Can Guizhi Decoction cure urticaria? The old Chinese doctor said

Urticaria, as a very terrible skin disease, brings distress to many patients. Urticaria is treated with some anti-allergic drugs. Guizhi Decoction has a certain effect in treating urticaria in traditional Chinese medicine.

The traditional Chinese medical name for urticaria is "wind-hidden rash". The clinical manifestations are: sudden onset of itching, followed by the rapid appearance of flat raised wheals of varying sizes and shapes, with skin color becoming flushed, porcelain white, or unchanged; the onset is irregular and lasts for varying lengths of time, and after scratching, cord-like rashes will appear, which then disappear without leaving any traces. In severe cases, itching may occur. Some are accompanied by nausea, vomiting, sore throat, and even systemic symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

The traditional Chinese medicine prescription Guizhi Decoction is used to treat urticaria with good results by adding or subtracting the ingredients according to the symptoms. The prescription is: 10g of cinnamon twig, 10g of white peony root, 6g of roasted licorice root, 6g of ginger, and 15g of jujube. If the itching is severe and unbearable, add 10g of Citrus aurantium; if the wheal is dark red, add 10g of Angelica sinensis. Cinnamon twig has the pharmacological effect of dilating capillaries and eliminating edema, while white peony root has the effect of cooling blood and activating blood circulation, which means "to treat wind, you must first treat the blood, and when the blood circulates, the wind will disappear." The spiciness of ginger helps the effect of cinnamon twig. Roasted licorice and jujube harmonize the various medicines and complement each other.

In short, Guizhi Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases is the best among all prescriptions of Zhang Zhongjing. It has the functions of relieving muscles, releasing exterior, and harmonizing the Ying and Wei systems. It is the main prescription for treating solar stroke. "Stroke" has a broad meaning. The cause of the disease is "wind", and wind is prone to change. Urticaria is caused by external evil invading the surface and disharmony between the Ying and Wei systems. In clinical practice, all skin diseases with thin white tongue coating, floating and slow or floating and slippery pulse, caused by external invasion of wind and cold, disharmony between the Ying and Wei systems, and blood vessel blockage can be treated with Guizhi Decoction. This prescription can treat a variety of skin diseases, which shows the magic of Zhongjing's prescription and medication.