Discussion on the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis from the Pathogenesis of Dryness-Dampness Mutual Transformation
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.11.035
- VernacularTitle:从燥湿互化病机探讨特应性皮炎的治疗
- Author:
Lin FANG
1
;
Yi-Ding ZHAO
;
Hui-Yan CHI
Author Information
1. 陕西中医药大学,陕西 咸阳 712046;陕西省中医医院皮肤科,陕西 西安 710003
- Keywords:
atopic dermatitis;
dryness-dampness mutual transformation;
coexistence of dryness syndrome and dampness syndrome;
invigorating spleen and removing dampness;
nourishing yin to moisten dryness;
pathogenesis of traditional Chinese medicine
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(11):3058-3062
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Dryness and dampness are important concepts in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),which are the two factors of the six excesses and can also refer to the manifestation of symptoms.Dryness and dampness reflect the decline or abundance of body fluid,with the characteristics of existing together and mutual transformation.Atopic dermatitis is a common clinical skin disease with a long course and being easy to recur.Its onset is closely related to the pathogens of dryness and dampness,and its clinical manifestations are characterized by coexistence of dryness syndrome and dampness syndrome.In this paper,the idea of dryness-dampness mutual transformation being the important pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis was put forward after analyzing the views of modern practitioners for atopic dermatitis and based on years of clinical experience.It is proposed that atopic dermatitis can be treated from the perspective of dryness assisting with treatment for dampness,or from the perspective of dampness assisting with treatment for dryness.Herbs of Poria,Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma,Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium,Atractylodis Rhizoma,Dioscoreae Rhizoma,Pseudostellariae Radix and Codonopsis Radix are commonly used for invigorating spleen and removing dampness.And for nourishing yin to moisten dryness,herbs of Adenophorae Radix,Rehmanniae Radix,Dendrobii Caulis,and Ophiopogonis Radix are frequently adopted.The idea of treating atopic dermatitis from the pathogenesis of dryness-dampness mutual transformation in TCM will provide reference for its clinical treatment.
