Folliculitis belongs to the category of “boil” in Chinese medicine. The types of boils are heat-toxin syndrome, heat-heat syndrome, Yin deficiency and internal heat syndrome, and spleen and stomach weakness syndrome. Heat-toxin accumulation syndrome occurs at the hairline behind the collar, back and buttocks, in mild cases, there are only one or two boils, in more cases, the boils may spread all over the body, or cluster in one place, or rise from one place to another, accompanied by fever, thirst, urination and constipation, the formula is Five Flavors Sterilizing Drink with additional subtractions. Summer-heat immersion syndrome occurs in summer and fall, common in children and women in labor, local skin redness, swelling and lumps, burning pain, shallow roots and feet, limited in scope, accompanied by fever, dry mouth, constipation, ulcer and redness, etc. The formula is to use summer-heat-clearing soup with additional subtractions. Yin deficiency and internal heat syndrome is characterized by boils, which are often recurring or spreading all over the body or fixed in one place; boils are large and easy to be transformed into head gangrene, often accompanied by dry mouth and lips; the formula is adding and subtracting Xianfang Lifelong Drink and Zengyi Tang. Weakness of the spleen and stomach syndrome is seen in boils spreading all over the body, with longer time for pus to form and close, and thin pus, often accompanied by yellowish color, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), and loose stools (sparse and unshapely feces), the formula is Wushen Tang combined with Ginseng Ling Baijushu San with additions and subtractions. The patient should consult a doctor in a timely manner and choose the medication under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis, and should not use the medication on his own, so as to avoid delaying the condition.