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Eczema

 

                     Eczema Symptoms – What is Eczema

 

Inflamation of the outer layer of skin from an unknown cause. In the early stages it may be itchy and red and have small blisters which swell and weep. The blisters will slowly crust over and become scaly as the skin thickens around the effected area. The itching and burning sensation can be aggravated by any type of heat, alcohol or certain soaps.  Eczema is a type of dermatitis and is closely related in treatments and symptoms.

 

                      Herbal Treatment For Eczema

    Internal Application

    • Kelp (kun bu) – used for healing of skin and other tissues
    • Chaparral
    • Dandelion
    • Yellow Dock
    • Goldenseal (take with caution)
    • Myrrh
    • Pau d’ arco
    • Red Clover

    External Application

    • Mix – goldenseal, vitamin E oil and honey – apply paste to affected areas
    • Generally, cool applications will help eczema sufferers

 

                     Nutrient Treatment For Eczema

     

    • Vitamin A – needed to produce smooth skin and prevents skin dryness.
    • Vitamin B Complex – aids healthy skin development and circulation
    • Vitamin E – helps relieve itching and promotes healing by lubricating dry skin
    • Biotin – closely links with Dermatitis when in deficiency
    • Zinc – helps bodies natural healing process’s, and enhances immune system
    • Essential Fatty Acids – lubricates skin

                                      

                                  Diet Changes For Eczema

 

Eat More:

Brown rice, millet

Eat Less:

Gluten products (some may cause outbreaks)

Do Not Eat:

Dair products, sugar, white flour, saturated fats, fried foods, processed food, raw eggs

 

 

Chinese Medicine and Eczema

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    In Chinese Medicine, Eczema is known by different names depending on where the symptomatic rash is!  Eczema all over the body with excessive weeping is known as Jin Yin Chuang. 

    • Eczema with millet type rash - Su Chuang
    • Eczema localized to the Ears – Xuan Er Chuang,
    • Eczema localized to naval or umbilical region – Qi Chuang
    • Eczema localized to scrotum – Yin Nang Feng
    • Eczema localized to the back of the knees and elbows – Si Wan Feng

    Traditional Chinese Medicine generally looks at eczema as the result of obstructions in the channels within the skin due to wind, heat or dampness.  Acute eczema is usually caused by dampness mixed with heat while chronic eczema is more closely related to prolonged illness and blood deficiency giving rise to wind dryness. 

 

 

Chinese Medicine Formulas To Treat Eczema

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Damp Heat

generally acute onset with redness, itching, rapid eruption growth (more heat) , expanding patches, papules and vesicles which ulcerate, weeping fluid (more dampness) with possible abdominal pain, constipation (heat) or diarrhea (dampness) and dark scanty urine.  The patient will have a rapid (heat) and slippery (dampness) pulse with a yellow (heat sign) slimy (damp sign) tongue coating

Formulas

  •  Bei Xie Shen Shi Tang + Er Miao San
  • Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (more heat)
  • Chu Shi Wei Ling Tang (more dampness)

Acupuncture

  • Heat > dampness: [DU13 - BL13 - SP9 - LI11 - HT7 - SP10]
  • With fever: DU14, LI4
  • Dampness > Heat: [BL20 - LI11 - ST36 - HT7 - SP9 - SP10 - RN9]

 

Blood Deficiency

chronic excema with thick, dry, dark flaky skin with itching, crusting, lichenoid thickening of the skin and possible dizziness, vertigo, fatigue, low back ache and weak limbs.  The patient may also express a wiry, thready, forceless pulse and a pale tongue. 

Formulas

  • Dang Gui Yin Zi + expel wind herbs (Qing Jiao, Bai Ji Li, Fang Feng)
  • Si Wu Xiao Feng Yin + expel wind herbs (Qing Jiao, Bai Ji Li, Fang Feng)

Acupuncture

  • [ST36 - SP6 - SP10 - LI11 - MH4 - BL17]
    bleed affected areas with a 3 edge needle (unless rash has appeared on the scrotum – it will be contraindicated.)

Wind Heat

No blisters, rash may appear and disappear rapidly, more itching than burning sensations.  Patient may have an aversion to cold, slight yellow mucus, fever, stiffness in occipital region, slight sweat and a floating pulse which may be rapid if they have strong heat signs.
 

Formulas

  • Xiao Geng San + herbs which enter the blood (dan Shen, Bai Ji Li, Mu Dan Pi)

Acupuncture

  • [BL13 - BL12 - LI4 - DU16 - LU7]

 

Spleen Dampness

chronic excema, less red and more pale with thin fluids discharge, no appetite, chest and/or low jiao distention, heaviness in whole body, sweet taste in mouth, no thirst, diarrhea and possible leucorrhea in females. 
 

Formulas

  • Chu Shu Wei Ling Tang + aromatic herbs to dry damp (Hou Xiang)

Acupuncture

  • [SP9 - SP6 - RN12 - SP3 - ST8]

 

 

Body Area Chinese Herbal Treatment

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(generally combine these herbs with above formulas)

Top of Body - Ju Hua, Chan Tui, Sang Ye
Middle area of Body - Long Dan Cao, Huang Qin
Lower part of Body - Chu Xian Zi, Zi Xie
Severe Itch - Di Fu Zi, Bai Xian Pi
Burning - Mu Dan Pi, Sheng Di Huang, Chi Xiao Yao
 

 

Infantile Eczema

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Infantile Eczema
 Usually occurs in babies from the ages of 2-3 months until the age of 2-3years.
Chinese Medicine Treatment Of Infantile Eczema:
 

INTERIOR Treatment:
Damp Heat - Phat body, usually rash appears around eye brow and behind ears. They will develop thick yellow scabs and clinically have poor digestion (constipation and/or diarrhea) During the pregnancy the mother usually had heat with this condition.
Xiao Feng Dao Chi Tang
Spleen Deficiency - Dry - baby will look deficient, weak muscular development, dry eruptions, pink flaky skin. Baby easily vomits undigested food
Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
 

EXTERIOR Treatment
Apply Di Yu Huang Bai Tang Wash - peel off scabs - apply Qing Dai Cream

 

References:

  • Giovanni Maciocia.  The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. Churchill Livingstone 1989
  • Wu Y, Fischer W, Fratkin J.  Practical Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine.   Paradigm Publication.  Brookline, Massachusetts.  1997
 

 

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