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Dermatology

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sudden onset, rises up, moves around, causes itchiness, causes dryness and xue xu - leading to scaling
Wind characteristics
pale or white lesion, severe aversion to cold, muscle aches, painful joints, absence of sweating
WC skin dz
red lesion, fever, headache, sore throat, painful joints
WH skin dz
sticky, hard to expel, heavy, descends - affects lower body
Dampness characteristics
WDH causing crusting and erosion, red macules on leg w/unclear borders and papules and blisters among them/oozing. Affects yin areas. intense itching. If scales, not silver.
Acute Eczema
various forms of eczema
varicose vein, drug dermatitis, contact dermatitis, neurodermatitis
Acute eczema treatment principles
clear heat and dispel wind damp
Chronic eczema treatment principles
nourish xue, dispel W, clear Re, txf damp
effect herbal grouping for eczema
ku shen, di fu zi, bai xian pi
clear heat herbs for eczema
jin yin hua, lian qiao, mu dan pi
dispel WD herbs for eczema
ku shen, cang zhu, fu ling pi, yin chen, jing jie, fang feng
nourish blood herbs
dang gui, bai shao, sheng di
txf damp herbs for eczema
bie xie, fu ling pi, di fu zi,
Acute eczema topical, oozing (erosion permits no lotion)
Huang Bai liquid compress
Acute eczema topical for erythema and papules
san huang wash (3 huangs + ku shen)
chronic eczema topical
qing dai ointment (qing dai, huang bai, hua shi, shi gao)
chronic, recurrent dz marked by thickened patches of inflamed, red skin, often covered by silvery scales - usually in yang areas. Proliferative. Nails often involved. Auspitz's sign is when tiny bleeding occurs when scales are removed.
Psoriasis characteristics
rapidly proliferating red macules or papules with heaped up scales w/ generalized symptoms of blood heat (restlessness, thirst, dry stools)
Blood heat psoriasis
Rx for blood heat psoriasis
mod Liang Xue Di Huang Tang
herbs in Liang Xue Di Huang Tang
sheng di (12), chi shao (9), dan pi(9), shui niu jiao (30), bai hua she she caso (15), ban lan gen (15), da quing ye (15), bai xian pi (9), di fu zi (12), ku shen (12), pu gong ying (12), tu fu ling (15)
dark lesions covered by thick, hard, adherent scales on flexor side w/pain accompanied by dizziness, fatigue, white face, purple spots on tongue, choppy pulse
blood stasis psoriasis
Rx for blood stasis psoriasis
[Xiao Feng San] Sheng di (12), shu di (12), dang gui (12), chi shao (12), dan shen (12), ji xue teng (12), chuan xiong (9), bai xian pi (12), wu shao she (6), zhi di long (9), sheng gan cao (6)
herbs to add for lichenification, hyper-pigmentation
san leng, e zhu, tao ren powder
herbs to add for DH
cang zhu, huang qin, bie xie, pu gong ying, yi yi ren, tu fu ling, jin yin hua, dan shen, ze xie, ze lan
herbs to add for blood toxin
shui niu jiao, di ding, lian qiao, zi cao, huai hua, huang qin
empirical singles used for psoriasis
Wu Mei+sheng gan cao; ji xue teng; wu shao she + dan gui; zhong hong hua
Topicals for psoriasis
lu lu tong wash [lu lu tong 60, cang zhu 60, bai bu 15, ai ye 15, ku fan 15
things to avoid to prevent psoriasis
sea food, greasy food, alcohol, strong coffee, spicy pungent food
intense itching soon followed by large or small pink wheals caused by vascular dilatation and edema - red, or white. Any part of body, comes and goes quickly
Urticaria, hives
Rx for WC Hives
Jing Fang Bai Du San Jia Jian [jing jie fang feng, gi zhi, ma huang, bai shao, chan tui, bai xian pi, fu ping, sheng jiag, gan cao
Rx for WH hives
Yin Qiao San [jin yin hua, lian qiao, dan dou chi, chai niu bang zi, da qying ye da zao, gan cao, jing jie, lu gen, bo he
Rx for SP/ST not harmonized hives
Zhi Zhu Wan [zhi ke, bai zhu, chen pi, dang shen, fu ling, gan cao, jiu da huang
Rx for yin xu and blood dryness hives
Shi Er Wei Di Huang Yin Jia Jian [sheng di, shu di, hu ma, he shou wu, xuan shen, jiang can, e jiao, dang gui, ci ji li, gout eng, dan pi, gan cao, hong hua
Rx for LIV/K xu hives
Si Wu Tang and ER Xian Tang [dang gui, bai shao, sheng di, tu si zi, yin yang huo, rou cong rong, xian mao, ye jiao teng, zhen zhu mu, zhi gan cao
topical for hives
choose 2 or 3 in equal amounts and decoct into warm wash [yin chen, ku shen, zhang mu, zi su ye, can er zi, fu ping, wei ling xian]
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