It mainly occurs on the face and chest and back, showing blackheads, inflammatory papules, secondary pustules or nodules, cysts and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "acne caused by lung wind" and "papules", which are mostly caused by exogenous wind-cold, wind-heat and rheumatism on the local face. The long-term stagnation of fire leads to the obstruction of meridians, phlegm coagulation and blood stasis, and acne. Long-term depression and ulceration will lead to acne, long-term illness will lead to massive collaterals, or facial skin will become nodules and scars if it is damaged for too long. In addition, the patient's body is full of yang heat, plus eating spicy and greasy food, so that the damp heat accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract, and the gastrointestinal damp heat can not be released, but instead evaporates in the lungs and accumulates on the face. For a long time, there will be more phlegm, blood stasis and skin formation.
There are more than a dozen treatments for acne, but so far they are not particularly effective, mainly because the pathogenesis of acne is complex and individual differences are great, and different patients need different targeted treatments. Generally speaking, because acne has obvious self-healing, many doctors think that mild acne is a physiological phenomenon and does not need treatment. Therefore, for mild acne that does not affect the appearance, pay attention to the usual diet care; For moderate and severe acne, timely treatment is needed. As long as the method is proper and both internal and external treatment are taken, good curative effect can be achieved. Chinese medicine has long discussed acne. The treatment plan also varies according to individual symptoms and skin lesions, so the effect is often obvious. Acne can be divided into four types by listening, listening and asking:
1. Accumulation of heat in lung meridian
Main manifestations: initial acne, swelling and pain, facial itching, dry mouth, yellow urine, dry stool, red tongue with yellow coating and floating pulse.
Treatment: Mainly cooling lung blood, loquat Qingfei drink is commonly used. The medicinal materials are loquat leaves, mulberry bark, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Huang Cen, honeysuckle, radix paeoniae rubra, radix rehmanniae, gypsum, and raw licorice.
2. Damp-heat of spleen and stomach
The main manifestations are: frequent acne attacks, yellow and white broken rice-like fat thrombosis, or pus, shiny face, bad breath and bitter taste, bad appetite, sticky stool, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and rapid pulse.
Treatment: The main prescription is Cenlian Wei Ping Powder, and the main medicinal materials are Coptidis Rhizoma, Huang Cen, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Magnolia Officinalis, Hedyotis Diffusae, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Liuyi Powder and Glycyrrhizae Radix.
3. Blood stasis and phlegm coagulation
The main manifestations are: acne lasts for a long time, the texture is hard and difficult to disappear, there is pain when touching pressure, or the face is concave and convex like orange peel. During menstruation, women may have symptoms such as less menstrual flow, aggravated dysmenorrhea and acne, pale tongue with thin fur, and unsmooth pulse. This type is more common in chronic patients.
Treatment: the main methods are promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm, softening and resolving hard mass. The commonly used prescription is Dahuang Zhechong Powder, and the main medicinal materials are: rhubarb, stinging insects, leeches, Hedyotis diffusa, peach kernels, safflower, motherwort, dried tangerine peel, Atractylodes macrocephala, raw licorice and so on.
4. Qi stagnation type
The main manifestations: the rash is distributed on the face, chest and back, accompanied by chest tightness, bilateral rib pain and sulking. The skin lesions in the front of female menstrual period are aggravated, and the breasts are painful.
Treatment: soothing the liver and regulating qi. 500g of medicinal kumquat, washed and pitted; 30g of betel nut is crushed; 50g fresh orange peel is shredded; Forsythia suspensa and Prunella vulgaris each 20g. First, add water 1500ml to Fructus Forsythiae and Prunellae Spica, and decoct for 30min. Then, the other medicines in the liquid medicine are cooked, the kumquat is cut until it is ripe, 50g of honey is added and boiled for 20 minutes.
There are some simple methods for reference:
1. rhubarb, sulfur, etc. Grind into powder and add licorice juice to the affected area.
2. Mung bean glutinous rice soup. Take 80g mung bean, 80g coix seed and honey 10g. Wash coix seed, put it in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and simmer for a few minutes. Stir in honey while it's hot.
3. Pouring fresh Lycium barbarum directly on the face, 1~2 times, about 7~ 10 days a day, the acne can obviously subside.
4. Take carrot 1000g, wash and juice, cut 8 peach leaves into 400ml juice, pour it into radish juice, and wash your face with the mixed solution three times a day, one dose a day for three consecutive days, and acne can be eliminated.
5. Skin diseases such as heat furuncle, furuncle swelling and acne caused by heat toxin are ground into powder with Niuhuang Jiedu tablets, mixed into paste with warm boiled water, dipped with sterilized cotton swabs, and applied to the affected area once in the morning and once in the evening. In severe cases, it can be applied to the affected area and bandaged.
6. Shā rotto Katakuri is ground into fine powder, mixed into paste with warm water, and applied to the affected area before going to bed.
7. 30 grams of Gleditsia sinensis. And 30 grams of garden balsam stem. Decoct the juice with water and apply it to the affected area twice a day for 30 minutes each time.
8. Kelp and mung bean each 15g, and sweet almond 9g for porridge, once a day.
9. Half a bitter gourd, diced and boiled with water, and served as tea once a day.
In addition, acne also has a lot to do with diet. Animal fat, processed products, cream, fried food, etc. can promote the exuberant secretion of sebum by sebaceous glands and promote the deterioration of acne. Fragrant, spicy and stimulating condiments, coffee, cocoa and alcohol can also promote microvascular dilation. In addition, sweets are also an important factor to induce acne, such as cakes, ice cream, juice, bananas, biscuits and so on. And you should eat as little as possible.
There are two kinds of marks left by acne, one is red mark and the other is pigment spot. These two kinds of marks will fade automatically with the passage of time, so they can be left untreated. If you feel that the fading time is too long and too slow, which affects your daily life and beauty, you can carry out laser or photon rejuvenation treatment to help this annoying mark fade as soon as possible. Because red marks are actually caused by vasodilation, and pigment spots are caused by abnormal pigment deposition, laser therapy and photon rejuvenation can obviously treat and promote these two skin problems.