Sensitive Skin

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

湿热蕴平素自觉灼热、瘙痒，皮肤遇外界刺激后易出现红斑、丘疹、水泡，甚则糜烂渗液，伴烦躁，口干，口苦，大便秘结，小便黄赤，舌红，苔黄腻，脉滑数证

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The skin frequently feels hot, burning, and itchy.
  • After exposure to external irritants, the skin easily develops red patches, small bumps, and vesicles; in severe cases, it may break down, erode, and ooze fluid.
  • Restlessness and irritability are common, with a tendency to become easily agitated.
  • The mouth feels dry, with a constant urge to drink water.
  • There is a bitter taste in the mouth, which may be more pronounced in the morning and evening.
  • Stools are dry, hard, and difficult to pass, with straining and a sense of incomplete evacuation.
  • The urine is yellow or reddish, appearing darker and more concentrated than usual.
  • The tongue body tends to be red, looking notably bright red.
  • The tongue coating is yellow, thick, and greasy, making the tongue surface feel heavy and unclean.
  • The pulse feels slippery and rapid, with an obviously accelerated rhythm.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help clear internal heat and relieve discomfort such as fever, irritability, thirst, dry throat, or sore throat.
  • May help promote the elimination of dampness and turbidity, and reduce symptoms such as heavy body sensation, difficult urination, or lower limb edema.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

皮肤瘙痒剧烈，搔之更甚，遇热则剧，得冷则安，潮红、灼热，心烦口渴，小便黄，大便干结，舌红，苔薄黄，脉浮数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Intense skin itching that worsens with scratching, becomes more severe with heat, and improves with cold.
  • The skin may appear flushed and feel burning hot.
  • Irritability and thirst with a desire to drink water.
  • Urine is yellow in color.
  • Stools are dry, hard, and difficult to pass.
  • The tongue body tends to be red.
  • The tongue coating is relatively thin and yellow.
  • The pulse is floating and tends to be rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏风清热

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help dispel wind and clear internal heat, relieving discomfort such as fever, headache, sore throat, thirst, or irritability.
  • May help relieve discomfort caused by wind-heat, making the body feel lighter and more comfortable.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

皮肤易出现瘙痒，起丘疹、水泡，皮疹稍红或呈肤色，抓后糜烂，渗出较多，伴有食后腹胀，神疲乏力、腹胀、便溏，舌淡，苔白腻，脉弦缓

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The skin is prone to itching and develops small papules and vesicles that are slightly reddish or close to the skin color.
  • Scratching easily leads to erosion and oozing of fluid.
  • Abdominal bloating occurs after eating, and a sensation of fullness is often present even normally.
  • Mental fatigue and a tendency to feel easily tired.
  • Stools are loose and soft.
  • The tongue body tends to be pale.
  • The tongue coating is white, sticky, and greasy.
  • The pulse feels tight and tends to be slow.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

健脾化湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help fortify the spleen and stomach and enhance their transformative functions, relieving discomfort such as poor appetite, lack of strength, abdominal bloating, or loose stools.
  • May help resolve and expel dampness and turbidity, reducing symptoms like heavy body sensation, difficult urination, or lower limb edema.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

老年人多见，皮肤干燥、粗糙或有脱屑，面色少华，色素沉着，瘙痒，抓破后血痕累累，头晕眼花，失眠多梦，食后腹胀，便秘或溏，舌质淡胖，苔白，脉细

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • This pattern is more common in the elderly.
  • The skin is dry, rough, or develops scaling.
  • The complexion appears dull and lusterless.
  • The skin color deepens with hyperpigmentation.
  • The skin itches, prompting scratching.
  • Scratching leaves numerous bloody scratch marks.
  • Dizziness and blurred vision may occur.
  • Poor sleep, with a tendency toward insomnia and excessive dreaming.
  • Abdominal bloating occurs after eating.
  • Stools may be either dry and bound or loose and unformed.
  • The tongue is pale and slightly puffy.
  • The tongue coating is white.
  • The pulse tends to be thin.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

养血润肤，祛风止痒

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help nourish the blood and moisten the skin, alleviating discomfort such as sallow complexion, dry skin, or scaling.
  • May help dispel wind and relieve itching, reducing symptoms like red rashes, unbearable itching, or persistent scratching.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

皮肤遇冷风易起风团、瘙痒，畏寒，易感冒，口不渴，舌淡，苔白，脉弱

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Exposure to cold wind easily triggers hives and itching.
  • Aversion to cold, with discomfort after being chilled.
  • Prone to catching colds and falling ill.
  • Lack of significant thirst.
  • The tongue body tends to be pale.
  • The tongue coating is white.
  • The pulse is weak and lacks strength.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

祛风固表

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help dispel wind and strengthen the exterior defense, relieving discomfort such as headache, body aches, aversion to wind and cold, or spontaneous sweating.
  • May help consolidate the exterior to improve resistance against external pathogens, reducing recurrent colds or abnormal sweating.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

皮肤干燥，夜间潮热，两颧潮红，身体消瘦，夜间盗汗，口渴，乏力，气短，大便干，尿黄，舌红，少苔，脉细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The skin is dry, feeling tight and showing scaling.
  • Nighttime tidal fever often occurs, becoming more pronounced after nightfall.
  • The cheeks appear red, with obvious malar flushing.
  • The body is thin and emaciated, looking frail with weight loss.
  • Night sweating is common, with profuse sweating after falling asleep.
  • Thirst is marked, with a constant desire to moisten the throat.
  • Easy fatigability, becoming tired quickly during activities.
  • Shortness of breath, noticeable when speaking or moving.
  • Stools are dry and difficult to pass.
  • Urine is yellow, darker than usual.
  • The tongue is reddish with very little coating.
  • The pulse is thin and tends to be rapid, lacking strength upon pressure.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气养阴

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help supplement original qi and nourish yin fluids, relieving discomfort such as fatigue, shortness of breath, irritability, thirst, tidal fever, or night sweats.
  • May help improve a weak constitution, gradually restoring vitality and adequate body fluids.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

常在月经前数天起皮疹、瘙痒，症状往往随月经干净而消失，但在下次月经来潮前再次发生，伴月经不调或痛经，舌质正常或色淡，脉弦细或弦滑

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Skin rashes and itching often appear a few days before menstruation and mostly resolve on their own after the period ends.
  • This pattern recurs before the next menstrual period, again primarily with itching.
  • It is often accompanied by irregular menstruation or lower abdominal pain during the period.
  • The tongue appears generally normal or slightly pale.
  • The pulse is often tight and thin, or tight and slippery.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

调摄冲任

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help regulate the functions of the Chong and Ren meridians, alleviating discomfort such as irregular menstruation, abnormal vaginal discharge, or reproductive system issues.
  • May help harmonize the movement of qi and blood, enabling the body to achieve better balance in reproductive and regulatory functions.

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