According to the identification of acne during menstruation, we can use loquat clear lung drink, Huanglian detoxification soup, seaweed jade pot soup and other additions and subtractions to regulate.
Acne during menstruation belongs to the category of “lung wind acne” in Chinese medicine. This disease is mostly due to the vegetative Yang heat bias, blood heat outside the congestion, impede the skin, or over-eating spicy, fat and sweet, the lungs and stomach heat, blocked in the chest and face through the meridian. If the condition is not cured for a long time, qi and blood stagnation, dampness and phlegm, phlegm and stagnation of each other, localized nodular acne can appear.
Chinese medicine treatment of this disease is based on patient identification and typing for prescription selection.
1. Lung meridian wind-heat: the patient manifests pimples with red color, or itching and pain, red tongue, thin yellow moss, floating pulse. The treatment is to clear the lung and disperse the wind, choose loquat clear lung drink plus reduction treatment.
2. Dampness-heat condensation (dampness and heat evils accumulate in the body): the patient’s skin lesions are red, swollen and painful, or there are pustules, which may be accompanied by bad breath and constipation, with a red tongue, yellowish moss and a slippery pulse. The treatment is to clear heat and dissolve dampness, choosing Pei Pa Koa Lung Cleansing Drink combined with Huang Lian Xie Du Tang plus subtractions for treatment.
3. Phlegm-dampness condensation: the patient’s skin lesions are formed into cysts, or accompanied by dullness (no appetite, reduced food intake), loose stools (thin and unformed feces), with a pale, fat tongue, thin moss, and smooth pulse. Treatment should be based on resolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen and exuding dampness, choosing Seaweed Jade Pot Soup combined with Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San as a combination of additions and subtractions.
Patients who experience acne during menstruation should consult a medical professional and follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.