Acne is a common and frequent disease in dermatology, and is a necessary stage in the development of the majority of young men and women. The bitter medicine for the disease.
I often treat this disease with the following types of evidence: (a) lung meridian wind-heat type: the main performance of the face small red papules, more often seen on the forehead, the duration of the disease is short, simple acne or with seborrheic dermatitis, inflammation is more obvious, dry mouth, thirst, dry stool, red tongue, thin coating, floating pulse.
(2) Gastrointestinal damp-heat type: Often caused by unclean diet, preference for spicy, fatty, sweet, greasy and fishy products. The main manifestations are large red papules on the face and back, some are nodules and pustules, itchy, with dry lips and mouth, constipation, red urine, dullness, red tongue, yellow greasy moss, smooth pulse.
(C) Heat toxicity type: Pustular type is more common, distributed on the face and back, with pustules and inflammatory papules, localized pain, accompanied by irritability, sores on the mouth and tongue, redness and swelling of the eyes, constipation, red urination, red tongue, thin yellow moss, and string pulse.
(D) Liver meridian heat type: Mostly seen in women, with rash on both sides of the cheeks, mainly inflammatory pustules and papules, the severity of the disease is related to the menstrual cycle, with irritability, breast fullness, dry stools, red tongue, thin yellow moss, and string pulse.
(E) Yin deficiency and fire type Most often occurs in female patients after 25 years of age, with clinical manifestations of papular rash, accompanied by soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, heat in the hands and feet, dry throat, thirst, dry lips, restlessness, red tongue, little coating, and sunken and fine pulse. In female patients, menstrual disorders, abdominal distension and pain, or rash aggravated before menstruation are seen.
(F) Punching and dysregulation type: This type of acne is mainly manifested in middle-aged women, with red papules and recurrent episodes, and the papules change with the menstrual cycle, accompanied by menstrual irregularities or dysmenorrhea. The clinical manifestations are mostly of the papular type, with a pale red tongue, white coating, and a sunken and fine pulse.
Of course, these types of symptoms are not separate and can be intermingled clinically, but as long as the evidence is accurate and the right medicine is used, the effect is quite obvious.