For the treatment of exfoliative keratolysis, Healing Crack Soup can be used for evidence-based treatment.
According to Chinese medicine, exfoliative keratolysis is caused by congenital deficiency of endowment (inborn poor constitution and functioning), acquired spleen and stomach disorders, qi and blood disharmony, and deficiency of camp blood, resulting in qi and blood deficiency, which leads to wind and dryness, and loss of nourishment of the skin.
Healing Crack Soup is composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Fructus Chasteberry, Semen Cuscutae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Zhi Mu, Rhizoma Cyperus Rotundus, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Tribulus Terrestris, which is nourishing the liver and kidney, nourishing the blood to invigorate the blood, clearing away heat and moistening dryness, and moisturizing the skin.
In this formula, raw huang, ripened huang, cornelian cherry, chasteberry, cuscuta seeds nourish the liver and kidney, nourish yin and nourish fluid; yam strengthens the spleen, nourishes the lungs and benefits the vital essence, moistening the skin and promoting the growth of muscles; the bark of the earth’s bones clears heat and cools the blood; Zhi Mu, Huang Bai enhance the nourishment of the kidney’s yin, and clear the phase of the role of fire; angelica nourishes the blood to activate the blood and promote the growth of muscles, moistening the skin and promoting the growth of muscles; Tribulus terrestris to eliminate the wind and stop the itch (to stop itching through the removal of the wind that invades the skin).
Gui Crack Tang is an empirical formula and its adverse effects are not known. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended that it be used under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.