Akebia, Gardenia, Rush, Licorice.

      Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat, diuresis, and treating stranguria. Used for damp-heat, short red urine, astringent and painful dripping, dry mouth and throat.

      Usage and dosage: Take orally, 1 bag at a time, 3 times a day, with warm water.

      Qinglin capsule

      Ingredients: Qumai, Coriander, Akebia, Plantain (fried with salt), talc, gardenia, rhubarb, licorice (broiled).

      Functions and Indications: Clearing heat, purging fire, diuresis and treating stranguria. It is used for symptoms such as dampness and heat in the bladder, frequent and painful urination, obstructed discharge, obstruction of blood circulation, distension of the lower abdomen, dry mouth and throat.

      Usage: Oral dosage, 4 capsules each time, 2 times a day, the dosage may be reduced for children.

      Damp-heat in the lower Jiao refers to the invasion of damp-heat into the large intestine or bladder in the lower Jiao. Therefore, when choosing traditional Chinese medicine to treat damp-heat in the lower Jiao, you should pay attention to its effect of clearing away heat and diluting dampness. In this article, the editor has listed several traditional Chinese medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines for treating damp-heat in the lower Jiao. If you are worried about damp-heat, you may wish to read this article carefully.