Systemic lupus erythematosus belongs to the category of “erythematous butterfly sores” in Chinese medicine, and Chinese medicine mostly recognizes and treats the disease from the aspects of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and detoxifying toxins, tonifying the liver and kidneys, etc., and there are external treatments at the same time; however, this disease’s condition is relatively complicated, and the clinic mostly combines the treatments of traditional Chinese medicine with those of western medicine. 1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis: common in discoid limited erythroderma, characterized by skin atrophy, keratinous plug formation, erythema darkness, tiredness and fatigue, the formula is Blood Stagnation and Blood Stasis Soup with the addition and subtraction of Free and Easy San. 2. Heat-toxicity blazing (the fire in the body is too exuberant) syndrome: equivalent to the acute stage of SLE, the symptoms are butterfly-shaped erythema on the face, purple spots on the skin, bright red color, high fever, convulsions, the formula is Huanglian Xieyue Tang combined with Rhinoceros Jiao Dihuang Tang with additions and subtractions. 3. Yin deficiency and exuberant fire syndrome: symptoms: dark red rash, heel pain, arthralgia, persistent low-grade fever or irregular fever, the formula chooses Qing Bone San, Dai Tonic Yin Pill combined with Six-flavored Digoxigenin Pill with additions and subtractions. 4. Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency: Swelling of the lower limbs and eyelids, scanty or closed urine, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dryness of the mouth and lack of thirst; the formula is Zhenwu Tang combined with Suigui Bawei Pill with additions and subtractions. 5. Spleen deficiency and liver exuberance evidence: symptoms see skin purple spot, abdominal distension, don’t want to eat and drink, chest and hypochondrium (chest and ribs area collectively) distension and fullness, tinnitus and insomnia, dizziness and headache, menstruation disorders or amenorrhea, formula choose gardenia free and easy powder combined with four gentleman’s soup as main addition and subtraction. In addition, there is external treatment method: the skin lesion applies the yellow cypress cream or the white jade cream and so on. The specific diagnosis and treatment should be under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, can’t be on your own to the number, blindly use medicine.