Eczema on the skin is related to the lungs. Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are the main propaganda and hair, and the water and grain essence transported by the spleen is spread to the whole body through the propaganda of the lungs to warm and nourish the skin. If the lung’s propagation function is out of order and the skin is not moisturized by the essence of water and grain, the skin’s self-protection function will be reduced, and different skin diseases will appear as a result.
Chinese medicine treatment of eczema can be divided into dampness and heat, spleen deficiency and dampness, and blood deficiency and wind dryness.
1. Dampness and heat: faster onset, common skin lesions of red spots, papules, blisters, vesicles, yellow water, drenched, or crusted, itching, accompanied by restlessness or crying, loss of appetite, short and red urination (small amount of urine, dark yellow color), dry stools, red tongue with yellow greasy moss, slippery pulse, fingerprints purple, and so on.
2. Spleen deficiency and dampness: slower onset, dark red rash, blisters, oozing, partially dry and crusted, itching, accompanied by poor appetite, abdominal distension and loose stools, or vomiting of breast milk, pale tongue with white moss, slow pulse and reddish fingerprints.
3. Blood deficiency and wind dryness: long duration of the disease, recurrent lesions, rough and thickened skin, dry and flaky rash, hyperpigmentation, moss-like changes, limited distribution, intolerable itching, accompanied by dry mouth, sleeplessness at night, dry and knotty stools, pale moss on the tongue, or mossy, with a thin, stringy pulse and pale fingerprints.
If there are skin diseases, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid delaying the course of the disease.