What are the methods of removing chloasma in traditional Chinese medicine?

Chloasma is a common skin problem, especially for some middle-aged women, which is prone to chloasma and affects the health of the skin. In traditional Chinese medicine, people with poor blood circulation, burns to the yin blood, or weak spleen are also prone to chloasma, so these symptoms can be treated with some Chinese medicine.

1. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if the liver fails to function properly, Qi will stagnate, which will turn into fire over time, burn the Yin blood, and cause poor blood circulation, which can lead to disharmony of Qi and blood on the face. If the spleen is weak and its transportation and transformation are not healthy, it cannot produce essence, and then Qi and blood cannot nourish the face. Pathological changes such as insufficient kidney Yang and deficiency of kidney essence can all lead to chloasma on the face.

2. The use of internal decoctions to treat chloasma requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, but no matter which type, it is always inseparable from the treatment principle of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The following basic formula can be used with added flavors: Basic formula: 10 grams of Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 10 grams of Rhizoma Chuanxiong, 10 grams of Rhizoma Chishao, 15 grams of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, 6 grams of Rhizoma Pruni, 6 grams of Safflower, and 5 grams of Angelica dahurica.

3. Liver depression and blood stasis syndrome

Symptoms may include irritability, chest and flank pain, dysmenorrhea or delayed menstruation, dark purple menstrual blood with clots, purple spots on the tongue, and a wiry and rough pulse. For this syndrome, the basic formula can be used with the addition of 6 grams of Bupleurum, 6 grams of Citrus aurantium, 6 grams of processed Cyperus rotundus, and 6 grams each of green dried tangerine peel.

4. Spleen deficiency and blood stasis syndrome

There may be pale or sallow complexion, fatigue, shortness of breath and palpitations, decreased appetite, abdominal distension, delayed menstruation, thin menstrual blood, pale tongue and thin pulse. You can use the basic formula and add 6 grams of roasted Astragalus, 10 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 10 grams of stir-fried Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 grams of Poria cocos, and 3 grams of roasted Licorice root.

5. Kidney Yang Deficiency and Cold Syndrome

The patient has a pale complexion, cold body and limbs, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, frequent urination, a pale tongue with white coating, a deep and thin pulse, and dark brown spots that are difficult to treat. Add 6 grams of cooked aconite root, 6 grams of roasted cinnamon twig, 12 grams of cooked rehmannia root, 10 grams of epimedium, and 15 grams of dodder seed to the basic formula.