Chloasma belongs to the category of face dust in Chinese medicine, and Chinese medicine can regulate and treat chloasma.
The treatment of chloasma in TCM requires evidence-based treatment as follows:
1. Liver depression and qi stagnation evidence: patients with dark brown spots on facial skin, chest distension and pain, irritability and irregular menstruation are often treated with medicines such as Easy Pill, Plus Easy Pill, Shu Liver Bulletin and Chai Hu Liver-Sparing Bulletin.
2. Spleen Loss (dysfunction of the spleen’s transportation function) syndrome: the patient’s facial skin is mostly dark or yellowish-brown spots, with symptoms such as diarrhea and teeth marks on the side of the tongue, etc. Commonly used drugs such as Ginseng Spleen Pill and Ginseng Ling Baijiu Pill for regulating and treating the disease.
3. Kidney qi insufficiency certificate: the patient’s facial skin is mostly dark brown spots, with symptoms such as soreness and weakness of waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, etc. Commonly used medicines such as Six-flavored Dihuang Pill, Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, Jin Gui Kidney qi Pill and other medicines are used to adjust and treat the disease.
Chloasma patients should use medication under the guidance of professional physicians to regulate the treatment, do not use drugs without authorization to avoid delaying the condition.