What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat psoriasis?

　　Psoriasis is a common skin disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat. It is very easy to relapse and has a great impact on the patient's body and life. Since Western medicine is not effective in treating psoriasis, and many people warn of side effects, many people tend to use traditional Chinese medicine when treating psoriasis. Next, we will introduce you to several methods that can treat psoriasis.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine views the human body as an indivisible whole. Every organ and tissue is connected to each other. For example, the "Five Elements and Five Internal Organs" believe that the most important organs of the human body are the five internal organs, and the occurrence of any disease is directly or indirectly related to the decline in the function of the five internal organs. The Five Elements Theory associates and defines the relationship between the five internal organs. Every internal organ is connected with other organs through mutual support and mutual restraint. In the process of treating psoriasis with traditional Chinese medicine, the common method is to regulate the functions of the internal organs. What is treated is not the patient's skin lesions themselves but the origin of the lesions. To strengthen and consolidate the root, we must first clear the source, and regulate internal and external nourishment. This is the way to treat the disease.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine treatment starts with traditional Chinese medicine ointments. The medicinal properties can penetrate into the skin through the surface of the skin. The heat can penetrate the medicine into the lesions to achieve the purpose of treatment. At present, the most commonly used ointment is external use, whose active ingredients can completely kill fungi and can effectively penetrate into the deep skin.

　　Oral pure Chinese medicine preparations (the treatment effect is slightly slower than that of Western medicine, but it is less likely to relapse after cure and the price is relatively low). The following are several Chinese medicines for the treatment of psoriasis, for your reference only! Avoid eating spicy and irritating foods during treatment.

　　1. Blood heat type

　　Patients with blood-heat type psoriasis are more common in the progressive stage, with acute onset, punctate erythematous papules, new rashes constantly appearing, old rashes constantly expanding, inflammation and infiltration obvious, skin flakes ranging from few to many, itching, and skin lesions after scratching.

　　Traditional Chinese medicines: Glycyrrhiza oleifera, Purple Ying, Danbark, red peony root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Coptis chinensis, Smilax smilax, Radix Rehmanniae, etc.

　　2. Pustular type

　　Patients with pustular psoriasis often develop in the progressive stage, with dampness and toxins trapped in the blood. The course of the disease is slightly longer, and the rash is bright red. There are dense needles or corn-sized pustules in the skin lesions. There are scales and the pustules will dry and scab after 1-2 weeks. 　　Traditional Chinese medicine: coptis, Phellodendron, cypress, root bark, Polygonum cuspidatum, Yinghua, Forsythia, Smilax, wild chrysanthemum, etc.

　　3. Blood stasis type

　　Patients with blood stasis type psoriasis are more common in the quiescent phase and have a longer course. The rash is patchy, dark red in color, with thick and silvery white scales. It is more common in women and joints. New rashes rarely occur, but they are stubborn and difficult to treat, and some patients experience severe itching.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine: peach kernel, salvia miltiorrhiza, safflower, rehmannia glutinosa, paeonol bark, barley, smilax, Achyranthes bidentata, Phellodendron cypress, Polygonum cuspidatum.

　　4. Dry blood type

　　Patients with blood dryness type psoriasis are more common in the remission phase. In patients with a long course of disease, the erythema is diffusely spread, with a large amount of sugar arsenic or large scales falling off constantly, and it is very itchy.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine: angelica root, rehmannia root, white peony root, Ophiopogon japonicus, reed root, polygonum multiflorum, white peony root, etc.

　　Pure Chinese medicine bathing and external application treatment (therapeutic effect is average, but generally has no side effects, and is often used as an auxiliary treatment for psoriasis).

　　Although the effect of traditional Chinese medicine in treating psoriasis is slower than that of Western medicine, it has no side effects and is less likely to relapse after cure. So if you have psoriasis, you might as well try these methods!