What does neurodermatitis mean in Chinese medicine

Neurodermatitis, also known in Chinese medicine as regenerative sores, occurs in areas that are prone to friction, such as the neck, eyelids, and sacrococcygeal area. The rash is a collection of rounded or polygonal flat papules, with intense itching and recurrent episodes, often aggravated by mood swings. After scratching, the rash is hypertrophied, the skin wrinkles deepen, and the surface of the rash is rough and dry, forming a moss-like, Chinese medicine believes that this disease is caused by wind-damp-heat evil stagnation in the skin, and after a long time due to repeated episodes resulting in blood deficiency, wind and dryness, the skin does not moisturize the skin, causing roughness and itching. Chinese medicine will be divided into three categories of neurodermatitis, rash color red accompanied by irritability, insomnia and dreaminess belongs to the liver depression and fire evidence, can be treated with gentian diarrhea liver soup. Rash color is light and rough, itching is intense belongs to the wind-dampness skin evidence, can be treated with the wind dispersal. Rash color gray, rough, hypertrophy with palpitation and shortness of breath, insomnia and forgetfulness belongs to blood deficiency and wind dryness, can be treated with angelica drink. Local itching is obvious can be added to the insecticide itching Chinese medicine fumigation, rub, can use bitter ginseng, white moss skin, cypress and other anti-itching effect of Chinese herbs.