What are the Chinese herbal medicines for treating eczema?

Eczema is a disease that becomes very common once the rainy season arrives. The main cause of eczema is the heavy moisture in the body, which is also the reason for eczema in the rainy season mentioned above. The rainy season will cause the environment to become humid and stuffy, and the occurrence of this disease is inevitable. Chinese medicine is very good at treating this disease. So, what are the Chinese herbal medicines for treating eczema?

First, what are the Chinese herbal medicines for treating eczema? Symptoms: The onset is relatively rapid, with dry, cracked, and thickened skin that looks like lichen and desquamated, or with a small number of new papules and blisters, with pruritus or dry itching discomfort, a pale red tongue with little coating, and a thready and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: dispel wind and dampness, moisten dryness and relieve itching. Prescription: Xiaofengsan with modifications. 10g of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 10g of Periostracum cicadae, 10g of Sophora flavescens, 10g of Atractylodes lancea, 10g of Cannabis sativa seed, 12g of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 12g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 12g of Angelica sinensis, 12g of Tribulus terrestris, 12g of Dictamni cortex, and 5g of Licorice. Decoction in water.

Second, symptoms: The onset is relatively rapid, with redness, blisters, erosion, exudation, unclear boundaries, severe itching, water oozing when scratched, and even scabs, accompanied by dry mouth, bitter taste, dry stool, short and yellow urine, red tongue, thin yellow or pale yellow fur, and weak and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: clear away heat and drain dampness. Prescription: Huanglian Jiedu Decoction or Longdan Xiegan Decoction with modifications. Stir-fried Coptis chinensis 6g, scorched Gardenia jasminoides and mulberry branches 6g each, stir-fried Phellodendron chinense 10g, Imperata cylindrica root 20g, raw Coix seed, yam, red bean 15g each, rhubarb and licorice 5g each.

What are the Chinese herbal medicines for treating eczema? Symptoms: The disease is severe, with skin lesions in the form of blisters and pustules, often appearing in clusters. If scratched, yellow juice will overflow, accompanied by fever, constipation, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Clear away heat, detoxify, eliminate dampness and relieve itching. Prescription: Wuwei Xiaodu Drink with modifications. Take 12g each of wild chrysanthemum, Scutellaria barbata, Viola yedoensis, 15g each of honeysuckle, Siegesbeckia sibiricum, Poria cocos peel, Hedyotis diffusa, 30g of adzuki bean, 6g each of lotus seed core and scorched gardenia. Decoct in water and drink. The onset is relatively slow, the skin is rough, scales sometimes fall off, some have lichenification, it does not heal for a long time, and it recurs repeatedly. The patient feels the itching sometimes light and sometimes heavy, the tongue is red, with little or no coating, and the pulse is thready and rapid.

Treatment method: Nourish blood and moisten dryness, nourish yin and remove dampness. Prescription: Siwu Decoction with modifications. Take 15g each of raw rehmannia, white peony root, polygonum multiflorum, salvia miltiorrhiza, and mulberry seeds, 12g each of angelica, Dictamni bark, and Cnidium monnieri, 10g of Adenophora scutellaria, 9g each of Poria peel and Alisma orientalis, 30g of red bean, and 5g of liquorice. Decoction in water.