Ten TCM Treatment Methods for Skin Itching (Reprinted)

First, dispelling cold and relieving itching:

Lung-qi deficiency, wind-cold invading the skin, stagnation in the middle, fighting with ying-heat, not venting, evil in meridians, itching and rash. The Standard of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment says: "Sweat is the wind". Wind and muscle are bound together, combined with hot air, and it is born. Rash. Cold pathogen is dominant, with dense moss and exogenous pathogen. Itching and scratching are accompanied by wheal rash, aversion to cold, anhidrosis, fever, white tongue coating and tight pulse, forming urticaria, which is aggravated every time it meets cold wind.

Treatment to dispel cold, relieve exterior syndrome and penetrate rash.

Fang uses Mahuang decoction to add and subtract.

Ephedra, almond, cassia twig and licorice have the functions of dispersing lung qi, opening furuncle, sweating and dispelling cold. Herba Schizonepetae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, and expelling wind are added to relieve itching, and duckweed, Cortex Dictamni Radicis, Kochiae Fructus, and Periostracum Cicadae are used to relieve exterior evils by sweating.

Second, the evacuation of wind and heat to relieve itching:

The body surface is not solid, wind evil invades, and guests are trapped between fur and skin, which turns into heat for a long time, wind and heat beat each other, and the body itches with red papules, which mostly appear on the back of limbs, especially in spring and summer. Su Wen's "Theory of Four Seasons Stabbing Against the Shout" said: "Less yang is more than enough, and the skin is rash." Itching endlessly every night affects sleep, scratching blood and scabbing, with red tongue and thin white fur and floating pulse.

The treatment is to dispel wind and clear heat, penetrate rash and relieve itching.

Fangfang adds and subtracts raw powder of windproof children.

Saposhnikovia divaricata, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Mentha haplocalyx are sweating to relieve exterior syndrome, which makes wind-heat sweating; Gardenia jasminoides Ellis and Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi clear the fire of lung and stomach triple energizer; Cicada, Kochia scoparia, and Arctium lappa L. dispel wind to relieve exterior and penetrate rash; Forsythia suspensa, Angelica sinensis and Radix Paeoniae Rubra promote blood circulation and relieve blood poisoning; Rhubarb and mirabilite can release heat from the interior, so that wind-heat and toxic pathogens can be eliminated from the exterior and interior.

Third, search for weathering and dampness to relieve itching:

Wind, dampness and heat combined with evil, damp-heat stagnation and steaming, limbs wandering, itchy joints of hands and feet, red rash, scratching bleeding water, scab breaking, exudation, soaking into pieces, eczema all over the body, red tongue with greasy yellow coating and rapid pulse. "theory of pathogenic factors in stages" says: "pathogenic factors are in the skin ..., cold and dampness break into the muscle heat pole, and heat turns into a rash."

Treatment is to clear away heat, dispel wind and remove dampness.

This prescription is modified by Danggui Niantong Decoction.

Saposhnikovia divaricata, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Notopterygii Rhizoma can reveal joint rheumatism; Cimicifuga rhizome and kudzuvine root can clear qi, promote hair growth and disperse muscle rheumatism; Atractylodes lancea and Atractylodes macrocephala strengthen spleen and dry dampness; Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Scutellariae Radix and Cortex Phellodendri are used for eliminating dampness and clearing heat; Polyporus umbellatus, Alisma orientalis, Cortex Dictamni Radicis, and Herba Artemisiae Scopariae urinate to get wet; Angelica sinensis promotes blood circulation and supplements blood; Codonopsis pilosula and Glycyrrhiza uralensis nourish healthy qi, so that the evil invading eczema can be distinguished from top to bottom.

Fourth, the method of ascending clear, descending turbid and relieving itching:

Clear ascending and turbid descending are physiological normal. Because the body surface is full of yang, transpiration and sweating, wind and evil re-staining, qi stagnation, disorder of turbidity, obstruction of exterior and interior, obstruction of collaterals, obstruction of external evil and obstruction of clearing yang, adult addiction rash appears. The Preface to Typhoid Febrile Diseases says: "When the atmosphere conflicts, it is inevitable to develop a hobby." Wind pathogen can't be excreted in the stomach, and it is concentrated in the stomach and intestines, including cloudy turbidity, dry stool, vexed heat in the chest, body heat itching, red rash, cold and hot, red tongue with dry fur, and rapid pulse.

It can be treated by ascending the clear and descending the turbid and harmonizing qi.

Powder is used to add flavor.

Qing qi in cicada slough and silkworm to death; Rhubarb and turmeric can reduce turbid yin, and adding Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Kochia scoparia can dispel wind and penetrate rash.

Internal and external harmony, miscellaneous gas, wind and poison discharged, eczema disappeared on its own.

Five, Yiqi Huoxue antipruritic method:

Because of spleen deficiency, liver depression, lung qi deficiency, spontaneous sweating, wind evil taking advantage of deficiency, it is bound between fur and skin, the outside is not permeable, the inside can not be vented, and the body itches and scratches, resulting in rash. Mostly in the chest and back, heavy in the morning, pale tongue with thin white fur and weak pulse. "The Theory of Various Pathogens" said: "Lady Yang deficiency leads to hyperhidrosis, when sweating, it is wind, and the wind beats the muscles, and when it is combined with hot air, it will be born."

Treatment, benefiting qi and strengthening the body.

The prescription is flavored with Guizhi decoction and Yupingfeng powder.

Ramulus Cinnamomi, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, and Fructus Jujubae are used for relieving muscles, regulating camp and health; Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, and Yiqi Gu Wei; Radix Saposhnikoviae, Herba Schizonepetae, Cortex Dictamni Radicis and Fructus Kochiae dispel wind, penetrate rash and relieve itching.

Six, nourishing yin and moistening bath to relieve itching:

Wind dryness due to yin deficiency and blood deficiency, exogenous wind evil, or heat dryness to wind, wind and heat beating each other, binding to skin, fever in the afternoon, limb pain, dry mouth and throat, thirst, itching or presentation? Lei Feng, or itching without rash, especially at night. Red tongue with little fur and thin pulse. Chao said, "Madam, wind evil intrudes into the camp and guards, overflows between the skin, and is combined with deficiency and heat, so it competes all over the body and looks like a fairy."

Treatment is nourishing yin and moistening dryness, cooling blood and calming the camp.

This recipe is modified with Danggui decoction.

Angelica sinensis and Radix Paeoniae Alba nourish blood and moisten dryness; Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Polygoni Multiflori nourish yin and moisten dryness; Cortex Moutan and Cortex Lycii have the functions of clearing away heat, cooling blood and nourishing. If there is a rash, Cortex Dictamni Radicis and Fructus Kochiae should be added to dispel wind and penetrate the rash, so as to make yin and blood exuberant and eliminate itching.

Seven, warming menstruation to relieve itching:

Kidney-yang deficiency and qi deficiency, spleen-yang deficiency and transport disorder, reinfection of pathogenic wind, cold and dampness, confined to the skin, blocking the veins, unclear exterior and interior. My body is slightly itchy, with a large white wind mass, but it is very cold, my limbs are not warm, my tongue is light and tender, and my pulse is rapid. Form a cold and humid wind. That is angioneurotic urticaria in modern medicine. Chao Fangyuan said: "People's skin is deficient due to wind evil, so it will get itchy rash, red when cold, white when wind, and even itchy and painful."

It is treated with methods of warming channels, dispelling cold, nourishing blood and dredging veins.

This prescription is modified by Danggui Sini Decoction.

Guizhi and Asari warm meridians and dredge veins, dispersing exterior and relieving exterior; Angelica sinensis and Radix Paeoniae Alba enrich blood and nourish nutrition; Licorice and jujube are warm and beneficial to temper; Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata, expelling wind and promoting blood circulation; Cardamom warms spleen and dries dampness; Atractylodes rhizome dries dampness and strengthens spleen; Coix seed and medulla tetrapanacis are beneficial to moisture in the blood.

Smooth veins, full of qi and blood, dispelling wind, cold and dampness, and prurigo disappeared.

Eight, clearing away heat and toxic materials and relieving itching:

Because mosquitoes, fleas, spiders, poisonous insects bite the skin and toxic pathogens invade. "Authentic Surgery" says: "Evil insects are born in yin and yang poisonous species. People who see them should not touch their evil ... if they are injured, they should look for different kinds and treat them. " Insect bites release toxins and invade skin collaterals, causing fever for a long time. The more it catches, the more it spreads to the whole body. Fever, excessive sweating, mixed pain and itching, red tongue and rapid pulse.

This belongs to heat toxin accumulated in skin collaterals and is treated by clearing away heat and toxic materials.

This recipe is modified with Cimicifuga Jiedu Decoction.

Cimicifuga Rhizoma, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Notopterygii Rhizoma and Fructus Arctii are used for dispersing toxic materials and relieving itching. Rhubarb and Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi can clear away heat and toxic materials, so that heat and toxic materials can be separated from each other.

Nine, wind dehumidification, detoxification and itching relief methods:

Chao said, "There are also those who are wet with tinea, such as those who commit adultery. Red, wet, itchy, juicy, painful ... wet and windy, so it is wet tinea, and there are insects inside. " Due to the excess of blood heat and dampness, rheumatism is combined with yang collaterals, and if the wind is strong for a long time, it will turn into insects and produce symmetrical itching, such as elbow, armpit and popliteal fossa. Itching, scratching, soaking into lumps, gradually expanding the area, resulting in wet tinea, red tongue with greasy fur and rapid pulse.

The treatment is to clear away heat and dampness, and to search for wind and detoxify.

The prescription is wet tinea Jiedu drink.

Herba Schizonepetae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Notopterygii Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Periostracum Cicadae, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, and relieving wind toxicity; Cortex Phellodendri, Scutellariae Radix, Flos Lonicerae and Fructus Forsythiae are used for clearing away heat and toxic materials; Cortex Dictamni Radicis, Cortex Erythrinae, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, Fructus Cnidii, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae, dredging collaterals, eliminating dampness, killing insects and removing dampness.

Take wet tinea for a long time and heal yourself.

Ten, expelling wind and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and relieving itching:

Wind and heat stagnate in the skin, turning poison into insects, itchy skin and rash as hard as cow neck are called psoriasis. Thick and dry, white and itchy, scratching white crumbs, gradually spreading all over the body, red and dry tongue, rapid pulse. It is psoriasis syndrome caused by wind and blood dryness, which cannot nourish the skin. "Etiology" said: "The outline of psoriasis is wide, the skin is itchy ... more toxic gas and less moisture, then the wind is deep, so psoriasis has no juice and insects are born in it."

Treatment is to search for wind, clear away heat, detoxify and promote blood circulation.

Feng Xuan Huanji Powder is added and subtracted in this prescription.

Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Notopterygii Rhizoma seek the wind of meridians, while Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Coptidis Rhizoma and Gardenia Fructus clear lung and stomach heat evil; Cortex Moutan, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Semen Persicae and Flos Carthami cool blood, promote blood circulation and dispel wind (treat wind first, promote blood circulation and extinguish wind itself); Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. nourish yin and blood, moisten skin and remove sores. Dictamni Radicis, cicada slough and Zaocys are good at treating various ringworm sores.