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What is Dampness in Tcm? Are You Bothered by Dampness?

Dampness (Shi), TCM Treatments & Theory

By STEPHANIE 张立群医师

17 APR 2020

 

 

How many symptoms do you have?

 

  • Obesity, loose muscle, fat accumulation in the lower body.

 

 

  • Eat less, but still gain weight easily. It is easy to rebound after losing weight.
  • Feeling sticky after sweating.
  • Oily hair and face, the face looks yellowish and even gives a dirty and greasy feeling.

 

 

  • Mouth always feels sticky and contains many phlegm. (Dampness and heat mainly affect the spleen and stomach, which can easily cause dry mouth and bad breath.)
  • It’s easy to get dizzy and tired.
  • The tongue coating is covered with a thick layer of tongue coating.

 

 

  • The skin is often itchy and allergic, suffering from eczema, acne, and other dermatitis.

 

 

  • The stool is soft, sticky and unshaped. When flushing, it is often stuck on the surface of the toilet bowl. For people with dampness and heat constitution, the stool is sticky, urine is also darker in color.
  • The genitals get wet easily, women likely to have excessive secretions or leucorrhea.

 

 

If you have more than one of these symptoms, then it is likely that you are suffering from dampness.

 

What causes dampness ?

Dampness caused by many factors.

 

  • Innate factor –
    • Phlegm-dampness constitution

 

  • Acquired factor –
    • Prefer cold foods
    • Often stay in air-conditioning or high humid environment
    • Lack of exercise
    • Poor perspiration
    • Prefer oily, sweet or raw food
    • Unsatisfactory bowel movements
    • Staying up late

 

Acquired factors often cause metabolic function impairments which will increase the dampness in your body. Dampness will harm our body and cause a great burden.

About the author

Sin Kang TCM

STEPHANIE 张立群医师

Physician 中医师

100AM Mall, Paya Lebar Square

TCM Registration No. T1603379J


Practicing since 2009

2009 年开始行医


Chinese: Fluent

English: Conversational


Educational Background 教育背景:

Singapore College of TCM & Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

新加坡中医学院 & 广州中医药大学


FOCUS 专治:

Pain Management 疼痛治疗

Skin Conditions 皮肤病

Internal Medicine 内科

TCM Facial Beauty 美容瘦身


Stephanie specializes in gentle acupuncture and moxibustion treatments widely used in internal medicine, gynecology, and medical beauty therapy. She focuses on relieving pain in conditions like lumbar sprains, shoulder and neck pain, and knee inflammation. Stephanie also uses acupuncture for facial aesthetics and advocates for gastrointestinal health to address issues like bloating, insomnia, and menstrual disorders. She emphasizes prevention of chronic diseases through lifestyle adjustments and traditional Chinese medicine.


张医师专注于温和无痛的针灸治疗技术,广泛应用于内科、妇科、中医再生医学、医美疗法和减脂瘦身等领域。她能快速缓解急慢性腰扭伤、肩颈疼痛和膝关节炎症等症状,并利用针灸美容技术平衡面部大小差异,减轻黑眼圈,提升下垂面部肌肉,达到美颜、瘦脸和美白的效果,同时注重预防疾病。她也善于通过肠胃调理治疗因生活和工作压力引起的腹胀、失眠、便秘、月经和更年期疾病,运用中药和针灸调节慢性疾病发展、中风后遗症、内分泌性糖尿病、肥胖、代谢综合征等问题。