Patients with dark skin can be categorized into different types according to their symptoms, mainly spleen deficiency, liver qi stagnation, kidney yin insufficiency and vital essence deficiency.
1. Spleen deficiency: Symptoms include dark and light color, tiredness and fatigue, etc. The addition and subtraction of Gui Spleen Tang can be used to strengthen the spleen and enhance the qi, and dissolve the dampness to eliminate the spots.
2. Liver-Qi stagnation: symptoms include light brown patches on the forehead, cheeks and temporal neck. It can be treated with Chai Hu Liver-Sparing Powder with additional subtractions to regulate Liver-Qi, invigorate Blood circulation and eliminate Blood stasis.
3. Kidney Yin Deficiency: Symptoms include patches of grayish black color like coal. Accompanied by symptoms such as lumbago and leg weakness, you can use Six-flavored Di Huang Pills or Qi Ju Di Huang Pills to nourish yin, tonify the kidney and activate blood circulation to get rid of the spots.
4. Weakness of the vital organs: Symptoms are grayish-black patches distributed on the face, neck, umbilicus and armpits, etc. Gui Fu Di Huang Wan can be used to warm the kidney and help yang, and induce fire to return to the source (to inhibit the rise of fire in the kidney).
Therefore, patients with dark skin should go to the hospital for timely consultation and consult a Chinese medicine practitioner according to their own conditions, and follow the doctor’s instructions to use the medication, rather than blindly use the medication on their own.