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Skin
Disorders
Special acupoints and Chinese herbs
For skin disorders, acupuncture is usually used to relieve some symptoms such as itching and anxiety. The commonly used points we use are “five points of skin disorders”: hegu, quchi, sanyinjiao, zhubin, xuehai.
Chinse herbs are widely used in skin disorders. The key formula we use is “ke yin fang”, which has herbs of da qing ye, bai xian pi, she gan, sheng di et al. This formula helps many skin disorders such as eczema, psoriasis and neurodermatitis. Please see the case report for details.
Case report
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Chief complaint:
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Initial visit: Nov. 2020. 36 yr female presents with eczema for more than 20 years.
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History of present illness: She has skin lesion in her face, neck, wrist and back leg. The manifestation is red patches, crackle and peeling. The medical diagnosis is eczema. She has this for more than 20 years. Her skin lesion is worse in the summer, presented as dry, scaly skin, skin flushing, itching, and open, crusted, or weeping sores. She tried multiple therapies and only had mild improvement.
Below are images of neck and hand lesions at the initial visit.
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Medical diagnosis: Ectopic dermatitis
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Treatment details: She received acupuncture 1-2 times a week, with the focus on itching and hot sensation. She also took the formulation of “No. 2 Ke yin fang”, once a week.
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Clinical outcome: Below are images of the neck and hand lesions 2 months after the initial visit.
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Note: Response to treatment may vary people to people. She only took Chinese herbs one bag a week. The regular dose is one bag a day.