Xiaochaihu decoction, a recipe of traditional Chinese medicine. As a reconciliation agent, it has the effect of reconciling shaoyang. Indications are typhoid fever and shaoyang disease. Pathogen is in half exterior and half interior, with symptoms of cold and heat, fullness in chest and hypochondrium, silent aversion to eating, vexation and vomiting, bitter taste in mouth, dry throat, dizziness, thin and white tongue coating, and thready pulse; Women suffer from typhoid fever, and the heat enters the blood chamber, and the water breaks off, and the cold and heat attack sometimes; Malaria, jaundice and other internal injuries and miscellaneous diseases and see the above shaoyang syndrome. Clinically, it is often used to treat common cold, influenza, malaria, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, acute and chronic cholecystitis, gallstones, acute pancreatitis, pleurisy, otitis media, etc.
Alopecia areata, most of them have a history of mental depression, so the liver is depressed and qi stagnates, which leads to qi disorder, resulting in this disease. Xiaochaihu decoction is the representative prescription of relieving shaoyang in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, but Zhou Lao used this prescription, Bupleurum, to soothe the liver and regulate qi, to assist Huang and others to clear the liver meridian and relieve heat, and to combine the effects of ginger, Pinellia ternata, Codonopsis pilosula, jujube and Ercao to reduce adverse qi and regulate the stomach to help the spleen and stomach biochemical qi and blood subtle. All the medicines are matched, soothing the liver and supporting the spleen, and smoothing the qi. This is the new meaning of the ancient prescription, so the clinical effect of treating this disease is satisfactory.
Through the above introduction, we know that Xiaochaihu decoction is a practical application of the concept of traditional Chinese medicine to treat alopecia areata, mainly from the patient's psychological or mental state. After alopecia areata is treated with traditional Chinese medicine, we should also pay attention to conditioning our mood and have enough sleep time.