Erythema Nodosum

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

双下肢结节突然成批发生，色红灼热，表面肿胀光滑发亮，触之较硬实；常伴有畏寒，发热，头痛，咽喉痛，疲倦乏力，关节酸痛，纳呆，大便干结，小便黄赤。舌质暗红，苔黄腻或白腻，脉滑数或弦滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Sudden appearance of clustered nodules on both lower legs, reddish with a burning sensation, the surface is swollen and shiny, and feels firm to the touch.
  • Accompanied by aversion to cold, fever, headache, sore throat, easy fatigue and weakness, joint aches, poor appetite, dry hard stools, and dark yellow or reddish urine.
  • The tongue body is dark red, with a yellow sticky coating, or a white sticky coating.
  • The pulse feels smooth and somewhat rapid, or tight, smooth and somewhat rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利湿，佐以通络

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps clear heat from the body and promote the elimination of dampness, reducing discomfort such as fever, thirst, a heavy body sensation, or difficult urination.
  • Also helps open the meridians and collaterals to relieve numbness in the limbs, joint aches, or restricted movement.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

皮损暗红，反复缠绵不愈；伴有关节痛，遇寒加重，肢冷，口不渴，大便不干；舌淡，苔白或白腻，脉沉缓或迟

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Skin lesions appear dark red and persist without improvement for a long time.
  • Joint pain worsens with cold exposure, and the hands and feet feel cold and not warm.
  • No sensation of thirst and not inclined to drink water.
  • Stools are not dry, and bowel movements are generally normal.
  • The tongue body appears pale, lacking in blood color.
  • The tongue coating is white or white and slightly sticky.
  • The pulse feels deep and somewhat slow, or the beats are slower than usual.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

温阳健脾，通络理湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps warm and support yang qi, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, reducing discomfort such as aversion to cold, cold limbs, poor appetite, abdominal distension, or loose stools.
  • Helps open the meridians and regulate dampness, reducing symptoms such as a heavy body sensation, joint aches, or numbness in the limbs.

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