What Chinese medicine should I take for eczema

For patients with eczema, a skin disease, they should pay close attention to their diet and actively seek ways to treat eczema. Because eczema is a skin disease caused by both internal and external factors, when treating eczema, not only topical medications but also oral medications are needed. Chinese patent medicine is a kind of medicine with little side effects on the human body, so what kind of Chinese patent medicine should patients with eczema take?

What Chinese patent medicine is good for eczema? Chinese medicine conditioning method

Prescription composition

30 grams of black-necked snake and 9 grams of Sophora flavescens.

Treatment range

This prescription has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, dispelling wind and relieving itching. It is often used to treat eczema, which is caused by damp-heat. The disease develops rapidly and spreads all over the body. The skin lesions are erythema, papules, and blisters, with hot flushes and burning sensation, exudation, and pruritus.

Decoction method

Add 500 ml of water to the bitter ginseng and 400 ml of water to the black-banded snake, soak them for 30 minutes separately. Boil the black-banded snake over high heat first, then switch to low heat and continue simmering for 30 minutes until it is soft. Boil the Sophora flavescens over high heat first, then switch to low heat and continue simmering for 20 minutes. Filter out 200 ml of the medicinal liquid from each and mix them. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses, morning and evening.

Mechanism Analysis

In the formula, black-necked snake and Sophora flavescens are the main ingredients. Black-necked snake has the effects of dispelling wind, unblocking meridians and relieving itching; Sophora flavescens has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, dispelling wind and relieving itching. The two medicines used together can clear away heat and dampness, dispel wind and relieve itching. This prescription is mainly used for eczema in modern medicine. Eczema is a common acute, subacute or chronic skin inflammation, which is a delayed allergic reaction caused by complex internal and external stimuli. This recipe can also treat allergic skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis and contact dermatitis. According to modern pharmacological research: Sophora flavescens has anti-allergic, anti-asthmatic, immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects; Garcinia charantia has anti-inflammatory and sedative effects. The two drugs are used together to play antihistamine, immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects, so they can treat eczema, as well as atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis and other diseases.

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Black-necked snake, commonly known as black snake and black wind snake. Colubridae, a large non-venomous snake, with a total body length of more than 2.5 meters. The back of the body is brown or tan, with a yellow longitudinal stripe in the middle of the back and two black longitudinal stripes on each side of the body, which disappear at the back of the body (some individuals are dark green all over, some appear yellow in the front half and black in the back half).

The black-necked snake mainly lives in low and medium mountains below 1,600 meters above sea level. It often crawls in farmlands (raising its head high and looking around) or along the ridges on the inner side of paddy fields. It is sometimes found in grass beside mountain roads or in villages. It moves quickly, reacts quickly, and is good at escaping, but it is docile and will not bite (it will only bite when it is cornered or overly frightened). It mainly feeds on frogs and is distributed in most parts of my country.

The black-necked snake has high medicinal and therapeutic value. After obtaining it, remove the skin, head and internal organs, wash and set aside; or remove the head and internal organs, simmer it with rice wine, take it out, remove the skin and bones, and dry it for use. This product tastes sweet and salty and has a neutral nature. It can dispel wind and dampness, dredge meridians, calm the nerves and detoxify. It is often used to treat stubborn rheumatism, skin numbness, leprosy, skin rashes, eyebrow loss, sores, scabies, tetanus, etc.