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What is damp-heat constitution? What are the symptoms of damp-heat constitution?

Asked by:Lucy

Asked on:Apr 03, 2026 09:50 PM

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  • Bouton Bouton

    Apr 03, 2026

      Manifestations of damp-heat constitution:

      1. Overall characteristics: Damp-heat is inherent, with the main characteristics being a shiny face, bitter mouth, yellow and greasy coating, slippery pulse and other damp-heat manifestations.

      2. Physical characteristics: The body is fat or thin.

      3. Face, yellowish, dark, and greasy.

      4. Red lips, yellow teeth, yellow teeth, red gums, and red lips.

      5、skin easy to produce Acne , redness and pustules.

      6. Dry mouth, Bad breath , bitter mouth, strong sweat smell, and strong body odor.

      7. The stool is dry or sticky, with a strong odor and unpleasant odor. The urine is yellowish red and very dark in color.

      8、male Often the scrotum is moist; female There is often excessive leucorrhea, yellow color, and frequent itching of the vulva.

      9. Tongue: red tongue with yellow coating. The tongue is red and the tongue coating is yellow and thick.

      10. Psychological characteristics: impatient and easily angry.

      11. Incidence tendency: prone to boils, jaundice, stone stranguria, hot stranguria and other diseases.

      12. Adaptability: cannot tolerate hot and humid environment; It is difficult to adapt to the hot and humid climate of late summer and early autumn, the environment with heavy humidity or high temperature.

      13. People with damp and hot constitutions are prone to illness. seborrheic hair loss , acne, body odor, stranguria syndrome; Urinary tract infection, leucorrhea, cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis. The skin is particularly prone to abscesses, sores, and ringworms: tinea pedis, tinea pedis, tinea corporis, and jaundice. There are also infectious diseases of the liver and gallbladder. People with this kind of physique are particularly prone to fatigue of muscles and bones, as well as back pain and body aches.

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