Take care of Skin and Be care of Eczema

The visitors who had been visited our center for treatment:

Case one:

Name: Teresa.

Sex: Female.

Age: 21 years.

0ccupation: A college-student.

Chief Complaint: Red maculae and strong itching of whole body for a long time.

History of Present Illness:The patient got many large pieces of red maculae and itching sensation on the skin of whole body without any obvious causes, there were many groups of crowded papules in the affected region. At the beginning, they appeared only on the skin of both hands and arms, quickly they extended the affected regions to the head, neck, trunk and the back, accompanied with strong itching sensation. Then the patient went to the local clinic and was treated by 2 kinds of drug named as "Tabellae Astemizoli" and "Prednisone Acetate Tablets. " After 3 days' treatment, there was no effect on her. The regions of the red maculae became more and more than before, the colour of the affected skin got darker and darker, the itching sensation was too severe for her to bear. Then she came to our hospital for treatment on September 12,2007.

Physical Examination: The patient was conscious with a normal general condition. The pulse was floating and rapid, the tongue was red with a thin layer of white fur. There were many large pieces of red maculae on the skin of whole body, in which there were many groups of crowded papules. The papules were all corn-sized. There wasn't blister or erosion in the affected regions. There was not other abnormal sign.

Diagnosis: Eczema.

Differentiation: It's caused by exogenous wind-heat, which attacked the body from exterior and tangled with the endogenous damp-heat and then accumulated together under the skin. So that the blood stasis was formed under the skin and the blood stasis caused the red maculae and papules all over the body. As for the strong itching, it was directly caused by wind getting into the blood.

Therapeutic Principle: Cooling the blood and activating blood, dispelling wind and expelling superficial evils. Clearing away heat and removing the blood stasis by purgation.

Effect Observation: After taking the decoction, the strong itching sensation was relieved greatly, most of red maculae and papules on the skin of head, neck, chest, back and both hands and arms all disappeared. But the affected skin of lower abdomen, groins and both legs was as same as before. It showed that wind was mostly expelled while damp-heat attacked lower-Jiao. Then it was necessary to induce diuresis, eliminate the dampness-evil inthe lower-Jiao and remove blood stasis by purgation.Then she continued to take herbal medicine for half a month.

After taking the decoction, the affected skin of lower abdomen, groins and legs became as same as normal. After half a month of follow-up, the illness didn' t recur.