Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of eczema of the calf

Calf eczema belongs to the category of wet sores in traditional Chinese medicine, which is divided into dampness-heat-impregnated skin syndrome, spleen deficiency-dampness-impregnated syndrome, and blood deficiency-wind-dryness syndrome, etc. It can be treated with the Chinese herbal prescriptions such as Longdian Diarrhea Liver Soup with Dioscorea Alba, Ginseng Ling Baijushu San, and Siwu Wuyao Fengdian Drink. 1. Dampness-heat embracing skin syndrome: this syndrome has a rapid onset and short duration, with reddish skin lesions, burning and itching endlessly, etc. It can be treated with gentian diarrhea liver soup combined with castor seed and dampness-relieving and itch-relieving efficacy, and the herbal formula often uses gentian grass, scutellaria baicalensis, castor seed, coix seed, chen, white fresh skin, and liuyi san, etc. If itching is severe, add zhi zhi jiaxing and zhi yi san, and then add zhi jiaxing, zhi yi shi, and zhong yi san. If the itching is severe, add Zingiber officinale and Difenzoa. 2. Spleen deficiency and dampness evidence: mainly manifested in the slow onset, skin lesions, redness, pimples, itching, vesicles oozing after scratching, etc., the use of spleen and dampness treatment to stop itching, the use of ginseng and atractylodes, which is often used in atractylodes, Poria, Coix Seed, licorice and other medicinal materials composition. 3. Blood deficiency and wind dryness syndrome: the disease can be manifested for a long time, recurrent, rough and hypertrophied skin lesions, itchy and unbearable, itching is aggravated after washing with heat or soap and water, etc. It is mainly used to nourish blood and moisten the skin, dispel wind and stop itching (by removing the wind that invades the surface of the skin to stop the itching) effect of the four eliminating the wind drink for the treatment of the prescription commonly used Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Dangshen and other medicinal herbs. The prescription should be taken under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be used privately, as this may cause damage to the body.