Eczema is actually an allergic skin disease, which often occurs in people with allergic constitution. High temperature in summer, the human body consumes a lot of energy, and the resistance drops, which is easy to make the disease recur. In addition, long sunshine time, strong ultraviolet rays, sultry weather and high humidity are all inducing factors of eczema.

Chinese medicine believes that eczema is caused by damp heat constitution, plus exogenous wind evil, wind-heat evil fighting, soaking the skin, leading to skin flushing, erythema, papules, blisters and pustules; Long-term illness, insufficient blood supply, dryness and wind, make the skin peeling, chapped and itchy. Among them, "wet" is the main reason. Due to the variable viscosity of damp pathogen, the condition is prolonged and the shape is uncertain. Through the method of internal adjustment and external treatment, it can not only dispel wind and clear heat, but also dry dampness and relieve itching, and the effect of two-pronged approach is more obvious.

Internal adjustment

Wind type: more common in acute eczema. Symptoms are flushing, itching and even swelling of the skin, red tongue and floating pulse when exposed to wind.

Commonly used Chinese medicines are: Saposhnikovia divaricata, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Periostracum Cicadae, Linseed and Gypsum Fibrosum.

Excess heat type: more common in acute eczema. It is characterized by skin lesions, swelling and runny nose, itching, yellow urine, constipation, red tongue with yellow coating and rapid pulse.

Commonly used Chinese medicines include Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Cortex Phellodendri, Coptidis Rhizoma, Sophora flavescens, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Polyporus and Taraxacum.

Type of deficiency and excess: this is blood deficiency and spleen deficiency with damp heat, which is more common in chronic eczema. It shows that eczema lasts for a long time, the skin is getting thicker and thicker, and yellow water can flow out after scratching. The affected area has dull skin, fatigue, greasy fur, tender tongue and slow pulse.

Commonly used Chinese medicines include Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Rehmanniae, Fructus Kochiae and Coicis Semen.

external use/application

Traditional Chinese medicine can choose Sophora flavescens, Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, calamine, Lithospermum, Borneolum Syntheticum, Alumen, Realgar and other traditional Chinese medicines to make ointment according to the patient's condition and apply it externally to the affected area.