How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat purpura?

Purpura is a relatively common skin disease that can cause varying degrees of redness and blood spots on the skin, and can also cause swelling and pain in the joints and other parts of the body. If you want to treat purpura, traditional Chinese medicine also has a "status" in the treatment of allergic purpura. For patients with certain types of purpura, adding Chinese medicine can be very helpful for the condition. So, how does traditional Chinese medicine treat purpura? You can refer to the following methods.

The prescriptions in this article are for professional communication only. Please do not take them on your own.

Pathogenesis: dampness and heat interweave, blood consumption and blood circulation

Treatment: Clear away heat, dampness and cool blood

Prescription: Indigo 3g, Lithospermum 9g, Viola yedoensis 9g, Red Peony Root 10g, Cortex Moutan 10g, Raw Coix Seed, Patrinia salsa.

Early stage of disease:

In the early stage of the disease, it is mostly skin type, and the rash is mostly bright red. It is caused by internal toxic heat, fumigation of the skin, and forced blood flow. The treatment is mainly based on clearing heat and detoxification, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Take 10g of Kochia scoparia and 15g of Dictamni to clear the accumulated heat and dampness in the skin and muscles.

Mid-stage:

In the middle stage, 2/3 of the children experienced abdominal pain, vomiting, and bloody stools, which were caused by accumulation of damp-heat and damage to the gastrointestinal meridians. Take 10g of tangerine peel, 10g of Linderae scabra, 10g of roasted Corydalis yanhusuo, 3g of frankincense, and 3g of myrrh; vomiting + bamboo shavings, tangerine peel; bloody stools + charcoal of Sanguisorba officinalis, Sophora japonica pod.

With complications:

Accompanied by swollen and painful joints + Chinese Rhizoma Cyathulae, Millettia reticulata, Papaya, and Sesamum indicum.

Combined nephritis:

In the middle and late stages of the disease combined with purpura nephritis, with hematuria as the main symptom + fresh Imperata root 30g, Cyperus 9g, Forsythia 9g, Adzuki bean 30g, Lotus root node 9g, Anemarrhena 6g, Raw Phellodendron 6g, Agrimoniae 15g, Rubia 9g, Nelumbo 9g, and Fructus Sojae 9g; if hematuria does not disappear for a long time and recurs, add Xueyu charcoal, Puhuang charcoal, raw oyster, raw rehmannia, and cooked rehmannia. For those with proteinuria as the main symptom, use Sophora flavescens, Glehnia littoralis, Herba Lycopodii, Herba Dioscoreae, Raw Chinese Yam, and Euryale ferox.

Although the above prescriptions have certain effects, it is not recommended for patients to prepare and decoct the medicines by themselves. This is because each patient has different age, gender, course of disease, and condition, and the appropriate prescriptions, medicinal materials, dosage, and treatment time assessment are also different. Regarding the TCM treatment of allergic purpura, it is still necessary to see a professional TCM physician in person.