Is shingles caused by dampness and heat in the body?

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, herpes zoster is caused by external fire and toxicity or internal dampness and heat. Herpes zoster is a viral infection in modern medicine, and it is recommended to seek medical attention as soon as possible to standardize diagnosis and treatment. Herpes zoster belongs to the western medicine common disease, clinical manifestations to appear on the skin cluster blisters, like a snake line, pain like fire, belongs to the Chinese medicine “snake string sores”, “winding waist fire Dan” category, this disease is mostly infected with fire poisonous evil, or dietary disorders, or emotional and emotional trauma and so on. This disease is mostly caused by the infection of fire poison, or dietary disorders, or emotional and internal injuries, etc., resulting in the accumulation of dampness, heat and fire poison in the skin. Damp-heat condensation can be further judged according to the part of the treatment, such as the liver meridian heat, see chest and hypochondrium (chest and ribs part of the collective term) burning pain, dry mouth and bitter, yellow urine and constipation, the treatment of liver diarrhea and fire (clear the liver fire), clearing the heat and toxin; is the spleen deficiency dampness, see the epigastric (abdomen) distension and fullness, the head and body heavy (head and limbs heavy), diarrhea and soft stools, the treatment of the spleen and dampness. In addition, should pay attention to avoid eating spicy greasy, keep local skin dry, clean, pay attention to rest, work and rest. It is recommended that patients under the guidance of a physician for standardized treatment, should not intervene without authorization, so as not to delay the condition.

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