Pathological scar includes hypertrophic scar and keloid disease,which are classified into the categories of"crab foot swelling"and"meat turtle ulcers"in traditional medicine.It is proposed that the nature,location and etiology of skin lesions are related to the types of constitution in traditional Chinese medicine,especially the damp-heat constitution.At present,combined Western medicine is the main treatment,but TCM syndrome differentiation and acupuncture have significant advantages in the treatment of this disease and related accompanying symptoms such as pruritus,pain,insomnia,etc.By searching the relevant literature in China and abroad in recent years,this paper summarized the treatment principles of TCM from four aspects:promoting blood circulation and removing blood-stasis,clearing heat and detoxifying,tonifying deficiency,dissipating wind and nourizing blood.The latest research shows that:traditional Chinese medicine extracts play an important role in the pathogenesis of pathological scars.Integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine treatment may become a trend of clinical application.
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