How to treat acne on face with traditional Chinese medicine

Acne is a process that every adolescent patient will experience. Acne on the face is also called pimples. Some are large pimples, and some are small pimples. No matter what, they need to be perfectly removed to ensure that no large scars are left on the face. In the treatment of acne, it is recommended to use Chinese medicine conditioning. Although Chinese medicine is slow to take effect, the effect is long-lasting, and it will not cause too much damage and impact to the skin. It is good for the body.

How to completely treat acne

Lack of vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, mineral elements zinc, potassium, and lecithin can lead to acne. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of acne must start from enhancing overall quality and metabolism, and regulating physiological functions, in order to achieve the effect of curing the root cause.

Chinese medicine treatment of acne

1. Heat accumulation in the lung meridian:

The main symptoms are initial onset of acne, redness, swelling, pain, itching on the face, dry mouth, yellow urine, dry stool, red tongue with yellow coating, and floating pulse.

The treatment is mainly based on clearing the lungs and cooling the blood. The commonly used prescription is Loba Qingfei Drink, the main ingredients of which are: Loba leaves, mulberry bark, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Scutellaria baicalensis, honeysuckle, red spoon, raw rehmannia, raw gypsum, raw licorice, etc.

2. Spleen and stomach damp-heat syndrome:

The main symptoms are continuous acne, which can be squeezed out into yellow-white rice-like lipid plugs, or pus, oily and shiny face, bad breath and bitter taste in the mouth, good and bad appetite, sticky and uncomfortable stools, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, and a stringy and rapid pulse. The treatment is mainly to clear dampness and heat. The commonly used prescription is Qinlian Pingwei San, and the main drugs are: Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Magnolia officinalis, Hedyotis diffusa, Artemisia capillaris, Liuyi San, raw licorice, etc.

3. Blood stasis and phlegm coagulation syndrome:

The main symptoms are long-term acne, hard texture that is difficult to disappear, pain when touched, or facial unevenness like orange peel. Women may have symptoms such as scanty menstruation, dysmenorrhea, aggravated acne during menstruation, dark tongue with thin coating, and sluggish pulse. This type is more common in patients with long-term chronic acne.