How to treat ichthyosis? Chinese medicine has good effect

The skin of people with ichthyosis will be very dry, especially in winter, when it will become more serious, and it will flake and crack. Ichthyosis can also have a great impact on the patient's psychology, especially women who dare not expose their skin in the summer. Traditional Chinese medicine can be chosen to treat ichthyosis.

1. TCM treatment of ichthyosis

1. Chinese patent medicine: ① Shiquan Dabu Pills, suitable for patients with blood deficiency and wind dryness syndrome; ② Dahuang Nichong Pills, suitable for patients with blood stasis syndrome.

2. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation: ① For syndrome of blood deficiency and wind-dryness, treat by nourishing blood and activating blood circulation, moistening dryness and extinguishing wind. The prescription of Yangxue Runfu Yin is modified; ② For syndrome of blood stasis, treat by activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, nourishing skin and moistening dryness. The prescription of Xuefu Zhuyu Tang is modified.

3. External treatment: ① For dry, rough and flaky skin, you can choose appropriate amounts of almonds, peach kernels, sesame kernels, prunes, hemp kernels and walnut kernels, mash them into a paste, decoct them in water and wash the skin, apply walnut paste or sheep marrow paste; ②

If the skin is rough, thickened, or chapped, you can use rhubarb, radix polygoni aviculare, cinnamon twig, peach kernel, angelica, salvia miltiorrhiza, rehmannia root, and sapodilla thorn, decoct them in water and use them for external washing, and then apply moisturizing cream or angelica cream externally.

Principles of treatment of ichthyosis

1. There is currently no cure for ichthyosis. The purpose of treatment is to relieve symptoms, increase the water content of the stratum corneum and promote normal keratinization.

2. It can be used topically to increase the water content of the stratum corneum and remove excessive keratinized substances.

3. The principle of drug treatment for ichthyosis is systemic treatment, and drugs such as vitamin A can be tried.

4. Patients with ichthyosis have dry skin and should avoid excessive bathing, especially washing with hot water or scrubbing with soap that is too alkaline.

5. In the dry winter climate, be sure to apply oil-based skin care products to keep your skin moisturized.

6. In terms of diet, you should pay attention to eating more vegetables and fruits, and eat some animal liver, carrots and other foods rich in vitamins.