Is Chinese medicine really effective in reducing edema? Female Chinese medicine practitioner: Eating indiscriminately may cause constipation

The weather is getting hotter, and you want to wear nice shorts and short skirts to cool down, but you are worried that your swollen body will make you look fat and expose your shortcomings? There is a trend in Japan to use Chinese medicine to eliminate edema. Danggui Shaoyao San, Bawei Dihuang Wan, etc. are common prescriptions. However, Chinese medicine practitioners remind that edema is only a symptom, not the root cause of the disease. Before use, you still have to consider whether it is suitable for your personal constitution. If you abuse it, it may cause constipation.

Eliminate edema! Japanese medicine: Kampo medicine improves the body's self-healing ability

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, a Japanese medical expert specializing in the autonomic nervous system, pointed out that autonomic nervous system disorders can affect the body's blood circulation and metabolism and are one of the main causes of edema. In Japan, 70% of practicing doctors currently prescribe Chinese medicine, including Danggui Shaoyao San, Wuling San, and Bawei Dihuang Wan, which are all common prescriptions that can enhance the body's self-healing ability and prevent edema.

Hiroyuki Kobayashi said that "Danggui Shaoyao San" can promote liver function, improve blood circulation, adjust gastrointestinal function and the transport of water in the body, and help eliminate edema; "Wuling San" can eliminate excess water accumulated in the body, treat edema, improve heatstroke and relieve hangovers; "Bawei Dihuang Wan" can strengthen kidney function that declines with age, warm the lower body and promote the excretion of water.

Are these three prescriptions of Chinese medicine a magic weapon for eliminating edema? Chinese medicine doctor: Be careful of constipation, it can harm your health

What do professional Chinese medicine practitioners say? Domestic Chinese medicine practitioner Zhuang Yahui said that "Danggui Shaoyao San" has the functions of nourishing blood, regulating the liver, strengthening the spleen, and removing dampness. It is often used clinically to treat gynecological diseases, menstrual disorders, edema, abdominal pain during pregnancy, and other symptoms. It can also be used for certain male diseases.

"Wuling San" can be used to treat urinary tract diseases, and it also has a good effect on improving edema, fear of cold, and diarrhea caused by cold and damp constitution, but other spleen-strengthening and dampness-removing herbs will be added depending on the individual's constitution when using it; "Bawei Dihuang Wan" has the effect of warming yang and tonifying the kidney, and is suitable for regulating symptoms such as edema and nocturia caused by insufficient kidney yang, but it cannot be used alone by people with constipation.

Although the above three prescriptions have the effects of diuresis, diuresis and anti-edema, Chinese medicine practitioner Zhuang Zhuang Yahui Yahui specially reminds that edema is only a symptom, not the real cause of the disease. If you blindly take the above Chinese herbal medicine, it is only a temporary solution and not a cure. It may even cause constipation due to excessive diuresis, and the body will still be in an unhealthy state.

Get rid of puffiness and live a life of traditional Chinese medicine to eliminate edema, which requires dialectical treatment

In traditional Chinese medicine theory, there are many causes of edema. In addition to organic diseases (such as kidney disease, heart disease, etc.), dysfunction of the three internal organs, namely the lungs, spleen, and kidneys, can easily cause edema. Treatment requires dialectical treatment, and the right medicine should be prescribed according to the individual's physical condition and symptoms. Only a tailored prescription can effectively eliminate edema, get rid of puffiness, and become healthy and beautiful.