Tinea Versicolor treat the root, not the leaves

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, " yingsuke2002 " <list@a...> wrote:

> 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

 

Hi,

I would put stress on:

Why does the body allow the Tinea to develop, how does he feed and

breed it?

(Maybe a weak spleen/liver/kidney leading to stagnancy or failing to

nourish+protect the lung and skin, maybe chronic slight sweating on a

dry skin basis)

This can actually be a mixure/complication of 4-5 syndromes with damp

and stagnation being only on top of some kind of deficiency or

deficiency heat.

 

In my point of view external treatment solves the 'twigs and leaves'

but doesnt touch the 'root'. As long as the host still invites the

guest there will be no 'complete' cure.

 

Greetings Tay.