Symptoms of liver and gallbladder dampness and heat in women

When women are diagnosed with liver and gallbladder damp-heat, they are not actually suffering from any disease, but their body is in a sub-healthy state. If it is not treated, it will become a trigger for some chronic diseases. The symptoms of liver and gallbladder damp-heat in women are still very obvious, mainly reflected in gynecology. The leucorrhea will be abnormal, and the vulva will itch repeatedly. Due to the lack of understanding of this situation, they don’t know where to start to treat it. In fact, liver and gallbladder damp-heat is partly a problem of spleen and stomach function. In addition to adjusting the diet, you should also go to bed early at night to allow the liver and gallbladder to fully rest and detoxify.

Symptoms of liver and gallbladder damp-heat in women:

1. Some women with damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder may experience symptoms such as yellow and smelly leucorrhea and vulvar itching.

2. Long-term improper diet or bad mood, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and alcoholic liver disease are also one of the causes of symptoms of liver and gallbladder damp-heat.

3. Patients with damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder may experience symptoms such as abdominal distension and loss of appetite, bitter taste in the mouth and nausea, short red or yellow urine, yellow body and eyes, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, and rapid and stringy pulse.

4. Many people are affected by damp heat or spleen deficiency, or by long-term overeating of sweet, fatty and greasy foods that generate dampness and heat, affecting the liver and gallbladder functions.

5. Mainly damp-heat, such as rib pain or swelling, yellow eyes, yellow urine, yellow body, and fever. Bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, constipation, red tip of the tongue, and yellow tongue coating.

6. Liver-gallbladder damp-heat syndrome is a disease syndrome caused by internal damp-heat and liver-gallbladder dysfunction. It is often caused by exposure to damp-heat evil or internal dampness due to spleen deficiency, which turns into heat over time, or by long-term excessive consumption of sweet, fatty and greasy foods that generate dampness and heat, affecting liver-gallbladder function.

Causes of liver and gallbladder dampness and heat in women:

1. Long-term excessive drinking or eating sweet, fatty and greasy foods can cause dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder, which can lead to alcoholic liver and fatty liver in severe cases.

2. Another reason is that the damp heat in the liver and gallbladder is affected by the damp heat.

3. Dysfunction of the spleen and stomach causes accumulation of damp heat in the liver and gallbladder.

Dietary treatment for female liver and gallbladder dampness and heat:

1. Artemisia capillaris rice porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of Artemisia capillaris, 50 grams of polished rice, and a little rock sugar.

Preparation method: First boil the Artemisia capillaris with appropriate amount of water to extract the juice, remove the residue, add it into rice to cook porridge, and add rock sugar when eating.

Efficacy: This prescription has the function of clearing away dampness and heat from the liver and gallbladder.

2. Corn silk tea

Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh corn silk (10 grams of dry product).

Preparation method: Remove impurities from corn silk, wash it, put it in a pot, add 250ml of water, cook it for a while, and drink it instead of tea.

Efficacy: Corn silk has a strong diuretic function, and has a therapeutic effect on urinary tract infection and edema. It can also clear away heat, promote bile secretion and expel stones. It is suitable for liver and gallbladder damp-heat type cholelithiasis, etc.

2. Cold Artemisia capillaris

Ingredients: appropriate amounts of young stems and leaves of Artemisia capillaris and seasonings.

Preparation method: Remove impurities from the Artemisia capillaris, wash it clean, blanch it in boiling water, take it out, wash it, squeeze out the water, chop it into pieces and put it on a plate, add salt, MSG, sugar, and sesame oil, mix well and it is ready. Take one dose per day.

Efficacy: It can eliminate dampness and jaundice, dispel wind and improve eyesight. It is suitable for damp-heat jaundice, difficulty urinating, itchy skin, blurred vision, night blindness, etc.

4. Stir-fried dandelion with shredded pork

Ingredients: 100 grams of pork, 250 grams of fresh dandelion leaves or flower stems.

Preparation: Remove impurities from the fresh dandelion leaves or flower stems, wash them, drain them, and cut them into sections. Wash the pork and cut into strips. Heat the oil in a pan, stir-fry the shredded pork, add the starch sauce and stir-fry until the meat is cooked, then add the fresh dandelion leaves or flower stems and stir-fry until they are well-flavored. Remove from the pan and serve.

Efficacy: Dandelion has diuretic, laxative, jaundice-relieving and choleretic effects.

5. Xihuangcao Loach Soup

Ingredients: 30 grams of safflower, 250 grams of loach, and 4 slices of ginger.

Preparation method: Kill the loach alive, wash off the slime and blood with boiling water, put it into the pot together with the yellow grass and ginger, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then simmer for 1-2 hours over low heat, and season it.

Efficacy: Clears away dampness and heat.

6. Imperata Root Stew

Ingredients: 50 grams of fresh Imperata root, 500 grams of lean pork.

Preparation method: Wash the Imperata root and pork, slice the meat, cut the Imperata root into small pieces, put them into a casserole together, add onion, ginger, and appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat first, then simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked, remove the onion, ginger, and Imperata root, add salt and MSG, eat the meat and drink the soup.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and dampness, suitable for damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, bile duct stones, and dull pain in the ribs.