Chinese medicine believes that the cause of erysipelas is caused by heat poisoning, and the pathogenesis is caused by the invasion of heat and evil, the blood is hot and depressed on the skin; or because of skin damage, such as tinea pedis, the poison and evil invade by the gap. Erysipelas of the lower leg of the lower limb is formed by wet fire, and the skin of the affected part is red like Tu Dan, also known as "flowing fire" or "fire dan". In addition, erysipelas refers to some medical evidence of the reddening of large pieces of skin on the surface of the body, such as "Red Youdan" and "Waist-wrapped Fire Dan".
Erysipelas, which occurs mostly in the lower legs or face, is an acute inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by hemolytic streptococcus. The affected area of the skin is large and swollen, slightly above the surface of the skin, the edges are obvious, the surface is smooth and shiny, the touch is burning, and the pain is solid. In severe cases, blisters, blood scabs, and lymphadenopathy around the affected area may be accompanied by symptoms such as chills, high fever, headache, and bone joint pain. Recurrent occurrences can form rubber swelling.
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In the clinical cases of practicing medicine for more than 30 years, half of the patients who come to see erysipelas are over the age of 60, who belong to the spleen deficiency and damp heat constitution, and mostly have a history of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. Therefore, in addition to the weakness of the physique of middle-aged and elderly people, they will also cause heat poison connotations and wet heat bets due to factors such as poor diet or skin damage, and erysipelas in the calves.
The treatment of erysipelas in the lower leg in Traditional Chinese medicine adopts the methods of detoxification and detoxification, cool blood and stasis, water removal, swelling and pain relief. It can be treated by traditional Chinese medicine prescription five-flavor disinfection drink hesi lingsan plus subtraction water decoction, and the residue can be mashed to apply to the affected area or then decocted and washed outside.
Wuwei disinfectant drink is composed of honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, purple flower ditin, purple-backed sunflower five-flavor traditional Chinese medicine.
The main function is detoxification and detoxification, which can treat various hemorrhoids, carbuncles, local redness, swelling, heat and pain, or fever, tongue redness and red veins.
honeysuckle
Sweet taste, cold sex. into the lungs and stomach meridians. The main function is heat clearing and detoxification, which is used to treat fever, heat poisoning blood diarrhea, carbuncle, swelling poison, hemorrhoid leakage and other diseases.
Honeysuckle tea
Honeysuckle is the unflowering bud of honeysuckle, and its medicinal efficacy ranks first among honeysuckle. Tea can be brewed in boiling water.
Wild chrysanthemums
Cool in nature, bitter and bitter in taste. Into the lungs and liver meridians. The main function is to relieve wind and heat, reduce swelling and detoxification. It is used for the treatment of wind fever colds, pneumonia, diphtheria, gastroenteritis, hypertension, boils, carbuncles, aphthous sores, erysipelas, eczema, astrosis.
dandelion
The taste is bittersweet and cold. Into the liver and stomach meridian. The main function is detoxification, detoxification, diuresis and loosening. For the treatment of acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, hemorrhoid sores, acute conjunctivitis, cold fever, acute tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, urinary tract infections.
Yellow butterflies blow balls in dandelions
Purple Flower Diding (Qing Zhang Lu's "Benjing Fengyuan"). Aliases ground ding grass, arrow grass, viola ground ding. Bitter taste, cold sex. Into the heart, liver meridians.
Purple flowered ditin
The main function is to clear heat, detoxify, reduce swelling. Clinically used for the treatment of boils, carbuncles, erysipelas, fistulas, venomous snake bites. May be taken internally or mashed for external application. It can also treat red swelling and pain, laryngitis, jaundice hepatitis, enteritis, dysentery.
Modern medical research has shown that purple flower ditin has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Catarrhacocci, and also has an inhibitory effect on Streptococcus A and Pneumococcus.
Purple-backed sunflower
Artificially cultivated vegetable purple-backed sunflower
Purple-backed Tiankui ("Lei Gong Cannon Burning"), also known as Tiankui ("Yunnan Materia Medica"), Xia Wuxian ("Botanical Names and Facts Tu Kao").
Cold, sweet taste. The main function is to clear swelling, detoxify, and benefit water. The main treatment is fistula, hernia, unfavorable urination. It can be used for carbuncle sore poison, fistula, snake bite and so on. May be taken internally or mashed for external application.
"Ancient and Modern Medical Records" Tiankui Pills: "Cure fistula, purple-backed tiankui one or two five dollars, seaweed, kelp, kelp, shellfish, orange stem one or two each, sea mantis five dollars." On the finely minced, the wine paste is as large as a sycamore. ......”
Si Lingsan "Danxi Heart Law" Fang. It is composed of Poria sativa, Pigweed, Zephyllum and Bai shu. The main effect is to infiltrate the water. The main treatment is internal injuries with wet diet, less urine, loose stool.
tuckahoe
The taste is light and the sex is flat. Into the heart, spleen, lung meridians. The main function is to infiltrate water and dampness, benefit the spleen and stomach, and calm the mind. It is used to treat unfavorable urination, swollen water, sputum drinking cough reversal, diarrhea, sperm retention, palpitations, forgetfulness and other diseases.
Ze diarrhea
Cold, sweet taste. Into the kidneys, bladder meridians. The main function is water, moisture leakage, heat dissipation. It is used for the treatment of unfavorable urination, swollen water, vomiting and diarrhea, sputum drinking beriberi, gonorrhea, blood in the urine and other diseases.
Pig lily
The taste is light and the sex is flat. Into the spleen, kidneys, bladder meridians. The main function is diuretic seepage. It is used to treat unfavorable urination, swelling and swelling, diarrhea, beriberi, gonorrhea, belt and other diseases.
White magic
Taste bittersweet, warm sex. Into the spleen and stomach meridian. The main functions are tonic spleen, stomach benefit, dry deficiency, and medium. It is used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, not thinking about eating, bloating, diarrhea, phlegm drinking, edema, jaundice, wet paralysis, unfavorable urination, dizziness, self-sweating, fetal upset and other diseases.
Examples of medical cases:
A week ago, 81-year-old Aunt Vivian came to the doctor for more than a month because of the redness, swelling and heat of her legs. Aunt Vivi's previous medical history includes diabetes, hypertension, poor kidney function, frequent unfavorable urination, swelling of the lower limbs, and varicose veins in the lower extremities.
Complaint: A month ago, multiple small nodules were initially found on the medial under the lower legs of the double calves, followed by a large patch of skin that was red, swollen, painful, and obvious to the touch. Poor stomach, poor sleep, low and unfavorable urine output, loose stools.
Symptoms: pale face, puffy face, swelling of both lower limbs, redness and swelling of the inside of both calves such as Dan about 30x30cm in size area. It is hard to press, the pain of pressure is intense, the tongue is light and fat, the tongue is yellow and thick, and the pulse is fine and smooth.
The diagnosis is double calf erysipelas, the dialectic is spleen and kidney deficiency, wet fire betting. The "Medical Sect Jinjian" Fang Wuwei disinfectant drink was selected and the "Danxi Heart Method" Fang Silingsan was added and subtracted. After taking Chinese medicine internally for a week, during the follow-up consultation, I saw that Aunt Wei's bilateral calves were red, swollen, hot and painful, and continued to consolidate treatment.
(The picture above is that after taking seven doses of Chinese medicine, the redness, swelling and heat pain of both calves have been alleviated, and now continue to take Chinese medicine treatment.) ）