Herpes zoster is equivalent to snake sores in traditional Chinese medicine, the treatment is to clear away heat and relieve dampness, move qi and relieve pain (by regulating the body’s qi to relieve pain) as the main treatment, according to the liver meridian depression and heat, spleen deficiency and dampness, qi stagnation and blood stasis, to identify the evidence to take gentian diarrhea and liver soup with subtractions, remove dampness and gastrointestinal ling soup with subtractions, peach red soup with subtractions, and other traditional Chinese medicine formulas to treat.
1. Liver meridian heat depletion syndrome: it can be manifested as bright red skin lesions, burning pain, blister wall tension, bitter mouth and dry throat, irritability and so on. Treatment should be clearing liver fire, detoxification and pain relief, can be used to treat with gentian diarrhea liver soup plus reduction, this formula consists of gentian grass, gardenia, scutellaria, raw rhizome and so on. For those who develop in head and face, add burdock, wild chrysanthemum; for those who have blood blisters, add buffalo horn powder, peony bark.
2. Spleen deficiency and dampness evidence: manifests as skin lesion color pale, pain not show, blister wall loose, eat little abdominal distension, loose stools and so on. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and promote dampness, detoxification and pain relief, can be used to remove the dampness of the stomach ling soup plus subtraction treatment, composed of atractylodes macrocephala, thick Park, Chen Pi, poria and so on. If the blisters are large and numerous, add Poria cocos, Dioscorea villosa, Plantago ovata, etc. If the blisters are large and numerous, add Poria cocos, Dioscorea villosa, Plantago ovata.
3. Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome: manifested as localized pain after the rash is alleviated or subsides, radiating to nearby parts, unbearable pain, restlessness, etc. The treatment is to regulate qi and activate blood circulation, and to promote blood circulation. The treatment is to regulate qi and activate blood circulation, clear the channels and relieve pain, and can be treated with the addition and subtraction of Tao Hong Si Wu Tang, which consists of Angelica sinensis, Paeonia lactiflora, Rhizoma ligustici Chuanxiong and peach kernel. If the pain is severe, add made frankincense, made myrrh and centipede.
It is recommended that patients with herpes zoster should consult a doctor in a timely manner and be guided to use medication by the doctor after identifying the symptoms.