Skin itching often occurs in autumn and winter when the climate is dry. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, and should be treated by cooling blood to remove blood stasis, dispelling wind and relieving itching. Based on clinical experience, several effective external treatment prescriptions are introduced for selection. Medicinal vinegar therapy: Take 100 grams of Sophora flavescens, add an appropriate amount of edible white vinegar, and soak for 3 to 5 days. When bathing every day, add 30 to 50 ml of Sophora flavescens vinegar solution to the bath water, or use a cotton swab dipped in the solution to apply on the itchy area, 2 to 3 times a day, for 5 to 7 days. Medicinal tincture therapy: Take 20 grams each of Nocturna nocifera, Millaplas sinensis, and Astragalus japonica, add an appropriate amount of high-quality liquor, and soak for 1 week. When bathing every day, add 30 to 50 ml of the medicinal solution to the bath water and use it for 5 to 7 days. Medicinal bath therapy: Take 30 grams each of Schizonepeta, Saspermum, Sophora flavescens, Luffa, Cnidium, and Angelica sinensis, decoct in water and put the juice into a bathtub for 10 to 20 minutes each time, 2 to 3 times a day. 1 dose per day for 5 to 7 days. Navel-filling therapy: Take equal amounts of safflower, comfrey, gardenia, and rhubarb, grind them into fine powder, add an appropriate amount of borneol, mix evenly, and bottle for later use. When using, take a little powder of the medicine each time, add Vaseline to make a paste, apply it externally on the navel hole, wrap it with a dressing, and fix it with tape. Change the dressing once a day and use it for 1 to 2 weeks.
Foot bath therapy: Take 10 grams each of Sophora flavescens, ringworm bark, Cnidoma monnieri, Insect Clothes, Red Lithospermum, and Fangfeng, decoct in water to extract the juice, put it into the bathtub, and wait for foot bath when it is warm, 2 times a day times, 10 to 30 minutes each time, 1 dose per day, for 5 to 7 days. Application therapy: Take equal amounts of Tribulus terrestris and Polygonum multiflorum, grind them into fine powder, and bottle them for later use. After bathing every night, take an appropriate amount of powdered medicine and add a little rice vinegar to make a thin paste. Apply it externally to the Yongquan point on the center of both feet. Wrap it with a dressing and fix it with tape. Apply it every night and take it off the next morning. Use it for 7 to 10 days. Vinegar plus glycerin to treat itching: The acidic substances and aldehyde compounds contained in vinegar can dilate capillaries and irritate the skin. Glycerin softens the skin and retains moisture. Preparation method: Mix white vinegar and glycerin in a ratio of 3:7, once a day or 2 to 3 times a week, and apply to the affected skin immediately after bathing. Preparation method of jujube and mung bean to treat itching: 20 jujubes, 100 grams of mung beans, 1 spoon of lard, appropriate amount of rock sugar, add water and cook until the mung beans bloom and then take. Take 1 dose a day, divided into several times. Generally Taking it for 1 week can relieve the itching. Home remedies for treating itchy skin:
Blood-heat wind type: The skin itches unbearably, and strips of blood appear after scratching, especially when exposed to heat. It is accompanied by upset, dry mouth, red tongue tip, thin yellow coating, and stringy and rapid pulse. Take 10 grams of honeysuckle and 4 loquats. Wash the loquat, cut and core it, mash it, add honeysuckle, brew it with boiling water, and drink it frequently. Blood deficiency and wind-dryness type has dry skin with scratches all over, and the scratched areas may change like moss, accompanied by dull complexion, dizziness, pale tongue, thin white fur, and stringy and thready pulse. Take 30 grams of loach and 15 grams of red dates. Wash the loach, decoct it with red dates, add salt and drink it, once a day, take it 10-15 times. Damp-heat intrinsic type: skin itches, papules and blisters appear after scratching, water flows or the skin becomes wet and rotten. Eczema may develop secondary to scratching all over the body, with red tongue, yellow and greasy coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Take 30 grams of lily and 50 grams of barley. Wash the barley and put it into a container, add water and steam until it becomes glutinous and set aside for later use. Cut the lilies into halves, wash them, boil them once in boiling water, take them out, rinse away some of the bitterness, put them in a container, add boiling water and rock sugar, steam them until the lilies are greasy in the mouth, pour in the coix kernels and eat them together.
Myth 1: Itchy skin is an external disease and has nothing to do with physical constitution or eating habits.
Speaking of itchy skin, many people may think that it is caused by hygiene habits. However, the better the living conditions and the richer the diet, the greater the proportion of people suffering from skin itching. Why is this? In fact, skin inflammation caused by unclean living environment is now rare in cities. In more cases, skin itching due to blood deficiency, wind dryness, and rheumatism caused by one's own physical constitution or eating habits is more common.
Blood deficiency and wind-dry skin itching is more common in the elderly. Skin itching in the elderly is generally called "senile pruritus". Among the elderly in my country, the prevalence of senile pruritus reaches more than 10% and is a common skin disease among the elderly. Especially in autumn and winter, when many elderly people take off their clothes and go to bed at night, the skin on their bodies will itch. The more they scratch, the more itchy they get. Rheumatism accumulation type is more common in young and middle-aged people. The main symptoms are dermatitis and eczema, which are easy to recur. In addition, many menopausal women often suffer from skin itching for a long time and cannot completely solve the problem of skin itching.
As soon as spring and summer come, many young and middle-aged people (mostly women) are prone to itchy skin, and the itching is mainly local skin itching, such as limbs, back, personal private parts, etc. Western medicine interprets it as an attack of dermatitis or eczema, and only external use is required. Drug antifungal treatment is easy to relapse. It can be seen that if you want to say goodbye to skin itching completely, the first thing you need to do is to identify your physical constitution, pay attention to diet and daily routine during the peak season, and insist on taking internal and external medicines. This is the foundation.
Myth 2: Bathing can relieve itching.
In a survey on skin diseases, more than 90% of the respondents said that they would relieve symptoms such as skin itching by increasing the frequency of bathing. It is true that the short-term moist state of the skin after bathing can indeed relieve itching, but this is only "treating the symptoms, not the root cause." Once the moisture in the epidermis is lost, the itching will become more severe. Moreover, many people like to take baths with very hot water, which will also accelerate water loss. The correct approach should be to reduce the number of baths, use warm water to shower or wipe the body, and the time should not exceed 10 minutes. Immediately after bathing, apply moisturizing lotion.
Myth 3: Applying ointment can relieve itching.
After experiencing symptoms of itchy skin, the first thing many people think of is various anti-inflammatory and anti-itch ointments. In fact, Chinese medicine believes that the root cause of itching symptoms is internal dryness in the body. The key to treating itchy skin and getting rid of internal dryness is key. The skin of the elderly is aging, sebum secretion is reduced, and blood circulation is poor, which easily accumulates internal dryness in the body, leading to insufficient essence and blood, skin loss of nutrition, and internalized blood heat. Once the temperature and humidity change, the elderly are prone to itchy skin. Young and middle-aged people often stay up late, drink excessively, eat spicy food, smoke excessively, and lead irregular lives. If they do this for a long time, internal dryness can easily accumulate in the body, causing neurological disorders in the body, leading to repeated attacks of dermatitis and eczema. There are also menopausal women who are prone to fatigue, sallow complexion, palpitations, insomnia, difficulty in defecation, and emotional irritability due to endocrine disorders, Qi and blood deficiency, skin failure, and dryness. The internal dryness in the body is difficult to discharge smoothly, causing various Itchy skin. Therefore, menopausal women who suffer from itchy skin should get rid of internal dryness in the body in time.
Based on this, if you only use topical drugs, it can only temporarily relieve itching. In the long run, it is easy to develop dependence. However, oral medicine customized for those with itchy skin can truly relieve itching from the "source". By regulating the body's constitution and eliminating internal fire, the body can achieve a "perfect balance" and the skin will naturally be free from itching troubles. Among them, the formula of Runzao Antipruritic Capsules, which is made from six flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, is the most scientific. Raw Rehmannia glutinosa, Sophora flavescens, and Polygonum multiflorum can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and dry dampness, and can effectively relieve itching on the skin surface; prepared Polygonum multiflorum, mulberry leaves, and red hemp can nourish the liver and kidneys, replenish essence and blood, clear the lungs and moisturize, expel wind and remove dampness. , can eliminate internal dryness in the body. The combination of six medicines nourishes blood and nourishes yin, dispels wind and relieves itching. It targets the root cause of skin itching, moistens internal dryness, relieves external itching, and relieves itching from the inside without scratching
With the improvement of people's living standards and housing With the improvement of conditions, many families have the conditions to take a bath at any time. Some skin diseases caused by taking baths too often have also increased. The most common one is always feeling itchy skin. Itchy skin may be caused by taking too many baths. Due to work requirements or changes in living habits, many people are now accustomed to bathing once or twice a day. But as the air dries out, skin itching begins to trouble these "daily bathers". Many of them even think that itchy skin means that personal hygiene is not in place, so they bathe more frequently and thoroughly, but the itching of the skin worsens. Medical experts remind people that bathing too frequently will damage the skin, and the resulting itching of the skin is difficult to avoid. Because the outermost layer of human skin is the stratum corneum, the stratum corneum that automatically falls off and mixes with skin sweat will not contain a lot of dirt. Washing this part off every day will have a certain protective effect on the skin. If you bathe too frequently, the stratum corneum will be damaged, and its role in protecting the skin will be lost. The water in the skin cells will evaporate more easily, and the skin will become dry. According to traditional Chinese medicine, "dryness causes wind, and wind causes itching." "Wind" here refers to a cause of disease that wanders around in the body, causing itching of the skin. Therefore, in dry winter, it is more appropriate to bathe 2-3 times a week. Wrong habits aggravate itching. Many people who take baths every day have this experience. Itching often strikes at untimely times.
For example, when you are in a meeting, driving, or meeting a client, you suddenly feel a certain part of your body that is itchy. It is inconvenient to scratch at that time, so you can only endure it. But once you get home or when you are alone, you scratch it quickly, and you always feel like you are scratching your skin. It's pleasurable when you scratch it, but scratching it too hard will cause small pimples on the skin; some people are used to boiling the itchy area with hot water, thinking that this can provide some relief. However, these methods of relieving itchiness are incorrect and will cause greater damage to the skin to varying degrees, and in turn aggravate the itching. Moreover, it is easy for bacteria and parasites to colonize, and even cause skin inflammation, ulcers and other diseases. Therefore, at this time, the best way is to use a cold compress soaked in cold water to relieve the itching. Some people who "bathe every day" will only feel unbearable itching in a certain part at a certain time or under certain circumstances. This situation is generally due to psychological factors. For example, you usually only feel itchy at home or when you are alone, because you can scratch it at will. This condition is called skin neurosis, and the feeling will only come when you have the opportunity. Doctors suggest that people whose itching is caused by psychological factors should pay attention to self-restraint. When it comes to the time or environment of itching, they should try to distract themselves and force themselves not to think about it.
You also need to pay attention to the method of bathing. If it is not easy for some people to change the habit of bathing every day, they should pay special attention to the method of bathing. 1. The appropriate water temperature is 24 to 29°C. If the water temperature is too high, the oil on the skin surface will be more easily destroyed, and the capillaries will expand, exacerbating the dryness of the skin and causing damage to the skin. At the same time, it will also increase the burden on the heart. 2. Bathing time should not be too long. Just take a bath for 20 minutes and shower for 3 to 5 minutes. Otherwise, the skin surface will be easily dehydrated. 3. If the skin is not very oily, it is better to choose neutral bath liquid and soap, but it does not need to be used every day, just use it once every two or three days. Moreover, it should not be left on the body for too long and must be rinsed off, otherwise it will damage the skin. 4. After taking a bath, apply lotion all over your body to lock in moisture on the skin surface and relieve dryness and itching. 5. Eat less beef, mutton, onions, garlic and other spicy foods, and drink less and smoke less. If your dry and itchy skin is still not relieved after adjusting the frequency and method of bathing, it is best to ask a doctor to diagnose your skin and prescribe appropriate medicine.
Nowadays, people are becoming more and more "tolerant". They can endure illness and pain, and even more itchiness. Even in winter, when the whole body is bothered by itching, which even affects sleep, some people still ignore it. It is these omissions in everyone's thinking that make itchy skin continue to "harass" our normal life. Skin pruritus is more common in people over 60 years old. It is understood that among the elderly in my country, the prevalence of skin pruritus reaches more than 10%. Especially in autumn and winter, when many elderly people take off their clothes and go to bed at night, the skin on their bodies will itch. The more they scratch, the more it itches, and the more it itches, the more they scratch. This is a vicious cycle, until the skin is scratched or pinched, and the itching can be relieved slightly. . In fact, itching is much more than a simple skin disease. It is said that "skin is the mirror of the body." Skin problems indicate that certain parts of the body are not functioning properly. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that itchy skin is caused by internal dryness in the body. The key to treating itchy skin and getting rid of internal dryness is the key. Since there is dryness, it is necessary to use "moisturizing methods to remove it". Only when the body remains moist can the skin be moist and elastic.
To keep your body hydrated, you must do the following:
First, maintain appropriate indoor humidity, you can turn on a humidifier, put a wet towel on the heater, etc. Method, keep the indoor humidity at about 80%, so that the moisture in the skin will not be lost excessively and it can relieve itching.
Second, eat more foods with moisturizing effects and less spicy and greasy foods. In addition to drinking more water, lilies, lotus seeds, fungus and other foods are rich in colloids, which can help the body retain water. People with dry skin should eat more; spicy foods will make the dry fire in the body "burn more and more" , it’s best to “keep a respectful distance”.
Third, the most effective and most fundamental way is to take Chinese patent medicines with moisturizing effects, gradually adjust your body constitution, and make skin itchiness go away from you. For example, the Runzao Antipruritic Capsule produced by Guizhou Tongjitang contains raw rehmannia root, sophora flavescens, and polygonum multiflorum, which can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and dry dampness, and can effectively relieve skin itching; the prepared polygonum multiflorum, mulberry leaves, and red hemp can nourish the liver. It nourishes the kidneys, replenishes essence and blood, clears the lungs and moisturizes dryness, dispels wind and removes dampness, and can eliminate internal dryness in the body. The above six medicines combined can nourish blood and nourish yin, dispel wind and relieve itching. They target the root cause of skin itching, moisten internal dryness, relieve external itching, and relieve itching from the inside without scratching.
Winter pruritus is often induced by cold. It usually occurs in late autumn and winter when the temperature changes drastically, especially when you suddenly go from a cold outdoor to a warm indoor or when you take off your clothes to sleep at night.
The causes of winter itching are complex, and the internal causes are mainly internal diseases of the body, such as neurasthenia, cerebral arteriosclerosis, thyroid dysfunction, obstructive jaundice, diabetes, anemia, nephritis, habitual constipation, etc.
Skin itching is something that everyone will encounter in daily life, but some are temporary, occasional, localized skin itching; while some are long-term, repeated, systemic skin itching. The former is like mosquito bites, local infections of bacteria or fungi on the skin, etc. For these itches, you only need to apply some symptomatic drugs to the affected skin, and most of them will be cured in a short period of time, and there will be no effect on the internal organs and tissues of the body. What a big deal. As for systemic and stubborn skin itching that is repeated for a long time and cannot be cured for a long time, patients must not take it lightly, because clinically many stubborn and systemic skin itching is often a manifestation of internal lesions in the human body on the skin.
The most common systemic skin pruritus is simple senile skin pruritus, which is more common in people over 60 years old. It is mainly related to the degeneration of the physiological structure and function of the skin in the elderly. At this time, the sweat glands and sebaceous glands of the skin atrophy, the secretion function deteriorates, the water-lipid emulsified protective substances on the skin surface are significantly reduced, and the skin appears dry due to lack of moisture, causing itching. Long-term and repeated scratching can cause skin hypertrophy and lichenification, and even secondary infection.
Some liver diseases such as cirrhosis, hepatitis, and benign and malignant tumors that compress extrahepatic bile ducts can cause bile acid retention in the blood due to cholestasis, which in turn stimulates sensory nerve endings in the skin and causes itching. Most patients with chronic renal failure may experience uremic pruritus due to excessive urea retention in the skin, which can stimulate sensory nerve endings. Early symptoms of Hodgkin's disease and mycosis fungoides can often manifest as generalized itching. In addition, diabetes, carcinoid syndrome, chronic leukemia, malignant lymphoma, liver cancer, gastric cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, advanced brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, Sj?gren's syndrome, erythrocytosis, hemochromatosis, deficiency Patients with iron anemia and other diseases may also experience varying degrees of systemic skin itching, and most of them are stubborn and severe itching, which cannot be cured even with the use of antihistamines such as chlorpheniramine, or topical antipruritic drugs such as Dermatitis Pingding. Very good relief. At this time, the patient should be highly vigilant and go to the hospital in time to find out the cause. Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, once they have severe systemic skin itching that cannot be cured for a long time, they should follow the instructions of an experienced doctor and selectively check blood and urine routine, glucose tolerance test, liver and kidney function, five thyroid functions, and tumor-related diseases. Antigen and other indicators, if necessary, B-ultrasound, CT, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, skin or lymph node biopsy, bone puncture and other items can be selected. Actively search for the cause so that appropriate treatment can be carried out.
If it is just simple senile skin itching, antihistamines and topical antipruritic drugs are the main treatments. At the same time, you should also avoid various irritating factors, such as smoking and drinking less, drinking less strong tea and coffee, and eating less spicy and irritating food to keep your bowel movements smooth. You should not bathe too frequently, use less alkaline soap, and the bath water should not be overheated. Apply some protective cream after bathing and wear soft cotton underwear. The above measures can help improve the uncomfortable symptoms of simple senile skin itching. External causes are mostly external stimuli, such as exposure to dust at work and life, use of soaps that are too alkaline, eating spicy food, and wearing chemical fiber clothing close to the body.
Generalized skin itching: Metabolic disorders and endocrine abnormalities are one of the important causes of systemic skin itching. Many diseases can cause skin itching by changing the normal metabolism of the human body. Common causes include:
Senior skin metabolism disorder: The elderly have skin atrophy, less sweat, and lack of sebum moisturizing. Skin blood supply disorder, lack of nutrition, and susceptibility to stimulation by hot and cold changes in the surrounding environment can induce itching, which is senile skin pruritus. Therefore, skin itching in the elderly is mostly caused by blood deficiency, liver hyperactivity, wind and dryness, and skin failure. It can occur throughout the year, with winter and spring being the peak season.
Hormone levels: Reduced hormone levels, such as sex hormones, in the elderly are also one of the causes of itching. Such as itchy skin in women during menopause.
Diabetes: Diabetes is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people. It is a systemic chronic metabolic disease determined by genetic genes.
The disease can occur at any age, with a peak incidence between the ages of 50 and 70. In traditional Chinese medicine, this disease is called "Xiao Ke" or "Xiao Heng". Absolute or relative reduction of insulin in patients leads to metabolic disorders of sugar, fat and protein, which prevents pyruvate from being oxidized. Pyruvate and lactic acid accumulate in nerve tissue, causing polyneuritis. The patient's skin is prone to dryness, causing itching. Or abnormal sensations such as crawling insects. About 7% of diabetic patients suffer from generalized or localized skin itching.
Thyroid dysfunction: Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism can also cause skin itching. Skin itching during hyperthyroidism may be caused by increased basal metabolism, excessive sweating, and mental stress. The systemic itching caused by hypothyroidism and myxedema is mostly related to dry and flaky skin.
Chronic renal insufficiency-uremia: The patient's skin loses its luster, becomes dry, and scales. After urea is discharged from the sweat glands, it condenses into urea cream, which can cause uremic dermatitis by irritating the skin and making the patient feel itchy. At the same time, the increase in parathyroid hormone in the patient's body is also the cause of skin itching.
Skin itching in pregnant women: General skin itching in healthy pregnant women during the second and third trimester of pregnancy is mostly caused by cholestasis in the body, which is clinically called intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. The cause of jaundice and skin itching is that the fetus compresses the bile ducts, resulting in poor bile drainage and poor excretion of bile salts. As a result, bile salts stagnate in the liver and accumulate in the blood, forming jaundice; excess bile salts are deposited in the skin to stimulate nerve endings. causing itching. In addition, pregnant women often experience itching of the skin on the abdominal wall in the third trimester of pregnancy. This is due to the overstretching of the abdominal wall and the appearance of stretch marks and the stimulation of the sensory nerve endings of the abdominal wall. It is not caused by cholestasis. The symptoms are often mild and do not require treatment.
Hepatobiliary diseases: When intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts are blocked and cholestasis occurs, bile salts enter the skin and stimulate peripheral nerves, which can cause significant itching.
Therefore, in the face of various manifestations of stubborn itching, we should be more vigilant and try our best to rule out the cause of the disease. If necessary, we should conduct relevant examinations for detailed identification.
Localized pruritus: Itching occurs in a certain part of the body, most commonly in the anus, scrotum, and vulva. Localized itching can be caused by hemorrhoids, fistulas, pinworms, trichomonas, and local hyperhidrosis.
Xu Xiaoyun, deputy chief physician of the Dermatology Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Beng Medical University
Now that we are entering autumn, due to the cooler and drier weather, it is easy to cause the body’s resistance to decline, which is also the cause of certain skin diseases. High season. Pruritus is a common skin disease in autumn and winter. Although itching is not a serious disease, it can be really annoying when it comes to it. In severe cases, it can affect people's rest and sleep. The majority of patients should receive reasonable diagnosis and treatment under the guidance of a doctor, and do not deal with it without authorization, which may cause serious consequences. There are many causes of itchy skin, the main one being dry skin. After the weather turns cooler, the secretion of sebaceous glands in the human body begins to decrease, making the skin prone to dryness. In addition, some external stimulation, such as washing powder, highly alkaline soap, etc., can cause sebum loss, disrupt the water-lipid balance on the skin surface, and cause itching. The sebaceous gland secretion function of the elderly decreases with age and the skin becomes drier, so this disease is more common in the elderly. Skin pruritus is divided into two types: systemic pruritus and localized pruritus. Generalized pruritus is often paroxysmal, especially at night. Due to severe itching and poor sleep for a long time, symptoms of neurasthenia such as dizziness, depression, and loss of appetite may occur. Localized pruritus occurs in a certain part of the body, with the anus, scrotum, and vulva being the most common. If skin itching is not treated properly, it can lead to varying degrees of eczema changes in the skin, manifesting as skin maculopapular rashes, blisters, and even erosion, exudation, and repeated attacks. The course of the disease is chronic and may not heal for a long time. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with itching symptoms take prevention and treatment work under the guidance of a specialist. First, remove the cause of the disease and treat accompanying diseases in a timely manner. Second, pay attention to "taboo". In terms of diet, try to eat more traditional Chinese medicine porridge that strengthens the spleen and nourishes blood, limit drinking of strong tea and coffee, and try not to eat fish, shrimp, wine, pepper and other foods to avoid aggravating the condition. Third, when heating indoors in autumn and winter, do not make the room temperature too high. Use a humidifier or plant flowers and plants to maintain appropriate indoor humidity to reduce the evaporation of skin moisture. In addition, you should also develop the habit of drinking water regularly and quantitatively. Human skin is an important "reservoir" for storing water in the body. If you always drink water when you feel thirsty, you will often be in a state of dehydration. Once the human body is dehydrated, it will take water from the skin. Fourth, avoid local irritation.
Avoid vigorous bathing with hot water, towels, soap and inappropriate topical drugs, as this will wash away the lipid film on the skin surface, dry the skin and aggravate itching. After each bath, appropriately apply some lotion, cream, etc. containing a small amount of oil on the areas that often feel itchy, which can effectively relieve itching. Fifth, for external use, calamine lotion containing antipruritic agents, corticosteroid ointments or creams, and creams containing antipruritic agents can be selected according to the condition. Sixth, if the itching is severe or the external drug treatment is not effective, you can take some drugs orally. Everyone should also be reminded to refrain from scratching. Scratching will not only damage the skin and make it prone to infection, but repeated scratching for a long time will make the local skin thickened and rough, and the local sensory nerves will become more excited and sensitive due to repeated stimulation, making the skin more susceptible to infection. The itching worsened. This will lead to a vicious cycle of the more itches, the more scratches, and the more scratches, the more itches. Do not be careless when local peeling or itching occurs on the skin. Many patients use incorrect methods such as hot water scalding and irritating lotions to deal with the problem. This will only aggravate the further weakening of the epidermal barrier function and cause discomfort. Aggravated. If you feel uncomfortable, go to the hospital to find a specialist in time, and do not deal with it carelessly.
About the author: The author of this article is the deputy chief physician of the Dermatology Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College. He is good at the diagnosis and treatment of various dermatological diseases.
For itchy skin: Mix fresh leeks and rice water at a ratio of 1:10. Soak for two hours and then boil the leeks together. Remove the leeks and wash the itchy area with water or take a bath. The effect will be seen once. Do not wash your body with clean water, wash it once a day for three days and you will never feel itchy again. (Is it just itching and no other symptoms?)
For the treatment of skin pruritus, Western medicine mainly focuses on sedation and relief of itching. If the skin is already dry and itchy, remember not to scratch the affected area, otherwise it will make it more itchy and expand the area. Maybe you have had this experience. Sometimes when you go from a cold outdoor to a warm indoor, or when you take off your thick coat and lie in bed before going to bed at night, you will feel the stimulation of cold and hot. The lower skin will suddenly feel itchy for bursts, and you can't help but scratch it. However, the more it itches, the more you scratch it, and the more you scratch it, the more it itches. The more you scratch it, the more serious the itching becomes, creating a vicious cycle. And scratching is likely to damage the skin and increase the skin's reactivity. If you scratch too hard, it may cause dermatitis or leave pigmentation and lichen-like hardening of the skin, which will make treatment more difficult. Therefore, in many cases, if the itching is not serious, try to endure it and do not scratch it casually. You can use some moisturizing products on the dry and itchy areas. If the itching is severe, you can also locally apply some anti-itch ointments/potions with cooling ingredients such as mint (such as calamine lotion, cyheptadine cream, triamcinolone urea ointment, etc.) to relieve symptoms and allow the skin to gradually recover. Normal; or applying local cold compress with a towel soaked in cold water can also relieve the symptoms of itchy skin. In terms of oral medication, people with dry skin can take cod liver oil pills three times a day, one pill each time. Oral administration of multivitamins (such as Shierkang, Shancun tablets), calcium tablets, etc. also has a certain auxiliary effect on the treatment of itching. When ordinary itching symptoms occur, you can take non-sedative astamine, cetirizine, etc. during the day, and take sedative antihistamine drugs such as chlorpheniramine, cyproheptadine, etc. half an hour before going to bed at night. If itching all over the body is unbearable, you can take anti-allergic drugs such as phenergan or cyproheptadine to relieve symptoms. In terms of external medication, the situation is more complicated, and the medication needs to be selected according to the different conditions of the patient. Generally speaking, if it is itchy skin on the face, 4 to 6 layers of gauze soaked in 3% boric acid solution can be used. , apply a wet compress on the face for about 1 hour, then apply a thin layer of Elosone ointment and use it once a day. This type of external medicine has astringent and skin-protecting effects, as well as anti-allergic and rash-reducing effects. It has no adverse irritation to facial skin and will not cause facial skin atrophy, telangiectasia and other corticosteroid side effects. Additionally, all skin care products must be discontinued during treatment. If skin itching occurs on the back of the neck, back, limbs, dorsum of hands, and insteps, you can use Dermatitis Pingruan Cream, Wuji Cream, Anti-allergic Anti-itching Cream, etc. water and other medicines. This type of drug has neuroparalytic anti-itching and anti-allergic effects, but is also relatively irritating to the skin. Since the epidermal cuticle in the above-mentioned parts is thicker, it is more tolerable to the slight adverse irritation of this kind of drug to the skin.
Skin itching on the chest, abdomen, and buttocks occurs on the front of the neck, chest, abdomen, buttocks, and flexed sides of the limbs. Calamine lotion and zinc oxide lotion can be used. These drugs can soothe, protect, cool, and relieve itching of the skin. Functional, non-irritating. Because the cuticle of the epidermis in these areas is relatively thin, liquids using alcohol as a solvent, such as anti-allergic and anti-pruritic lotions, dermatitis tincture, etc., cannot be used. If skin itching occurs under the armpits, around the umbilicus, in the groin, vulva, and anus, you can choose Compound Miconazole Soft Cream, Perison Cream (also known as Compound Dacnin Cream), Fukangwang Cream, and Baolong Cream. Kangshuang, Compound Kangna Leshuang, etc. These drugs have anti-allergic, anti-itching and anti-fungal infection effects. Because there are more skin secretions in the above-mentioned parts, the skin is often in a moist state. When the skin in these parts is itchy, it is often accompanied by various types of fungal infections. Therefore, the above drugs are very suitable for use in the itching of the skin in these parts. It should also be emphasized that the drug usage information mentioned above can only be used for reference. Whether it is an internal or external drug, my suggestion should still be used rationally under the guidance of a professional doctor after diagnosis, because blind use of drugs It is very likely to have adverse effects on the skin and cause side effects. Special attention should be paid to not using some topical hormone-containing ointments such as Piyanping, Wuji Cream, Fusinolin and other corticosteroid creams on your own when skin itching occurs. This hormone drug may be very effective at the beginning of use and can make certain skin symptoms disappear quickly after one application. However, after long-term use of this drug, it is likely to cause skin abnormalities at the application site, such as Side effects such as secondary infection, folliculitis, telangiectasia, hormonal dermatitis, skin atrophy, and pigmentation. Women may also experience serious reactions such as increased hair growth. In addition, it is easy to develop dependence or resistance after using hormone drugs, and it may also cause allergies, causing the skin in the affected area to appear dry, rough, desquamated, and even have shallow cracks. Therefore, it is recommended that if the skin only has mild local itching, you should use some hormone-free and emollient external medicines (cod liver oil ointment, urea ointment, etc. can be used). If it is severe itching and an obvious large-scale rash, or dermatitis symptoms such as redness, swelling, ulcers, and exudation appear on the skin, do not use drugs for treatment without authorization. You should go to the hospital immediately and use topical and topical medications under the guidance of a doctor. Take medicine internally to avoid further worsening of the condition.