Chinese medicine believes that ringworm is caused by wind, heat and dampness that attack the skin and are found in the couper (pores). In clinical practice, there are mainly white baldness sores, fat sores, goose paws, wet feet, ringworm and other types of ringworm. The treatment of ringworm needs to be divided into evidence-based treatment, available to the Chinese herbal medicine prescription is eliminating wind san, gentian diarrhea liver soup, five god soup and so on.
1. Eliminate wind powder: applicable to wind-dampness and toxin gathering evidence, its main ingredients are angelica, windproof, raw land, cicada slough, motherwort, etc. It has the effect of dredging wind and nourishing blood, clearing heat and removing dampness, and it is mainly used in treating wind rash and eczema. When treating rheumatism and toxicity gathering, it can be added with Dibaozi, Baixianpi, and Weilingxian.
2. Longdian Diarrhea Liver Soup: It is suitable for those who have both dampness and heat in the evidence of dampness-heat underflow (dampness and heat evils invade the intestines, bladder, yin, lower limbs, etc.), and the main ingredients of which are Longdian grass, gardenia, scutellariae, mouton, etc. It has the efficacy of clearing away the solid fire of the liver and gallbladder and clearing away dampness and heat of the liver meridian and is mainly used in the evidence of dampness-heat underflow of liver meridian as well as evidence of the inflammation of liver and gallbladder with solid fire.
3. Wushen Tang: It is suitable for those with damp-heat and stasis in the case of damp-heat underflow syndrome, its main ingredients are Poria, Yinhua, hyssop, Psyllium, Zanthoxylum, and Ziuhua Didin, which have the efficacy of clearing away heat and inducing dampness and are used in the treatment of poisoning of the commission, epiphyseal gangrene and other diseases caused by the congealment of dampness-heat.
It is recommended to consult a doctor in time and take treatment under the guidance of doctor’s diagnosis. Daily should pay attention to personal hygiene, clean personal living utensils.