Spots on the face belong to the category of sallow spots in traditional Chinese medicine. If sallow spots are caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, the treatment of sallow spots by taking traditional Chinese medicine that activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis will have certain effect on removing sallow spots, and the specific medication needs to be carried out under the guidance of physicians.
The treatment of sallow spots in Chinese medicine requires evidence-based treatment, and the common types of evidence include liver depression and qi stagnation, liver and kidney insufficiency, and qi stagnation and blood stasis, etc. Sallow spots are caused by liver depression and qi stagnation.
If sallow pigmentation belongs to liver depression and stagnation of qi, the treatment principle of dredging the liver and relieving depression can be used, and commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Chai Hu, Bai Shao, Angelica Sinensis, Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Poria, Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Ligusticum Chuanxiong and so on.
If sallow spots belong to the syndrome of Qi stagnation and blood stasis, the treatment principle of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis can be used. Commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Angelica sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae, peach kernel, safflower, Citrus aurantium dulcis, Chinese peony, and so on.
If you need to use medication, you should go through the doctor’s diagnosis and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.