Can rosacea be cured? Chinese medicine treatment for rosacea

Rosacea, also known as rosacea, is a skin disease characterized by redness of the nose, papules, pustules and dilated capillaries, which resemble strawberries or ripe tomatoes. It is common in people with oily skin. This disease not only affects the tip of the nose, but also spreads to the surrounding area of ​​the face. It is a disease that affects the appearance of the face and has a great impact on people.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rosacea is mostly caused by improper diet, heat accumulation in the lungs and stomach, and wind evil, which causes evil heat to stagnate in the nose. Patients with rosacea should promptly treat gastrointestinal diseases and properly handle local lesions and those in other parts of the body. Patients with rosacea should avoid eating foods that cause redness of the facial skin, such as chili peppers, mustard, raw onions, raw garlic, wine, coffee and other irritating foods, and eat less greasy foods, such as animal oil, fatty meat, fried foods, pastries, etc., to reduce sebum secretion.

Here are some remedies for treating rosacea:

1) Wash fresh water chestnuts, cut them into two halves horizontally, and apply them on the rosacea repeatedly, 5-6 times a day. Do not wash with water after application. The thicker the powder applied, the better. A course of treatment is 7 days. When the thick shell falls off, rosacea can be cured.

2) Grind equal amounts of rhubarb and realgar into fine powder, mix with warm water to make a paste, and apply to the affected area.

3) 30 grams of sulfur, 3 grams each of talcum powder, mesona and alum. Grind them into fine powder, mix with honey to make a paste, and apply to the affected area 3 times a day.

4) 15 grams each of realgar and sulfur, and 6 grams of talcum powder. Grind into fine powder, mix with human milk and apply to the affected area once a day.

5) Take 50g each of hemp seeds and maple seeds, crush the kernels; add 5g each of red powder and light powder to the former, mix well and make pills. Each pill weighs 7-8 grams. Wrap it with 4 layers of gauze, squeeze out the oil and apply it to the affected area once a night. 1 pill can be rubbed 2-3 times.

6) 9 grams each of Momordica cochinchinensis, maple seed, walnut kernel, peach kernel, and mercury, 15 grams of castor seeds (keep the kernels), and 3 grams of brain sand. Mash them into a paste and wrap them with gauze. Apply to the affected area 3 times a day. It will heal in a few days and will not recur.

7) 6 grams each of Momordica cochinchinensis kernel, Acer truncatum kernel, Hemp seed kernel, and camphor, 9 grams each of walnut kernel and mercury. Remove the inner skin of the four kernels and mash them into a paste. Then add camphor and mercury and grind until the mercury is mixed evenly. Apply to the affected area. 2-3 times a day.

8) 9 grams each of maple seed kernels and castor seed kernels, 3 grams each of momordica seed kernels and mercury, and 6 grams of lead powder. Mash into a paste, wrap it in gauze, and apply it to the affected area. 2-3 times a day.