How to treat skin allergies with Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Skin allergies are very common in daily life. Common causes include improper diet and contact allergies. The main manifestations and symptoms include urticaria, eczema, skin itching, etc. So what are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine for skin allergies?

Skin allergies are very common in our lives, especially those caused by improper diet. Many clinical diseases seen in dermatology clinics, such as urticaria, eczema, and skin itching, may be caused by skin allergies. There are many allergens that cause skin allergies, food, pollen, animal hair, cosmetics, etc. are relatively common. So, what are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine for treating skin allergies?

Physical constitution and emotions are also the "culprits" of skin allergies

Allergies have a lot to do with a person's physique, the so-called allergic constitution, which has a certain relationship with one's innate constitution. Therefore, some people who are born with allergic constitutions are very likely to become ill when affected by some external factors. This is a problem of innate constitution. Immunity is also an allergic factor. If the immune function is poor, it will be easily stimulated by some external factors and will cause some allergic symptoms, which is the so-called immune abnormality.

Then there is the emotional factor. Emotions can also be a factor in allergies, such as mental stress. We have a disease in our dermatology department called cholestatic urticaria, which is often seen in young and middle-aged people. When people are mentally stressed, a series of changes and reactions will occur in the body: flushing, itching, and even rashes. That is to say, factors such as stress and emotions are also factors that lead to allergies.

TCM "diagnoses" skin allergies

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that skin allergies are first and foremost a "congenital intolerance", and the so-called congenital intolerance is a congenital condition. Plus there is the acquired environmental factor. For example, if you are allergic to shrimps and crabs, and then you eat these things, if you are allergic to pollen and you come into contact with these things, or if you are allergic to some dust mites in the air. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that skin allergies are first of all a "congenital intolerance", and then the inability to tolerate certain allergic substances, which is an "external evil" for it. The combination of internal and external factors will produce an allergic reaction. In terms of dialectical diagnosis, Chinese medicine practitioners often prescribe medicine based on the patient's overall physical condition through observation, smell, questioning and palpation. Clinically, it is often divided into wind-heat type, wind-cold type, gastrointestinal damp-heat type, etc. There are also some superficial deficiency syndromes, and people with weak constitutions are easily affected. There are also some cases of qi and blood deficiency, blood deficiency syndrome, and qi and blood deficiency syndrome, which are mainly treated through syndrome differentiation and treatment in these aspects.

TCM treatment of skin allergies

For the regulation of allergic constitution (special constitution), "Astragalus, Saposhnikovia and Atractylodes complement each other". Astragalus is used to replenish Qi and strengthen the exterior; Atractylodes is used to strengthen the spleen, and when the Qi of the spleen and stomach is strengthened, the Qi of the exterior will have a biochemical source; Saposhnikovia dispels wind and disperses wind, and it is the key medicine for wind. The combination of these three medicines has the effects of replenishing Qi, strengthening the exterior and stopping sweating, and is effective in resisting the invasion of exogenous evil, preventing colds and improving allergic diseases. You can also choose yam, psoralea corylifolia, rehmannia root, angelica dahurica, chrysanthemum, houttuynia cordata, licorice, and add some sucrose to adjust the taste, which can also improve allergic constitution.