Psoriasis is medically known as psoriasis and is mainly divided into vulgaris, arthropathy, pustular and erythrodermic psoriasis. According to its occurrence mechanism and clinical syndrome characteristics, TCM can be mainly divided into liver stagnation and fire (the production of fiery evil qi caused by the blockage of liver qi), rheumatism and skin, blood deficiency and wind dryness. So how are the different types treated?
1. Blood-hot wind type
Equivalent to the progressive stage of the common type, the lesions are guttate or numismatic, bright red in color, and the rash is progressively increasing with pruritus. It may be accompanied by symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection such as sore throat.
【Treatment principle】Clear away heat, cool blood and remove wind. Fang uses the soup of cool blood and four things to dissipate the wind and add or subtract.
【Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine】Acacia flower, honeysuckle, forsythia, raw land, angelica, red peony, parsnip, snake tongue grass, soil poria cocos
2. Blood stasis skin type
It is equivalent to the quiescent phase of the common type, and the lesions are coin-shaped or map-shaped, with thick scaly plaques, dark red skin, and the rash does not heal repeatedly, and the disease may worsen in winter.
【Treatment principle】Promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis. Fang uses the blood to promote blood stasis decoction plus or minus.
【Commonly used Chinese medicine】safflower, red peony, salvia, angelica, Chuanxiong, triangular, curcuma, etc.
3. Blood deficiency and dry wind type
Equivalent to the regression phase of the common type, the lesions are annular or marginally receding, the scales are easily detached, the skin is pale red or dark red, the condition is stable, and there is no new rash.
【Treatment principle】Nourish blood and dispel wind. Fang uses angelica drink and Siwu soup to add or subtract.
【Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine】Shengdi, Shou Wu, Xuanshen, Danpi, Salvia, Safflower, Parsnip, etc.
4. Damp heat accumulation type
Equivalent to localized or palmoplantar pustule type, the lesion is a needle or rice-sized pustule on the extremities or palmoplantar erythema, recurrent; or armpits, groin and other folds erythema, erosion, yellow greasy crust scales.
【Treatment principle】Clear away heat and dampness. Add or subtract the soup with the damp soup.
【Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine】Radix Chuan, Sophora radix, Dihuzi, Vitiligo, Cnidium monnieri, Ze Yuan, Atractylodes, Rhubarb, etc.
5. Fire and poison type
Equivalent to the generalized pustule type, the skin lesions are generalized and generalized, with dense needles or rice-sized pustules on the lesions, or the pustules merge into pus lakes, and the pustules have atypical psoriasis scales on the surface of the fading surface, accompanied by varying degrees of fever, joint pain and swelling.
【Principle of treatment】Relieve fire and detoxify. Fang used Coptis detoxification soup with five flavors to disinfect drink.
【Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine】Poria cocos, dandelion, sarsaparilla, half-branch lotus, skullcap, cork, raw rhubarb, etc.
6. Rheumatic and cold paralysis type
It is equivalent to the arthropathic type, which is manifested as psoriasis skin lesions combined with joint lesions, mainly with damage to the facet joints of the limbs, joint swelling and pain, limited movement, and even stiffness and deformity, and inability to straighten.
【Treatment principle】Dispel wind and dampness, warm and invigorate blood. Fang uses the Duhuo parasitic soup and the cinnamon branch soup to add and subtract.
【Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine】Duhuo, Qin Gang, clematis, mulberry branch, chicken blood vine, red vine, Tripterygium wilfordii, Liu Jinu, Sichuan hyssop, cinnamon branch, peony, etc.
7. Heat poison injury yin type
It is equivalent to erythrodermic psoriasis, with skin lesions widespread throughout the body, diffuse flushing and swelling, a large amount of pityriasis desquamation, and the palms and plantars are exfoliated in the whole area, which can be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as generalized superficial lymphadenopathy and fever of varying degrees.
【Treatment principle】Clear away heat and detoxify, nourish yin and cool blood. Fang uses Qingying soup and shengmai drink to add or subtract.
【Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine】Shengdi, Radix Radix, Dendrobium, Smallpox Pollen, Comfrey, White Grass Root, Salvia, Pseudostellaria Radix, Schisandra chinensis, etc.
However, it should be noted that you must find a professional doctor for dialectical treatment before taking medication, and you must not blindly use the medicine yourself.