A Chinese herbalist and how to deal with itchy skin
Posted on December 26, 2009
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Itching of many skin diseases are common symptoms of a conscious, if only the feeling of skin itching, without any primary skin lesions, known as the skin pruritus. Itching of skin with systemic and limitations of the points, which mostly occurs in the anus, vulva, scrotum and other parts. Pruritus is common in diabetes, according to statistics the incidence of 7% ~ 43%, with generalized and limitations of each half of the itching. Clinically, because of intractable pruritus and to identify diabetic patients are not uncommon. Generalized pruritus Chinese medicine known as “wind itching,” “itch Wind”, if the scratch the skin, blood stains numerous called “blood to boil”, the limitations of skin itching called “Yin itching,” “anus to itch.” Modern medicine itchy skin caused by many factors were due to internal and external factors. Diabetic glucose levels increased due to the skin and stimulate the skin, itching, or for a long period of skin, chronic dehydration, sweating to reduce skin too dry and itchy. In addition, neurological reflex, uremia, etc. can also cause itching. Local itching more due to urine stimulation caused by fungal infections. Skin itching in patients with extremely sensitive to outside stimuli, such as hot and cold changes, clothing friction, contact with synthetic fur fabric, drinking and eating spicy and so can induce skin itching. TCM literature on the discussion of a lot of itching. “Nei Jing” in which a “sore various primary concern, all belonging to Heart”, “Zhu is a real pain, itching for the various virtual” records. “Various pathogenic designate theory” that the itching associated more with Feng Xie, “the wind itching who is physically weak wind, the wind into the Cou Li, and blood gas Xiang Bo, while the Ju exchanges between the skin. Evil micro, not the impact of pain Therefore, but also itching. “Qing” Surgical Treatment of the book, “that” itch wind, Bianshen itching, no sore scabies, scratching of the more than. “and made a Pathogenesis and Treatment of taboos,” home blood deficiency of liver, hot flashes wind can not forget to vote in the wind medicine. “book there is Yin itching, anal pruritus as itching and other limitations of the record, that” Yin itching, three worms in the stomach, because dirty virtual eclipse Yin, micro is itching, rather then the pain … … “this disease is also a loss of liver and spleen, damp, those who bet the itch.
Overall, Chinese medicine, more generalized pruritus caused by blood deficiency due to liver-wang, Wang is the wind from inside of liver health, blood deficiency are skin dystrophy, wind W Xuezao, the wind moves itch.
Vulva, anus itching due to liver and spleen over a loss, hot and humid place bets, Yun-blocking skin to itch but not Shuxie.
Skin manifestations of this disease paroxysmal itching, day-night light weight, the beginning only somewhere in the body, scratch, after extending the body, often to the Pipoxueliu grasping, feeling pain in side off. After drinking, mood changes, warm bedding, clothing, friction and hot water washing, etc., to promote itching attack. Due to repeated scratching, the skin is a common strip scratches, blood scab, may be secondary to eczema, dermatitis, the course of time the skin hypertrophy, pigmentation. Diabetic skin itching dry skin desquamation were also seen. Female genital itching occurs mainly in the size of the labia minora, due to scratch, the Ministry of common skin labia hypertrophy and impregnation, the clitoris and the vaginal mucosa may have redness, erosion. Anal itching due to scratching, anal folds hypertrophy, may have radial chapped, dipping, eczema or lichen-like change-oriented.
(1) TCM syndrome differentiation
① liver blood deficiency Wang
】 【Main symptoms dry skin, itching, excessive at night, particularly at night, scratches blood scab over, upset irritable, night disturbed sleep soundly, tongue pink fur white, thin pulse string.
【】 Nourishing and moistening Therapeutic Pinggan Xifeng
Prescription】 【Yin Zi subtraction Angelica: Angelica 10g, Chuan Xiong 10g, white peony root 10g, habitat 12g, Tribulus terrestris 20 g, fleece-flower root 10g, paeonol 10g, soap thorn 10g, Gou Teng 10g.
② hot and humid place bets
Main Symptoms】 【wet anal genital itching, or leg skin, itching, scratch exudate scab and met a hot itch weight, mamillata yellow greasy fur, slippery pulse.
【】 Heat Lishi Therapeutic antipruritic
【】 Long Dan Xie Gan Decoction Modified: Gentian 10g, Huang Qin 10g, Gardenia 10g, habitat 10g, Chinese angelica 10g, Plantago 15g, Alisma 10g, Kochia scoparia 15g, white fresh skin 15g.
(2) Foreign governance
Dry skin, itching, paint large maple seed oil, lip muscle cream. Moist skin, itching, three yellow paint mint lotion. If the scratch the skin, fluid and scar, and topical ointment Indigo. Genital itching anus wash side: Kochia scoparia 30g, Cnidium 30g, Sophora flavescens 30g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 20g, Artemsia argyi 20g, Jiantang Fumigation affected area, every 20 minutes a day 1; generalized itching washing side: Silkworm sand 200g , or Chu prunifolia 200 ~ 250g, Jiantang to slag bath, every 20 minutes, day 1.
(3) Acupuncture Therapy
There are several acupuncture.
Acupuncture: acupoints Qu pool, Hegu, sea of blood, Zusanli and so on, every other day one times, 10 times as a course of treatment.
Auricular Acupuncture: the lung, adrenal cortex, under God door, Sanyinjiao.
Point injection therapy: taking pairs of sea of blood, Qu pool, with diphenhydramine hydrochloride 50mg/mL, Vitamin B1 50mg/2mL, water for injection 5mL, Mei Xue injection 2mL. Every other day one times, 5 times for a course of treatment. The vulva, anus itching to take a long strong hole injection.
(4) Self-patient during convalescence
Itch is a kind of subjective symptoms, their onset and severity of patients were the same spirit, emotions are closely linked. Work during the day to learn the general tension, and often forget the itching, while at night the rest were itching increased. Therefore particularly important in patients with self-patient during convalescence.
Amateur abundant life, actively engaged in a variety of fun activities to distract the attention of the skin itch.
Avoid scratch. Scratching the itch can spread, once arrested it is hard to contain. If the itching attack somewhere in the body can be Tucha antipruritic drugs, or gently tapping the chords to relieve itching.
Jijiu cut out spicy spicy food.
Do not use hot water hot wash. Hot wash solution only when the itch, the skin is a bad stimulus, hot washed often itching intensified. In particular, dry skin, shall be appropriate to extend the time between taking a bath and less with or without soap, bath products, after the application may be soothing. Posted wearing pure cotton, avoid chemical fiber, fur stimulation.
Pay attention to maintaining a clean and dry vulva anal.
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