Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 I have a patient who is coming in to treat a skin rash he has. His skin lesion has been diagnosed as tinea / Pityriasis versicolor. I looked tinea versicolor in the Beijing press' english-chinese encyclopedias of TCM and there are some external treatments only, no etiologies. The patient has no pain, no itching, no sensation of feverishness etc.. he just doesn't like the look of it. One of the treatments in the Beijing books has a note that the lesion, in most cases, will be healed in 1-2 weeks. Some of the derm texts I've looked at said that TX can take 6 months, at which point the rash would have naturally gone away on it's own. This rash only comes out in the spring and goes away in the autumn/winter. I would imagine that since the rash comes out in the spring and it's on the surface of the skin, the etiology likely includes Wind. If anyone here has any other ideas, or experience using externalwashes for fungal infections, please let me know. The wash is a fine powder of: Lithargyrum (Mi Tuo Seng) 30g Sulphur (Liu Huang) 15g Os Sepeilla (Hai Piao Xiao) 15g Pericarpium Zanthoxyli (Chuan Jiao) 15g Apply BID by dipping a slice of ginger into the powder and rubbing the lesion until it turns red, do not wash with water after application, cure should be in 1-2wk, and continue 3-6 days after lesion is gone to prevent reoccurrence. Thanks, Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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