Differentiation Treatment of Rosacea from"Blood Stasis"
The name and theory of rosacea originated from the pre Qin period.Huang Di Nei Jing provides a detailed description of its etiology and pathogenesis.Currently,it is believed that this disease is caused by the accumulation of heat in the lung and stomach,the accumulation of toxins and blood stasis,and the spread of the disease on the nose and face.The theory of toxin and pathogens originated in Zhongjing.Toxin and pathogens are the inexplicable accumulation of evil energy,and"poison"has an important impact on the occurrence and development of rosacea.The accumulation of toxin and blood stasis is the key to the onset of rosacea.Blood stasis caused by cold toxin,blood stasis caused by heat toxin,blood stasis caused by dampness toxin,phlegm and blood stasis,chronic stasis and so on are the common etiology and pathogenesis.Blood stasis caused by cold toxin is mainly treated by modified Tongqiao Huoxue Decoction,with herbs acrid in flavour for dissipating cold;blood stasis caused by heat toxin is mainly treated by modified Dahuang Zhechong Pills;blood stasis caused by dampness toxin is mainly treated by herbs of reducing dampness with small amount of medicines of activating blood circulation and reducing blood stasis,with modified Chushi Weiling Decoction;phlegm and blood stasis is mainly treated by herbs of softening and disintegrating masses,such as Sargassum,Laminariae Thallus,Sparganii Rhizoma,Curcumae Rhizoma;chronic stasis is mainly treated by insect drugs,with herbs of strengthening spleen and stomach,nourishing yin and blood,and the common compatibility is Paeoniae Radix alba,Lycii Fructus,Salviea Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Rehmannine Radix,etc.