Chinese medicine believes that there are many summer heat, and summer heat is bound to be wet. Due to the external influence of summer heat, the skin is steamed, sweating too much, or sweating is not smooth, which makes the summer dampness stay, which easily leads to or aggravates various skin diseases. At the same time, the skin is often in a humid environment, which not only affects the access of yang to the muscle surface, but also reduces the local resistance and is more vulnerable to external evils. I brought you the following. Welcome to read the knowledge of prevention of summer dermatosis in traditional Chinese medicine.

Summer is the high incidence of skin diseases. How to prevent and treat skin diseases;

1. Sunburn: Sunburn is an acute skin phototoxic reaction, which is caused by excessive sunlight on the exposed parts of the skin. Patients usually have erythema and papules on the exposed parts of the skin, accompanied by itching symptoms. In severe cases, blisters can be formed, with obvious burning sensation and general discomfort.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly due to damp-heat toxin as the internal cause, sun exposure as the external cause, internal and external integration, heat accumulation in the skin, and heat toxicity.

Prevention and treatment: To prevent sunburn, we should first avoid exposure to strong sunlight and gradually increase the exposure. Generally, it is a variety of emollients, calamine lotion, Sanhuang lotion and other external protective agents. Can be used for treatment and wet compress; You can also take some drugs for clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating dampness and relieving itching according to your constitution.

2. Rash: It is caused by high ambient temperature, high humidity and excessive sweating, which can't be evaporated in time, resulting in blocked sweat pores and sweat accumulation or rupture. In addition, patients with thick clothes, obesity, weakness and high fever are more likely to get sick. Some show surface blisters the size of rice grains. It is easy to scratch and has slight desquamation when healing, which is more common in infants and pregnant women, and is called white prickly heat; Some are scattered in small red papules, but have nothing to do with hair follicles, called erythema, which is more common in children, and some are small pustules, called pustules.

Chinese medicine believes that the accumulation of dampness in summer is caused by poor sweating.

Prevention and control:

(1) Attention should be paid to indoor ventilation in summer to avoid too humid environment and too high temperature.

(2) The clothes should be wide to reduce sweating and facilitate sweat evaporation. Change clothes frequently.

③ Try to keep your skin dry and wipe your sweat with a dry towel. In Qin Ying, obese people, babies and pregnant women take a bath, but don't use cold water. Bathing can add a little ten drops of water or Huoxiang Zhengqi water to warm water, and then apply prickly heat powder or Liuyi powder after wiping. Pustules can be adjusted by adding indigo powder and boron ice powder sesame oil.

3. Summer dermatitis: It is a large red papule or papule on limbs and trunk caused by high temperature, with severe itching. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is caused by hot spleen and dampness and skin sweat.

Prevention and control:

① In summer, the affected area can be washed with calamine lotion or humulus scandens 30g and Xu Changqing 30g.

② You can choose lotus leaf, mung bean and watermelon instead of tea.

(3) Oral Huoxiang Zhengqi Water has the functions of clearing heat, eliminating dampness and relieving itching.

4 tinea pedis and tinea cruris: tinea pedis and tinea cruris are skin diseases caused by fungal infection. Because fungi like warm and humid, summer tends to get worse. Tinea pedis has different manifestations, some are desquamation, erosion or blisters between toes; Some scales, such as heel or foot edge, fall off continuously, and a layer of white powder can be scraped off when washing feet, which is more common in the elderly. Tinea cruris is characterized by desquamation of annular erythema on the inner thigh and hip fissure, increased eccentricity, small papules around it, and conscious itching or pain.

Prevention and control:

(1) Whether tinea manuum, tinea pedis and tinea cruris are contagious, you should avoid using sanitary appliances such as towels and slippers, and change shoes, socks and underwear frequently.

② During treatment, antifungal drugs can often be applied between toes and thighs.

③ The keratinized type can be soaked in decoctions such as Cortex Pseudolaricis, Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis and Solidago.

Wang Qishan pointed out in Xu Li Yuan Jian:? Summer heatstroke prevention, but also to prevent cooling due to the heat, long summer moisture? The basic principles of summer health care are clearly pointed out here: heatstroke prevention in midsummer; Protect against moisture and evil in long summer.

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