Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation:
1. Syndrome of Wind and Heat in the Lung and Stomach
Main Symptoms: It often occurs on the lips and beside the nose on the face, manifested by blisters in cluster, with red margin, burning, hot, pricking and itching sensation, or accompanied by fever, lassitude, reddened tongue, whitish coating, superficial and rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Methods: Depurate the lung and stomach, expel wind and dissolve toxins.
2. Dampness and Heat Accumulation Syndrome
Main Symptoms: It occurs frequently in the external genitalia, manifested by blisters, erosion, scab, reddened tongue, yellowish and greasy coating, soft or slippery pulse.
Therapeutic Methods: Clear away heat, dissolve toxins, relieve water retention and disperse dampness.
Cautions:
For those with repeated attacks, it is necessary to get rid of the inducing factors, maintain dry and clean in the local area, not to scratch the local area, in order to avoid secondary infection. It is suggested to keep a blank diet and avoid spicy, sweet and greasy foods.
In Chinese medicine, when treating a disease, the doctors take everything into into consideration, including climatic changes, environmental variations, emotional changes, the diet, the urine and the stool, the sleep, and the disorder of sex life. That is the feature of the Three Pathogens Theory in TCM. This etiology doctrine built on the basis of the macro methodology entirely differs from that of Western medicine. It is on the basis of the microscopic and pathologic anatomy. But it is exactly a biological, psychological, social and new medical model that Western medicine is attempting to pursue. While Chinese medicine established its own system with this medical model two thousand years ago.
Chinese doctor doesn’t considers static anatomy as a starting point for understanding the diseases, and does not rely on detection equipments. On the contrary, Chinese doctor depends on the unique ways of TCM diagnosis to experience and study the human dynamic life information. Also it is based on syndrome differentiation to guide the disease therapy. This method not only can save a lot of examination fees for patients, but also can help doctors exchange with patients more closely, thus reflecting a real humanistic spirit.