Skin itching is so uncomfortable. Four traditional Chinese medicine internal and external methods to fight it

Itchy skin is a very troublesome symptom. It is very uncomfortable if you don’t scratch it, but it is very satisfying to scratch it, but the skin will itch even more afterwards! Especially when your skin is so itchy that you can’t fall asleep, it will cause more diseases. What is the cause of itchy skin? Is there a simple way to improve itchy skin? Let’s talk about this topic today.

The subjective symptoms of skin diseases are diverse, which are related to the nature of the skin disease, the severity of the lesions and the differences in the individual constitution of the patient. They mainly include itching, pain, numbness and other sensations. Of these three sensations, itching is the most uncomfortable!

Traditional Chinese medicine has a very detailed classification of the causes of itchy skin, mainly from the perspective of external pathogenic factors, the site of onset and differences in “physical constitution”. You may wish to take a look at how traditional Chinese medicine classifies it, and also see which category the cause of your itchy skin belongs to, so that it will be easier to find the right solution.

Physical factors

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that environmental factors such as “wind, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, and fire” can cause diseases, and different physical constitutions of people make them more susceptible to certain environmental factors.

Wind itch

The characteristic of wind is that it “comes quickly and goes quickly”. In the human body, the nature of wind is to go superficially and upwards, so the characteristic of wind itch is that the onset sites are usually in the “head, face, ears, nose”, etc., and in severe cases it can spread throughout the body.

If it is more of a heat syndrome (wind-heat syndrome), you may see “red papules as big as needle caps or corn seeds”, which will itch more when exposed to heat. If there is a cool breeze, the itching sensation can be slightly relieved.

If it is more cold (wind-cold), the itching occurs in a certain season and time. During the year, it is more severe in winter and less severe in summer. Within a day, the itching is much more severe in the morning and evening when the temperature is low than at noon when the temperature is high, and the “papules and wheals are light red”.