https://tcm-wellness.pages.dev/tags/damp-heat-pouring-downward/Recent content in Damp-Heat Pouring Downward on TCM WellnessHugoenWed, 23 Sep 2026 07:55:00 +0800https://tcm-wellness.pages.dev/posts/tcm-hemorrhoids-damp-heat-spleen-qi-guide-2026/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:55:00 +0800https://tcm-wellness.pages.dev/posts/tcm-hemorrhoids-damp-heat-spleen-qi-guide-2026/<blockquote> <p>Cover image source: Pexels</p> </blockquote> <p>After an autumn evening of spicy hot pot and hot soup, you realize you barely drank water. The next morning, bright red blood appears on the toilet paper. Anal itching makes sitting uncomfortable, and you still feel unfinished after a bowel movement. Hemorrhoids are one possible explanation, but bleeding deserves medical assessment before you settle on that label.</p> <h2 id="what-hemorrhoids-are">What hemorrhoids are</h2> <p>Anal cushions are normal vascular supporting tissues that help seal the anal canal. Hemorrhoidal disease develops when this tissue enlarges, slips, or becomes swollen and inflamed. <a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/hemorrhoids">NIDDK</a> describes internal hemorrhoids within the anal and lower rectal lining and external hemorrhoids beneath the surrounding skin. Internals sit above the dentate line; externals lie below it.</p>