ZHU Renkang's experience in treating acne from qi-blood type differentiation
ZHU Renkang believes that the skin is nourished directly by the nutritive qi and defensive qi,emphasizing the close relationship between qi-blood and skin diseases.He classifies acne into three types:flaring heat in qi-blood phase,qi stagnation leading to blood stasis phase,and heat-floating due to qi deficiency phase.Determining treatments based on symptoms,treat with clearing qi and cooling blood,promoting qi and activating blood,and benefiting qi and nourishing blood respectively.The representative prescriptions were Cooling Blood and Clearing Lung Decoction,Dispersing Stasis and Resolving Masses Pills,and Bazhen Decoction.He often use Chinese patent medicine to enhance curative effect.Mr.ZHU also advocates paying more attention to spleen and stomach,diagnosing based on meridians and treating both inside and outside in the treatment of acne.