How to treat acne around the chin

Acne is also called acne. Generally, both men and women will experience acne. Acne is often the most common during adolescence. This has a great impact not only on our body, but also on our image. We are often more prone to acne around our chin. So, what is the best way to treat acne around the chin?

1. Lung heat causes acne, so it is advisable to use the method of clearing lung heat.

Lung heat acne is mostly caused by old heat in the lungs, followed by wind evil, which prevents the lung heat from being released. The symptoms include papules on the face that are shaped like millet grains, from which white-pink oily substance can be squeezed out. The rash is mostly around the nose and can also be seen on the forehead, with occasional blackheads, and is accompanied by dry mouth and nose, dry stools, yellow tongue coating, red tongue, and rapid pulse. When using the above method. It is advisable to use Xiebai San (mulberry bark, Rehmannia root bark, rice, licorice). At present, clinical practice has mostly made improvements based on it to greatly enhance its therapeutic effect. Currently, ginseng is removed from the original formula and scutellaria baicalensis and gardenia jasmine are added. The whole formula is used together to achieve the effect of clearing heat from the lungs and stomach. When the heat from the lungs and stomach is cleared, the internal organs are unblocked, and the phlegm and dampness are dispersed, acne can be eliminated.

2. Blood heat causes acne, so it is advisable to use the blood cooling and heat clearing method.

Blood-heat acne is mostly caused by internal injury of emotions, stagnation of qi, which turns into heat over time and causes heat to accumulate in the blood. The symptoms include facial papules mostly on the mouth, nose and between the eyebrows, obvious facial hot flashes, and women also have increased papules before and after menstruation, red tongue, and weak pulse.

3. Acne caused by stomach heat should be treated with gastrointestinal purgation method

Stomach heat acne is mostly caused by improper diet and overeating of fatty and sweet foods, which makes the stomach and intestines dry and constipated, and accumulates heat in the middle burner, which is trapped in the facial skin. The symptoms include facial papules that are shaped like millet grains, from which white powdery and oily substances can be squeezed out, with occasional blackheads, mostly around the mouth, but can also be seen on the back and chest, and are often accompanied by dry mouth, bad breath, overeating, dry tongue, preference for cold drinks, constipation, and a deep, strong pulse. The best way is to go up.

4. Acne is mainly divided into the following four types:

(1) Heat accumulation in the lung meridian:

The main symptoms are initial onset of acne, redness, swelling, pain, itching on the face, dry mouth, yellow urine, dry stool, red tongue with yellow coating, and floating pulse.

The treatment is mainly based on clearing the lungs and cooling the blood. The commonly used prescription is Loba Qingfei Drink, the main ingredients of which are: Loba leaves, mulberry bark, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Scutellaria baicalensis, honeysuckle, red spoon, raw rehmannia, raw gypsum, raw licorice, etc.

(2) Spleen and stomach damp-heat syndrome:

The main symptoms are continuous acne, which can be squeezed out into yellow-white rice-like lipid plugs, or pus, oily and shiny face, bad breath and bitter taste in the mouth, good and bad appetite, sticky and uncomfortable stools, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, and a stringy and rapid pulse. The treatment is mainly to clear dampness and heat. The commonly used prescription is Qinlian Pingwei San, and the main drugs are: Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Magnolia officinalis, Hedyotis diffusa, Artemisia capillaris, Liuyi San, raw liquorice, etc.

(3) Blood stasis and phlegm coagulation syndrome:

The main symptoms are long-term acne, hard texture that is difficult to disappear, pain when touched, or facial unevenness like orange peel. Women may have symptoms such as scanty menstruation, dysmenorrhea, aggravated acne during menstruation, dark tongue with thin coating, and sluggish pulse. This type is more common in patients with long-term chronic acne.

The treatment is mainly focused on promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm, softening and dispersing nodules. The commonly used prescription is Dahuang Zhechong San, and the main ingredients are: rhubarb, stinging insects, leeches, snake tongue grass, peach kernel, safflower, motherwort, tangerine peel, Atractylodes macrocephala, raw licorice, etc.

(4) Chong and Ren disorders:

The main symptoms are irregular menstruation, abdominal distension and pain, or increased and severe rash during menstruation, red tongue and stringy pulse. Those with yin deficiency are often accompanied by low back pain, fever in the five parts of the body, dry mouth, etc. People with yang deficiency often have cold limbs, fear of cold, pale complexion, pale lips, cold pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation that is relieved by heat, dark tongue, white tongue coating with tooth marks, and deep pulse.

The treatment is mainly focused on harmonizing Chong and Ren meridians. The commonly used medicine for patients with Yin deficiency is Zhibai Dihuang Wan, and for patients with Yang deficiency, Guilu Bushen Wan is used. Meal: Rehmannia root, Ophiopogon japonicus and pork bone soup, Angelica sinensis, ginger and mutton soup.

5. Acupuncture

Acupuncture also has unique therapeutic effects on acne. Generally, acupoints of the lung meridian, spleen meridian and stomach meridian are selected, such as: Feishu, Hegu, Quchi, Xuehai, Zusanli, Yingxiang, Renzhong, Changqiang, etc. The manipulation method is draining, and the needle is left in for 20 minutes, alternating between left and right. One course of treatment is 10 days. In addition, you can also use buried acupoints such as lung, Shenmen, endocrine, adrenal, subcortical, etc., and the therapeutic effect is also good.

If you have a lot of pimples around your chin, don't squeeze them out with your hands. Squeezing pimples with your hands can easily turn them into scars and cause inflammation, so we must pay attention to this. Don’t eat too much spicy and greasy food in your daily life, otherwise it will aggravate the acne symptoms, so you must pay attention to it.