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Eczema is an inflammatory skin reaction. The skin will break out in red patches, papules and pimples predominantly with intense itching.

There are acute and chronic cases, which can occur all year round, but I have observed that every year, after entering the long summer, there will be a large increase in the number of patients, and then they will gradually get better. Then it will gradually get better, and then it will attack again in the coming long summer. The long summer is also known as the "three-volt day" in Chinese medicine, so why is there such a pattern?

Western medicine's treatment for eczema is hormones and antihistamines, divided into oral and topical applications.

Figure 1: Eczema, itchy to the core

Before we talk about eczema, let's understand, yang qi, the function of the spleen, and the properties of dampness. This will help to understand the onset and treatment of eczema.

The total power source of the body's vital activities is yang qi, such as our breathing, our thinking, the work of our five organs and six bowels, etc., are based on sufficient yang qi. Therefore, the Neijing said.Yang Qi is like the sky and the sun, if you lose it, you will lose your life and not be able to realize it.。It means that yang energy is like the sun in nature. If there is no more sun in nature, we can imagine what it would be like if there is no more sun. We would really have to wander the earth.

If Yang Qi is so important, what about its function?

A defensive role, two to promote the role of the three gasification, four warming role, five solid ingestion role, etc., these are not good to understand, there are two sentences better to understand, the internal scripture, said, the positive energy within, the evil can not be dry, the evil of the together, its gas must be weak. It means that I am strong, what disease can not find me, in turn, I have a problem there, that is, there is a deficiency in the gas.

These are the functions of Yang Qi, now let's talk about the functions of the Spleen.

Figure 2: Yang energy is too important to be protected at all times.

The Spleen is the master of transportation, the five elements of the Spleen are the master of earth, the Spleen is the master of dampness, and the Spleen is the master of long summer.

Spleen is a transportation, so its function is the main transportation, transportation is transported, chemical, can be interpreted as after eating pork, have to turn pork into human meat, although simple but good understanding. Transportation includes transporting and transforming water and dampness, and transporting and transforming water and grains.

Spleen Yang is sufficient, the spleen's normal function of transportation, digestion and absorption of food and drink, into qi and blood and other essence of the body to nourish the organs and organs, and the body's output of garbage out of the body. Therefore, the spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry, the spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow.

When spleen yang is damaged and spleen yang is insufficient, the spleen's transport function decreases, so it cannot fully transform dietary substances into qi, blood and essence, spread them to all organs of the body, and produce a large amount of garbage, and it cannot fully transport the garbage out of the body. This garbage can be understood as dampness. Therefore, the spleen is the source of phlegm and dampness.

Figure 3: Cold food, eat cool, but the body, to pay the price.

Now we're getting into the properties of wetness.

Chinese medicine divides the climate of the year into, wind, cold, fire, summer, dampness and dryness.

Wind is the main qi of spring, fire is the main qi of summer, summer, dampness is the main qi of long summer, dryness is the main qi of fall, and cold is the main qi of winter.

These six climates are called the six qi. However, if a person becomes ill because of the six climates, then these six climates are not called the six climates, but are called the six obscenities.
Wet is one of them, so what are the properties of wet?

Dampness corresponds to the spleen and earth and is the main qi of the long summer. Dampness is a yin evil, sticky, heavy and tends to be downward in character.

Dampness can be understood as paste, so sticky, this sticky, we can understand the characteristics of dampness, but also the characteristics of the disease, it is not easy to heal all, especially sticky, back and forth, because the density is relatively large, so it is heavy and turbid, because it is negative, so the sex tends to be down. These points, to put it bluntly, is wet and sticky, more likely to harm people in the lower three ways. For example, arthritis, gout and so on.

Because dampness is a yin evil, the body's resistance to yin evils depletes yang energy, and because dampness is sticky it is particularly yang depleting.

Figure 4: three volts on the body sticky, is the feeling of wet oh

Through the above we have learned about, yang qi, the function of the spleen, and the pathogenic properties of dampness. I don't know if you have thought about it? Why is it easy to commit eczema after entering the long summer?

Let's first look at the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine's four qi's to regulate the divine.

Summer in March, this is called Fanxiu. Heaven and earth gas intersection, everything is gorgeous, sleep at night and get up early, no boredom in the day, so that the Zhi do not anger, so that Huaying into the show, so that the gas can be leaked, if the love of the outside, this summer should be gas, the way to raise the long way; against the sadness of the fall for the Malaria, Feng received less, the winter solstice serious illnesses. This is to raise the long.

From this paragraph, we can see that the key to health maintenance in summer is to make the qi to be released, how to make the qi to be released?
To have no aversion with the sun means not to hate the heat of summer. In this way people can sweat naturally, thus enabling Qi to be released.

Figure 5: It's better than air-conditioning under a big tree and a quiet mind.

And on the contrary, how do people spend their summers nowadays?

Drinking cold beer, eating ice cream, and all other cold foods, living in the air conditioning is long open, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor one is summer and the other is winter.

People in the summer absorption of cold substances, the yang energy in the body has a defensive role, at any time the cold, out of the body, some from the stool discharge, some from the surface of the body discharge, depending on the person.

If the spleen yang is sufficient and the function of the spleen is normal, the discharge will be smooth and the person will be free from disease.

If the spleen yang is injured by cold, the function of the spleen declines, the spleen is trapped by dampness, and the dampness is not discharged from the stools, then the stools are loose and dilute for many times a day, or accompanied by abdominal pain and other symptoms.

Figure 6: Cold and dampness injury to the spleen, damage to the spleen Yang, abdominal pain and diarrhea, in fact, the beer belly is also injured the performance of the spleen Yang.

If the skin is not discharged well, the skin will have red spots, pimples, pimples, etc., accompanied by intense itching, and develops into the disease of eczema.

After entering the long summer, the external dampness more aggravated by the body of the damp, so the body of Yang Qi drainage dampness is more apparent, so to the long summer after eczema patients will suddenly increase.

Why do you have trouble draining moisture?

It is because of too much cold, hurt the body's yang, yang function has decreased, and cause can not discharge the dampness.

Summer is dominated by the heart, which is why Article 19 of the Nei Jing Disease Mechanisms says that all pains and itchy sores belong to the heart.

From the above analysis, we all understand that the eczema disease is, the body is too heavy dampness, and the body's yang energy is not enough, can not expel the dampness out of the body, thus causing eczema delayed and not cured.

So how should eczema be treated?

Figure 7: Herbal drinks are best, but herbal baths are also good.

The answer is to subsidize Yang Qi, disperse dampness, and strengthen the spleen to resolve dampness.

You can't prescribe herbs here, so if you have such a patient you can contact me, but we can try it with herbal baths.

We can use ginger, mugwort leaves, snakebeds, peppercorns decoction external wash, these things can be found in the ground. Morning or afternoon can be a medicinal bath, up to fifteen minutes, do not let a big sweat, soak the slight sweat stop. Do not soak at night.

1. Usually diet, avoid alcohol, be light, avoid cold, fried, fatty foods.
   

2. Avoid living in wet places or working in water
   
3. Rest early and exercise properly during the week.
   

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Figure 8: Exercise more in general, Yang Qi rises and helps to remove diseases and strengthen the body.

What is the best medicine for eczema?

Eczema seems to be a small disease, but it makes people worry a lot, many people in the summer eczema will aggravate, prickly heat, rashes, small blisters, etc., endless, which is the evil of humidity at work. There are some people, eczema on the buttocks especially long, this is because of sedentary, sedentary not exercise wet, this situation must pay attention to strengthen the movement.

So what's the best thing to eat if you have eczema?

Carp and red bean soup

Carp a fish, red beans prepared 30g, seasonings prepared appropriate amount, first red beans boiled for 20 minutes. Then add the cleaned up carp, to be carp and red beans cooked and rotten after the appropriate add seasoning can be. This soup is suitable for summer drink, can treat summer eczema, foot odor, etc., for women's legs and feet swollen during pregnancy will also have a very good effect.

"Patchouli Liquid

Many people know that Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Liquid can treat summer colds and prevent heatstroke, then it is also externally coated with strange effects, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Liquid can be externally coated to treat eczema, vulvar itching, measles, tinea capitis and so on. Eczema recurring people, usually also recommended gua sha quchi points, treatment of itching skin, eczema, etc. have immediate effect.

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This is eczema, the effect of Chinese medicine treatment is more effective and fast. Forsythia septicum pills. Cetirizine. Mainly to clear heat and detoxification, anti-allergy as the principle of treatment.

Eczema is an allergic symptom of the skin caused by a decline in the body's immunity. Therefore, a strong body is the first element; check habits, change bad habits, develop good habits; enhance the body's resistance; the second element: to protect the skin to avoid contact with irritating substances, such as less use of shower gel, laundry detergent to choose not to have chemical residues, wearing cotton clothes, applying protection and moisturizing simple cream, lotion , sebaceous membrane repair agent ......; do these jobs and take as little medicine as possible!

I don't know, I always go to the drugstore and buy some ointment to rub on it.