Pruritis

A sensation that the patient instinctively attempts to relieve by scratching or rubbing without a significant cause. The itch may be localized or can effect the whole body. It can be aggravated at night, when nervous, types of weather, alcohol consumption, seafood consumption, …

Chinese Medicine Treatment Of Pruritis

INTERIOR

Blood Heat Producing Wind - summer time, after hot showers, ameliorated by cold

Herbal Formula: Zhi Yang Xi Feng Yang

Blood Deficiency - elderly, dry seasons (fall/winter), dry/pale skin with flaking

Herbal Formula: Dang Gui Yin Zi

Wind Damp Invasion - late summer, younger people easily effected, fluid discharged

Herbal Formula: Quan Chong Fang

Strong Wind - spring - neck area with thick dry skin (top part of body)

Herbal Formula: Wu Shi Qu Feng Tang

Wind Cold - winter - yang deficiency - front of body around stomach channel. Agg. By cold

Herbal Formula: Gui Zhi Ma Huang Ge Ban Tang

Damp Heat - lower jiao area and perineum, aggravated at night

Herbal Formula: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

EXTERNAL

Herbal Formula: Ku Shen Tang