Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation:
1. Wind-Heat-Toxin Accumulation Syndrome
Main Symptoms: It frequently occurs on the head and face, manifested by aversion to cold, obvious fever, aching pain in the joints, superficial tumefaction with red color and burning pain in the local area, reddened tongue, thin coating, superficial and rapid pulse
Therapeutic Methods: Disperse wind, clear away heat and dissolve toxins.

2. Syndromes of Invasion of Heat-Toxin into Blood
Main Symptoms: Severe general symptoms, accompanied by chills, fever, headache, aching sensation in the bone, constipation and scanty urine, red skin, burning sensation, serious pain, crimson tongue, thin and yellowish coating, thready and rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Methods: Clear away heat, cool blood and dissolve toxins.

3.  Damp-Heat Retention Syndrome
Main Symptoms: It frequently happens in the lower limbs, manifested by severe local tumefaction, with slightly red color, and repeated seizure, accompanied by stuffy chest, fullness in the epigastric region, poor appetite, loose stool, brown urine, reddened tongue, thin and yellow and greasy coating, soft and rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Methods: Clear away heat, remove dampness and dissolve toxins.

Cautions:
This disease is mostly secondary to traumatic injury and infection of the skin and mucous membrane. Therefore, active treatment of the primary disease can reduceoccurrence of this disease. For the patient with erysipelas in the lower limbs, it is requested to raise the infected limb and to have a good rest for alleviating pain. For severe condition, it is advisable to use proper antibiotics in combination.