There are two kinds of moisture in human body: cold dampness and damp heat. Cold-dampness means that there is cold in the body besides moisture, and the common symptoms are joint muscle pain, chills, abdominal pain, diarrhea and edema.

Damp-heat refers to the fact that the body is accompanied by heat evil besides moisture. The common symptoms are fever, low body heat, severe headache, severe body pain, bitter taste, chest tightness and short urine.

Kapok is sweet and cool, which mainly has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and stopping bleeding, corresponding to some common symptoms of damp heat, so kapok can remove damp heat.

Generally speaking, kapok is a specific medicine for eliminating dampness, and its effect is obvious. However, Chinese medicine pays attention to the compatibility of drugs, and the effect of kapok alone is limited. In order to achieve better results, it is suggested to choose some drugs or ingredients with synergistic or auxiliary effects, and at the same time pay attention to maintaining good living habits and eating habits.

Is kapok good for the stomach? Yes

Kapok contains protein, amino acids, carbohydrates, carotene, sugar, tannic acid, polyphenols and other ingredients, which can play a certain role in sterilization, convergence, promoting cell repair and so on, and help promote the recovery of stomach inflammation, ulcers and other diseases, so proper use of kapok is good for the stomach.

However, it should be noted that kapok can only play a certain auxiliary role. For patients with gastric diseases, it is recommended to seek medical advice in time and treat them under the guidance of professional doctors according to the cause.

How to eat kapok is the best soup. Kapok can be cooked with many people's ingredients, but as a Chinese herbal medicine, it needs to be fully simmered in water before its pharmacological components can be dissolved. Therefore, making soup is the most common way to eat kapok.

Kapok as a drink, the easiest way is to dissolve the effective components in it by decocting or soaking in water before drinking.