Etiology of acne in traditional Chinese medicine

Acne, also known as acne, belongs to the category of "lung wind acne" disease in traditional Chinese medicine. ? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that acne is mainly caused by congenital imbalance of yin and yang between body and kidney, deficiency of kidney yin and excessive fire, and acquired imbalance of diet and life, lung and stomach heat steaming up the head and face, and stagnation of blood heat. Traditional Chinese medicine divides acne into four types according to syndrome differentiation: yin deficiency with internal heat, lung and stomach heat excess, blood stasis with phlegm and blood stasis, and irregular chong and ren. Each type of treatment is different, including internal treatment and external treatment. Internal treatment mainly includes nourishing yin and purging fire, clearing lung and cooling blood, clearing lung and detoxicating, relaxing bowels and purging heat for lung and stomach heat, clearing heat and detoxicating, removing blood stasis and phlegm, and nourishing yin and clearing heat for non-regulation. Long-term external treatment methods include wet compress of traditional Chinese medicine, auricular point sticking and pressing, pricking collaterals and bloodletting. Through internal and external treatment, adjust the function of viscera, treat both the symptoms and root causes, and eliminate acne.