What are the symptoms of blood-dryness eczema?

Blood dryness eczema is not a very common disease in life. It is a disease caused by dampness and heat in the body. Generally, dampness and heat in the body are prone to blood dryness, which will cause eczema on the skin, or symptoms such as redness and swelling of the skin, and easily lead to dizziness, dry stools, etc. It is caused by blood heat in the body and can be treated by taking medicine. You can eat more light food and food that reduces fire. Eating more fresh diuretic fruits is also good for the body. Pay more attention to exercise, combine work and rest, and improve your own immunity. You can drink some heat-removing tea or eat more fruits to keep your body's nutrition balanced.

Dampness, heat and blood dryness

Damp-heat and blood dryness refers to the situation where the human body is invaded by damp-heat evil qi and is not cleared in time, resulting in extreme heat causing wind, heat damaging body fluids, and since body fluids and blood have the same origin, dry blood occurs.

Causes of damp-heat and blood dryness

Diseases caused by damp-heat and dryness of blood: rash, eczema, itchy skin, freckles and blackheads, red face and nose, sores and swelling, athlete's foot, scabies, dizziness, and dry stool.

Etiology and pathogenesis

1. Accelerated blood circulation: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if the body's yang energy is excessive, the fire energy is very high, and the blood is overheated, the blood circulation will accelerate, the pulse rate will become faster, and it may even damage the blood vessels and consume the yin energy.

2. Blood movement: On the basis of accelerated blood circulation and dilation of blood vessels, there is heat in the blood, which can burn the blood vessels and cause bleeding. This is called "heat forcing blood to flow" or blood movement.

3. Heat symptoms: "Pediatric Complete Book" states: "In case of blood heat, the patient will have fever at noon and cool down at night. This is heart heat. If it is mild, Dao Chi San can be used. If it is severe, Si Shun Yin can be used to treat it."

Blood-heat and wind-dryness type and blood-heat and wind-excess syndrome are caused by excessive heat in the body, the period is young and middle-aged, when the blood and qi are vigorous, or because of irritability, restlessness, and internal fire in the heart; or because of eating too much fish and spicy food, which damages the spleen and stomach, causing depression and heat; or because of wind-heat evil qi, all of which can cause internal heat in the blood, wind and dryness, which manifests itself on the skin with erythema and papules as the main symptoms. It can be seen in the progressive stage of psoriasis in modern medicine.

Clinical manifestations

1. Blood heat and wind excess syndrome

Soon after the onset of the disease or relapse, the rash develops rapidly and may appear dotted, coin-shaped, or mixed. Common papules, maculopapules, and patches of varying sizes, flushed, bright red, or dark red. It is scattered in various places or several places on the body surface, mostly on the trunk and limbs, or it may start from the head and face and gradually spread to the whole body. New rashes continue to appear, covered with silvery white scales, which are dry and easy to fall off, and have punctate bleeding after scraping. There may be a homomorphic reaction; accompanied by itching, irritability and thirst. Constipation, short and yellow urine, red tongue, thin yellow tongue coating or thick yellow root, stringy and slippery or slippery and rapid pulse.

2. Blood is hot

It mainly manifests itself in four aspects: heat symptoms, accelerated blood circulation, blood movement and disturbance of the mind. The skin may be flushed and oily, and prone to acne; the patient may lose temper, have hot palms and soles; the menstrual period may come early, with heavy bleeding, dark red or purple in color, or the menstrual period may be longer and continuous; the patient may have nosebleeds and have nightmares at night. Symptoms include red face and eyes, dark red tongue (i.e. crimson tongue), erythema, papules, bleeding, irritability or mania.

Blood heat refers to the invasion of heat toxins into the blood, which often occurs in tropical areas, or when working in a very hot environment, or in hot seasons, excessive exposure to the sun, or excessive sweating without replenishing water, prolonged thirst, dehydration, or eating stir-fried or deep-fried foods, or taking some stimulants. It may lead to hot blood running wild, small red spots under the skin, skin rashes, restlessness, red tongue, delirium, coma and other symptoms.

3. Burning heat in the internal organs

Symptoms of heat forcing the blood. The main clinical manifestations are hemorrhage, fever, and even coma. It is mostly caused by factors such as fatigue, excessive spicy food, anger damaging the liver, and excessive sexual intercourse. The blood circulates in a normal way. When the internal organs are hot, the blood is forced inside and the collaterals are injured, so the blood cannot follow the normal path and overflows. Therefore, the main characteristics of visceral blood heat syndrome are bleeding and heat symptoms. If the lung network is injured, it will cause coughing up blood; if the stomach network is injured, it will cause vomiting blood; if the bladder network is injured, it will cause hematuria; if the large intestine network is injured, it will cause bloody stools; bleeding on the body surface may include nosebleeds, tooth bleeding, tongue bleeding, muscle bleeding, etc. In the early stages of women's menstrual cycle, excessive menstrual flow is also a sign of heat in the blood. Accompanied by symptoms of heat such as irritability, flushed face, thirst and preference for cold drinks, red tongue, and a stringy, rapid and strong pulse.

The heat in the blood is intense, and there are differences between internal injuries and external infections. The above are the blood heat syndromes seen in internal injuries and miscellaneous diseases. For external infections, the heat enters the blood, and see the Wei Qi Ying Xue Syndrome Differentiation.