Symptoms of damp-heat in the lower abdomen of women

Many women will experience urinary pain, urgency, dark urine, etc. without realizing it. At this time, most women will suspect that they have urethritis. In traditional Chinese medicine, these symptoms belong to damp-heat in the lower abdomen. What other symptoms are there in women? Damp-heat in the lower abdomen in women can cause problems with the kidneys and bladder. The main symptoms are dark urine and painful urination. Let's learn more about it in detail.

1. Symptoms of damp-heat in the lower abdomen

Dampness and heat are both pathogenic factors in traditional Chinese medicine. The main symptoms are short and dark urine, heavy body and fatigue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and weak and rapid pulse.

Damp-heat syndrome in the lower burner refers to the severe renal failure symptoms such as edema, proteinuria, hematuria, water-electrolyte and acid-base imbalance, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, chest tightness, urine (or ammonia) taste in the mouth, and anemia caused by damp-heat evil qi which causes abnormal transpiration and gasification of the kidney and bladder, and abnormal function of the large and small intestines in digesting waste.

2. How to treat damp-heat in the lower abdomen

1. Damp-heat in the large intestine

Symptoms: fever, foul-smelling diarrhea, chest and abdominal heat, dry mouth and thirst, wheezing and sweating, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid or short pulse.

Treatment principle: Clear dampness and heat from the large intestine and detoxify.

Main prescription: Gegenqinlian decoction with added ingredients.

Prescription: Pueraria root, Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Licorice, Honeysuckle, Poria cocos, Akebia, and Plantago seed.

2. Damp-heat in bladder (early stage)

Symptoms: frequent and urgent urination, painful and difficult urination, muddy and red urine, or even urinary retention, abdominal distension, dry mouth and throat, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment principle: clear away heat and remove dampness.

Main formula: Ba Zheng San with modifications.

Prescription: Polygonum multiflorum, Radix Akebiae, Akebia trifoliata, Plantago seed, Talcum, Rhubarb, Gardenia jasminoides, and Licorice.

If the patient suffers from constipation and abdominal distension, raw rhubarb can be used more frequently, and Zhishi can be added if necessary to clear the bowels and relieve heat. If damp-heat damages the yin, remove the rhubarb and add raw rehmannia, anemarrhena asphodeloides, white imperata root, etc. to nourish yin and clear heat.

3. Dampness and heat in the uterus

Symptoms: headache, red eyes, flank pain, bitter taste in the mouth, damp-heat in the lower body, or wet sores in the lower part of the body, swelling and itching of the genitals, muscle weakness and genital sweating, short and yellow urine, or turbid urine, and yellow and greasy tongue coating.

Treatment principle: clear away heat and eliminate dampness.

Main prescription: Er Miao San combined with Long Dan Xie Gan Tang with modifications.