Herbal treatments for chronic urticaria include: internal administration of traditional Chinese medicine, and herbal fumigation.
Urticaria is a kind of itchy, allergic skin disease in which the skin appears to be covered with a windy mass that appears and disappears from time to time.
Chinese medicine: Chinese medicine when the diagnosis and treatment, for different types of evidence to give different prescription drugs. If the wind mass is white in color, aggravated by cold and reduced by warmth, it is considered to be caused by wind-cold binding the surface, and can be treated with Gui Zhi, Ma Huang and a half of the soup; if the wind mass is bright red, burning hot and itchy, aggravated by heat, and reduced by cold, it is a wind-heat violation of the surface, and can be treated with the addition and subtraction of the wind elimination powder.
If the wind mass is big and red, with intense itching, accompanied by pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), nausea and vomiting, fatigue (loss of spirit), nausea (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), constipation or diarrhea, then it is a case of gastrointestinal damp-heat syndrome, and it will be treated with the addition and subtraction of Fangfeng Tongsheng San; if it is recurrent and prolonged, accompanied by dry mouth and heat in the heart of the hands and feet, then it is a case of blood deficiency and wind-dryness and will be treated with the addition and subtraction of Danggui Drinking Zi.
Chinese medicine fumigation: for those with red masses and obvious itchiness, use Chinese medicine fumigation to detoxify and relieve itchiness, such as Amaranthus, white peel, etc. For those with pale masses and dry skin, use Chinese medicine fumigation to strengthen the spleen and nourish the blood, such as Angelica sinensis, Poria cocos, atractylodes macrocephala.
Patients diagnosed with chronic urticaria should consult a doctor in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment, not self-medication.