Urticaria (Hives)
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
风团鲜红，灼热剧痒，遇热加重，得冷则减，扪之有热感，发于上半身部位较多，伴发热恶风，心烦口渴，咽喉肿痛，重则面唇俱肿或脘腹疼痛。舌质红、苔薄白或薄黄、脉浮数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Wheals are bright red, feel hot to the touch, have a burning sensation with intense itching, worsen with warmth, and improve with coolness.
- The rash mostly appears on the upper body.
- There may be a feverish sensation with aversion to wind, irritability, and thirst with a desire to drink water.
- The throat may feel swollen, sore, and uncomfortable.
- In severe cases, swelling may involve the face and lips together, or there may be upper abdominal pain.
- The tongue appears red.
- The tongue coating is thin and white or thin and yellow.
- The pulse is floating and tends to be rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏风清热止痒
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help dispel wind and clear internal heat, relieving discomfort such as fever, headache, sore throat, irritability, and thirst.
- May help relieve itching and reduce skin redness, unbearable itching, or repeated scratching.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
风团色白或淡白，遇寒加重，得热则缓，以暴露部位如头面、手足为甚，恶寒怕冷，口不渴。舌淡红苔薄白，脉浮紧或迟缓
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Wheals are pale or light in color, worsen after exposure to cold, and improve after warming.
- They mostly occur on exposed areas, especially the head, face, hands, and feet.
- There is an aversion to cold with a sensation of chills, and discomfort worsens when exposed to wind and cold.
- There is no thirst and a low desire to drink water.
- The tongue is pale red with a thin, white coating.
- The pulse is floating and tight, or tends to be slow and relaxed.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏风散寒止痒
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help dispel wind and drive out internal cold, relieving discomfort such as chills, headache, body aches, and worsening from cold.
- May help relieve itching and reduce skin redness, unbearable itching, or repeated scratching.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
风团色淡而肿甚，常于阴湿天潮湿气候中发生，伴脘腹胀满，纳呆，口淡，大便溏泄。舌淡红，苔薄白腻，脉弦滑
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Wheals are pale but noticeably swollen, often appearing or worsening in rainy and damp weather.
- There may be a feeling of fullness and discomfort in the upper and lower abdomen.
- Appetite is poor, and there is little desire to eat even when seeing food.
- The mouth tastes bland and lacks flavor.
- Stools are loose or watery, and there may be a tendency toward diarrhea.
- The tongue is pale red.
- The tongue coating is thin, white, and slimy.
- The pulse feels taut and slippery.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾胜湿，祛风止痒
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help strengthen the spleen and stomach and promote the transformation of water-dampness, relieving discomfort such as poor appetite, fatigue, and heaviness of the body.
- May help dispel wind and relieve itching, reducing skin redness, unbearable itching, or repeated scratching.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
风团片大，色红，瘙痒剧烈，泛发全身，伴脘腹疼痛、恶心呕吐、胸闷、神疲纳呆、大便秘结或腹泻；舌质红，苔黄腻，脉数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Wheals are large, red, intensely itchy, and may spread over the whole body.
- There may also be upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, mental fatigue, poor appetite, and either constipation or diarrhea.
- The tongue is reddish.
- The tongue coating is yellow and sticky-slimy.
- The pulse tends to be rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏风解表，通腑泄热
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help dispel wind and release the exterior, relieving symptoms such as fever, headache, aversion to wind and cold, and throat discomfort.
- May help unblock the bowels and clear internal heat, relieving discomfort such as constipation, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, irritability, and thirst.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
多见于儿童，风团色红，瘙痒，发无定处，面色萎黄或有白斑，身体消瘦，伴脐周疼痛，偏嗜零食，睡中磨牙。舌质淡，苔白腻，脉濡弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Commonly seen in children, with an onset at a relatively young age.
- Wheals are red, noticeably itchy, and often appear at varying locations.
- The complexion is yellowish and dull, or there may be white patches on the skin.
- The body is thin and lightweight, appearing frail overall.
- Pain may occur around the navel, with frequent discomfort.
- There is a preference for snacks over regular meals.
- Teeth grinding occurs during sleep, often more noticeable at night.
- The tongue is pale and appears blood-deficient, with an overall pale white color.
- The tongue coating is white and sticky-slimy, with a noticeable covering sensation on the tongue surface.
- The pulse is soft and forceless, feeling thin, weak, and not full upon pressure.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾驱虫，消食化滞
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help strengthen the spleen and stomach and eliminate parasitic accumulations, relieving discomfort such as abdominal pain and distension, reduced appetite, and malnutrition.
- May help promote digestion and resolve food stagnation, reducing symptoms such as belching, acid reflux, unresolved food retention, and difficult bowel movements.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
风团反复发作与情志抑郁有关，或于精神紧张时加剧，伴烦躁、胸闷、胁胀、易怒、纳差、口苦、失眠等。舌质红苔薄黄，脉弦或细弦
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Wheals recur in relation to emotional depression and become more severe during times of mental stress.
- There may be irritability, chest tightness, distending discomfort in the rib sides, and a tendency to lose temper easily.
- Appetite is poor, there is a bitter taste in the mouth, and sleep is poor with susceptibility to insomnia.
- The tongue is reddish with a thin yellow coating, and the pulse feels taut or thin and tight.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
疏肝解郁，清热祛风
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help soothe liver qi and resolve stagnation, relieving discomfort such as chest and rib-side distension, emotional depression, and frequent sighing.
- May help clear internal heat and dispel wind, reducing symptoms such as dizziness, skin rashes, and itching.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
反复发作，迁延日久，午后或夜间加剧，皮肤干燥，脱屑，伴心烦、口干、手足心热，舌红少津，脉沉细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The condition recurs repeatedly and persists for a long time without easy resolution.
- Symptoms tend to be more pronounced in the afternoon or at night.
- The skin is dry, with a tendency to flake and peel.
- There is restlessness and emotional discomfort.
- The mouth feels dry, with a constant need to moisten it.
- The palms and soles often feel warm or hot.
- The tongue is reddish and appears dry due to insufficient fluids.
- The pulse feels deep and thin.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
养血祛风，润燥止痒
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help nourish the blood and dispel wind, relieving discomfort such as a pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations, and numbness in the limbs.
- May help moisten dryness and relieve itching, reducing symptoms such as dry, peeling skin, rashes, and unbearable itching.
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