Will taking Xiaoyao Pills aggravate dampness and heat?

Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills is a common Chinese medicine prescription. Some friends asked, "Can I take Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills if I have damp-heat in the spleen and stomach?"

What is Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills?

Ingredients: Scutellaria baicalensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Paeonia lactiflora, stir-fried Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix lachryma-jobi, raw licorice, mint, and ginger slices.

Can Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills be taken for damp-heat in spleen and stomach? What is the use of taking Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills for damp-heat in spleen and stomach? Can Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills cure damp-heat in spleen and stomach?

Characteristics: This product is yellow-brown to dark brown water pills, or black-brown water pills; sweet taste.

Efficacy and functions: Soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and blood and regulate menstruation. It is used to treat depression, discomfort, chest and flank pain, dizziness, loss of appetite and irregular menstruation caused by liver depression and spleen deficiency.

Can I take Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills if I have damp-heat in the spleen and stomach?

Jiawei Xiaoyao Pills contain coix seed, atractylodes and poria for invigorating the spleen and eliminating dampness, while moutan bark and gardenia jasmine for clearing away heat and detoxifying, which can have certain effects, but the whole prescription is mainly used to treat liver depression and blood deficiency, and liver-spleen disharmony. If you usually have symptoms such as loss of appetite when you get angry, and often sigh, this is more symptomatic treatment, and the effect is definitely good. If it is just damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, it is not suitable. Since actual diagnosis is required, Chinese herbal prescriptions are not suitable for everyone. You need to see a Chinese medicine doctor in person to get a prescription that suits your physical condition.

People with severe chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, kidney disease, as well as children, the elderly, pregnant women, breastfeeding women and those with heavy menstruation should take it under the guidance of a doctor. If you normally have normal menstruation but suddenly experience excessive menstrual flow, prolonged menstruation, scanty menstruation, delayed menstruation, or non-menstrual bleeding in the vagina, you should go to the hospital for medical treatment.