Purpura, the name of TCM disease. Purple spot, also known as purple spot, is one of the common hemorrhagic diseases in children, which is characterized by bleeding under the skin mucosa and ecchymosis, which does not fade after pressing.
Often accompanied by nosebleed, toothache, and even hematemesis, bloody stool, hematuria. This disease belongs to the category of blood syndrome, and the symptoms recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books, such as "grape plague", "muscle spasm" and "poisoning", are similar to this disease. This disease includes allergic purpura and thrombocytopenic purpura in western medicine.
The onset age of henoch-schonlein purpura is mostly 3- 14 years old, especially for school-age children, with more males than females, and more cases in spring. The onset age of thrombocytopenic purpura is mostly 2-5 years old, and there is no difference between men and women. The mortality rate is about 1%, and the main cause of death is intracranial hemorrhage.
Other treatments for purple spots
1. five-point acupoint therapy (systemic conditioning plus local acupoint stimulation therapy)
2. Diet therapy
1) Arnebia euchroma jujube soup: 50g of Arnebia euchroma, 30g of jujube, decocted with appropriate amount of water, and eaten with jujube to drink soup. Suitable for blood-heat type. (2) Buffalo horn and grass root soup: 50 grams of buffalo horn and 30 grams of grass root, decocted in water with appropriate amount of sugar for tea drinking. Suitable for blood-heat type. (3) Turtle stew: turtle 1 piece (eviscerated), turtle 15g, and agrimony 30g. First, decoct the medicine, remove the residue and get the juice, then add the turtle to stew and add salt to taste. Suitable for yin deficiency type. (4) Peanut coat jujube soup: peanut coat 30g, astragalus 20g, jujube 15. Stir-fry with water, eat dates and drink soup. Suitable for qi deficiency type. (5) Jujube soup: 30 red dates, decocted and clothed. Suitable for all kinds of purple spots. 3. Prevention and care
Pay attention to rest, avoid excessive fatigue, prevent bumps and falls, protect the skin clean and sanitary, prevent colds, and avoid contact with various "evil spirits" that induce muscle spasms.
Avoid greasy, spicy, fragrant and hot food, and fishy products such as fish, shrimp, crab and milk.