Prurigo Nodularis

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

皮疹呈半球形隆起，色红或灰褐，散在孤立，触之坚实，剧痒时作。伴心烦口渴，小便黄，大便不调。舌质红，苔黄腻，脉滑

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Skin lesions appear as hemispherical elevations, reddish or greyish-brown in color, scattered and isolated from each other, firm to the touch, with frequent episodes of intense itching.
  • Feeling irritable and restless, thirsty with a desire to drink water.
  • Urine is yellowish in color.
  • Bowel movements are somewhat irregular.
  • The tongue tends to be red.
  • The tongue coating is yellow and sticky-greasy.
  • The pulse is smooth and slippery.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热除湿，祛风止痒

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps clear internal heat and promote the elimination of dampness-turbidity, alleviating discomfort such as fever, heavy body sensation, or difficult urination.
  • Helps expel wind pathogens and relieve itching, alleviating symptoms such as red skin eruptions, unbearable itching, or repeated scratching.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

结节坚硬，表面粗糙，色紫红或紫褐，皮肤肥厚，干燥，阵发性瘙痒。舌紫暗，苔薄，脉涩

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The nodules feel very hard to the touch and do not easily deform when pressed.
  • The surface of the skin lesions is rough, with a noticeably uneven texture upon touch.
  • The color is purplish-red or purplish-brown, appearing dark and not bright.
  • The skin becomes thickened, with increased layers that feel thicker and more solid.
  • The skin is relatively dry, lacking moisture and prone to scaling.
  • Itching occurs in paroxysms, with a strong urge to scratch during flare-ups.
  • The tongue appears purplish and dark, lacking a healthy rosy appearance.
  • The tongue coating is very thin, lightly covering the tongue surface without being thick.
  • The pulse feels rough and unsmooth upon palpation, as if its movement is not flowing freely.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

养血活血，搜风通络

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps nourish and promote blood circulation, alleviating discomfort such as a pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, or pain from blood stasis.
  • Helps expel wind pathogens and unblock the meridians, alleviating symptoms such as numbness of the limbs, joint soreness, or difficulty in bending and stretching.

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