Damp-heat dermatitis

The term damp-heat is often mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine. People with damp-heat are prone to physical discomfort and are born with damp-heat. This type of disease usually manifests as dry mouth, bitterness in the mouth, odor, often dark yellow patches and greasy feeling, red lips and yellow teeth, and sediment in the eyes, which do not look so clear. Damp-heat dermatitis requires vigilance and good treatment and prevention.

1. Characteristics of damp-heat constitution: People with damp-heat constitution are more affected in appearance, with dry, bitter and smelly mouth, dirty, yellow and dark, greasy face, red lips and yellow teeth, sediment in eyes, prone to acne, redness and pustules; body odor, sweat odor, sticky stools, strong and unpleasant odor, and dark yellow urine; women have more leucorrhea that is yellowish, itchy vulva, odor, red tongue with yellow coating; spirit: irritable and easily angered.

2. Causes of formation: 1. This physique also has congenital factors. 2. Men who smoke, drink, stay up late, and other lifestyles, coupled with improper or excessive nourishment, will aggravate adverse symptoms; 3. Long-term emotional depression; 4. Hepatitis virus carriers; will experience turbidity. 5. Poor liver and gallbladder secretion, long-term living in a hot and humid environment, the individual is in sub-health condition; turbid appearance, 6. Improper nourishment; symptoms, damp heat, acute dermatitis, body odor, acne, urinary tract infection, skin arthritis, jaundice, easy to have fatigue of muscles and bones. It gives people a turbid feeling.

3. Common diseases: 1. Seborrheic dermatitis, 2. Body odor, 3. Leucorrhea, 4. Urinary system diseases, 5. Skin blisters, 6. Ringworm, 7. Jaundice, 8. Muscle and bone fatigue.

4. Treatment measures: 1. Cut off the source of the disease, 2. Clear bowel movements and appropriately clear away heat and dampness.

5. Dietary matters: Eat less sweets, sweet drinks, spicy food, and fatty and greasy food (which can cause dampness and heat, and nothing greater than alcohol). Drink green tea, scented tea, winter melon, loofah, and red beans regularly.

6. Daily life: Choosing a lifestyle means accepting the consequences - you will get sick yourself. Avoid staying up late, as it will damage your liver and gallbladder, avoid moisture, and when buying a house, try not to buy one on the ground floor, a slightly higher one is better.

7. Introduction to prescription: Damp-heat constitution is a transitional constitution, which is mainly common in young and middle-aged people. In old age, it is easy to develop Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency and Qi deficiency constitution. It is necessary to clear away heat and detoxify - but these medicines are not mild enough and tend to be cold, so the medicine should be stopped immediately; but if they are too cold, it can easily turn into a yin deficiency constitution or a qi deficiency constitution. Patchouli, bamboo shoots, chicken bone grass, licorice, plantain, etc., Juntai oral liquid, heat-clearing and dampness-inhibiting oral liquid.

8. Health preservation principles: four-season maintenance. In winter, you should not follow the "trend" too much, eat a lot of tonic food, and try to wear underwear made of natural cotton and silk.

9. Meridian therapy: scraping and cupping are effective in treating shoulder and neck pain, but there are no specific acupuncture points.