Can traditional Chinese medicine treat skin diseases? Don’t be skeptical. Traditional Chinese medicine is an expert in treating skin diseases. A man, afraid of adverse side effects from Western medicine, suffered from shingles until the blisters swelled to the size of longan fruits before seeking the help of a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. The situation was so bad that even the doctor was shocked. Fortunately, with the combination of external application and oral medication with Chinese medicine, the man’s life was finally saved.
Shingles is mainly caused by infection with varicella-zoster virus. When the disease occurs, there will be cloud-shaped purple-red papules on the skin, followed by clusters of blisters, ranging from the size of a grain of corn to the size of a soybean. However, compared to the soybean-sized blisters in typical severe cases, traditional Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee said that this man, who sought his consultation, not only had blisters all over his thighs, but the size of the blisters was as big as longan fruits. It can be said that he was the first patient with such a severe blister that Li had seen in his clinical practice.
Fortunately, after the man took oral medication and applied external medication, he gradually improved within a week, and the blisters began to dry up and peel off, gradually recovering. Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee said that many people do not know that skin diseases are actually one of the strengths of traditional Chinese medicine treatment. However, unlike Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine does not see skin diseases as a separate specialty, but rather as a major indicator of the functioning of internal organs.
In the concept of traditional Chinese medicine, the skin is called the “surprisingly organ,” which is not only the largest organ in the human body, but also the most important checkpoint for defending against external virus invasion. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the quality, luster, and delicacy of the skin are all closely related to immunity.
Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee pointed out that many signs of immune system decline can be observed from the skin, and skin diseases are also the place where the chemical changes of the human liver are expressed. For example, the skin is like a stage where the health of the liver can be observed.
Because the skin only has the functions of absorption and excretion, it cannot produce nutrients on its own. Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee explained that once the liver, which is responsible for providing nutrition, malfunctions and cannot provide purified nutrients, the most direct impact is that various strange skin diseases are more likely to occur.
Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee emphasized that the root cause of many skin diseases often lies within the organs of the body, so the importance of skin diseases should not be underestimated. Traditional Chinese medicine can diagnose which organs are weak through skin diseases because the five organs are like a large lake, and the skin and meridians are like rivers. If the lake dries up, the rivers will naturally dry up as well. Therefore, some skin diseases that Western medicine finds challenging can be effectively treated with traditional Chinese medicine.
A healthy liver gives you the energy you need to live life to the fullest!
Originally from: Health.chinatimes.com
Health Chinatimes/ Reporter Jun-Kai Chen reports 2009.10.05
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