Section 2 AROMATIC DRUGS FOR RESOLVING DAMPNESS Drugs of this type have a pungent flavour and warm property with an aroma. They ahve the actions of regulating the functional activities of qi, promoting th elimination of pathogenic Dampness, invigorating the spleen and strenghtening the stomach. These drugs are suitable for distrubance of the middle-jiao due to Dampness marked by epigastric dullness, abdominal distension, nausea and acid regurgitation, loose stool, anoresxia, lassitude, sweet taste in the mouth, excessive saivation, whitish greasy coating on the tongue, etc. There are also indication for damp-warm syndrome and syndrom due to summer-heat and Dampness. Anyd of these drugs should be used in combination with other types of drugs according to the different types of pathogenic Dampness: for cold-Dampness, it is used together with drugs for warming the interior; for damp-heat, it is ued with drugs for eliminating heat and Dampness. These drugs are often used with drugs for promoting the flow of qi, for Dampness can obstruct the normal flow of qi and the normal activities of qi helps to resolve dampness. Besides, they are often dispensed together with drugs for strengthening the spllen to increase the effects of resolving Dampness. These drugs have a fragrant odour and cotnain volatile oil, so they should not be decocted long to avoid any loss of their efficacy.

Section 3 DRUGS FOR INDUICING DIURESIS AND EXCRETING DAMPNESS Drugs of this type can increase the amount of unine and make micturition easy, and as a result, the water Dampness in the body can be excreted out through urination. Some of these drugs also have the effects of eliminating dam-heat. These drugs are indicated for dysuria, edema, straguria, phlegm retention, damp-warm sydndrome, jaundice, exudation wound, etc. Most drugs of this type are sweet or tasteless in flavour and neutral, slightly cold or cold in property. Because "tasteless drugs can excrete Dampness" and this type of drugs are good at inducing diuresis and excreting dampness, they are also referred to as tasteless drugs for excreting Dampness; because drugs of cold property can clear headn these drugs are also good at removing damp-heat in the lower-jiao, therefore they are also called heat-clearing and Dampness-removing drugs; again, because these drugs are chiefly used for stranguria in clinical practice, theya re also known as drugs for inducing diuresis and treating stranguria. Drugs for inducing diuresis and excreting Dampness should be used in combination with other types of drugs according to the conditons; for edema accompanied with exterior sydnrome, drugs for ventilating the lung and inducing diaphoresis should be added; for protracted edema associated with insufficiency of the spleen-yang and kidney-yan, drugs for warming and nourishing the spleen and kidney should be combined; for cases with excessive Dampness and heat, it is better toa dd hear-clearing and fire-purging durgs; in cases fo hemoturia due to impairment of the blood by noxious heat, drugs for removing heat from the blood and hemostatic drugs should be added.