How effective is TCM in treating urticaria?

Urticaria is a relatively serious skin disease. This skin disease is very harmful and can cause serious damage to people's health. It can cause patients to develop papules all over the body and cause constant itching. Moreover, the papules will become more serious as you age, forming blister-like herpes and so on. Urticaria is difficult to treat, but it can be treated using traditional Chinese medicine theory. Let’s take a look at how effective traditional Chinese medicine is in treating urticaria. How to treat it?

The disease is characterized by itchy wheals on the skin that occur suddenly and disappear quickly. If the wheal occurs in the gastrointestinal mucosa, there may be symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea; if it occurs in the throat, it can cause laryngeal edema, leading to difficulty breathing and even suffocation. If the disease is acute, it can be cured within a few hours or days; if the treatment is not timely or thorough, or the cause persists, it can become a chronic disease, lasting for months or years and not being cured. It has been proven that traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating urticaria.

Chinese medicine prescription:

1. 10g each of Saposhnikovia divaricata, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, and Periostracum cicadae, 15g each of Kochia scoparia, Paeonia lactiflora, Rehmannia glutinosa, Scutellaria baicalensis, Sophora flavescens, Imperata cylindrica, and Arctium lappa, 20g of Gypsum gypsum (pre-boiled), and 6g of Raw Licorice. Oral decoction, one dose per day, twice a day. Suitable for those with red wheals that are aggravated by heat and alleviated by cold.

2. 6 grams each of ephedra and tangerine peel, 10 grams each of cinnamon twig and silkworm feces, 15 grams each of white peony root, zelan, Dictamni bark, and Kochia scoparia, and 20 grams of astragalus. Oral decoction, one dose per day, twice a day. It is suitable for those with white wheals that are aggravated by cold or wind and relieved by warmth.

3. 6 grams each of mint (added later) and raw rhubarb (added later), 10 grams each of siler, schizonepeta, and cicada shells, 15 grams each of scutellaria, magnolia bark, fructus aurantii, angelica, capillaris, and octopus, 20 grams of raw gypsum (fried first), and 6 grams of raw licorice. Oral decoction, one dose per day, twice a day. Suitable for people with wind masses accompanied by abdominal pain and diarrhea.

4. 10 grams each of Angelica sinensis, white peony root, Atractylodes macrocephala, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Dictamni cortex, 15 grams each of Bombyx batryticatus, Cornus officinalis, Tribulus terrestris, and Agkistrodon acutus, calcined dragon bone (pre-boiled), calcined oyster (pre-boiled), 20 grams each of Astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis pilosula. Oral decoction, one dose per day, twice a day. It is suitable for patients with recurrent wheals and deficiency of Qi and blood.