What to do if your child has wind patches

Wheals are urticaria, a relatively common allergic skin disease. It is common in children to have urticaria because children’s immunity is relatively poor and they are easily affected by internal and external environment, causing such symptoms. When children have urticaria, it is important to understand the specific condition and take appropriate methods to treat and relieve it. Let us learn about this aspect.

What to do if your child has wind patches

Prescription 1

Ingredients: 20 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 10 grams of Artemisia argyi, 10 dates, 15 grams of Cyperus rotundus, 20 grams of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, 10 grams of Ephedra sinica, 5 grams of Asarum, 20 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 20 grams of Tangerine peel, 25 grams of Seabuckthorn fruit, and 25 grams of Codonopsis pilosula.

Usage: This is the adult dose, reduce the dose for children. Take 3 times a day, each dose is about 200 ml.

Function: Nourishing blood, dispelling wind and relieving itching.

Indications: urticaria, papular urticaria, pruritus.

Prescription 2

Ingredients: Ephedra, Forsythia, Schizonepeta, Bombyx Batryticatus, Morus alba bark, Adzuki bean, and raw licorice.

Usage: All medicines are given in regular doses. Children usually use 1/3-1/2 of the adult dose. Ephedra is used raw and added last during decoction. Soak the whole medicine in water for 30 minutes and then boil for 30 minutes. Decoction each dose twice and mix the two decoctions. Take 1 dose daily, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Indications: papular urticaria.

Add or subtract: If the itching is severe due to wind excess and there are many wheals, add wind-removing drugs such as Saposhnikovia divaricata, Uncaria rhynchophylla, and Chantuo; if the dampness excess and the blisters are numerous and large, add Coix seed and Plantago seed to enhance the effect of removing dampness; if the heat excess and the rash is red, add Gardenia jasminoides and Scutellaria baicalensis to enhance the ability to clear heat; if the patient usually has blood deficiency, pale face and pale tongue, and weak and moist pulse, add Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, White Peony Root, and Salvia miltiorrhiza to make up for the deficiency; if the skin is scratched and secondary infection occurs, resulting in pus and erosion, then this prescription should remove Ephedra sinica and Bombyx batryticatus, and add Taraxacum mongolicum, Coix seed, Patrinia salviae miltiorrhiza, etc., focusing on clearing heat and detoxifying.

Prescription 3

Ingredients: 10-20 grams of Rhizoma Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 6-10 grams of Prunus Mume, 6-10 grams of Pheretima Saposhnikoviae, 6-10 grams of Cicada Shell, 3-6 grams of Cortex Moutan, and 3-10 grams of Licorice.

Function: Soothe wind and clear heat, cool blood and promote blood circulation, detoxify and dredge meridians, relieve rash and relieve itching.

Indications: Allergic skin diseases of the wind-heat type, with skin lesions such as papules, erythema or wheals, accompanied by mild fever, thirst, itching, etc., thin yellow tongue coating, and floating pulse.

Add or subtract: For those with blood deficiency, add Angelica sinensis; for those with qi deficiency, add Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus; for those with exterior symptoms, add Schizonepeta tenuifolia.

Non-proven prescription: 6 grams of Schizonepeta, 6 grams of Saposhnikovia, 9 grams of Sesame, 9 grams of Clematidis, 9 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 12 grams of Phellodendron chinense, decocted in water before taking.