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Skin conditions A–Z
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- Acne 痤疮 cuó chuāng Acne is treated by location and by what the lesions contain. Forehead and cheek papules, deep nodules and jawline breakouts that flare before a period are read as three…
- Age spots 老年斑 lǎo nián bān Age spots are read as the face showing deeper change: declining Kidney and Liver Yin, sluggish Blood, or accumulated phlegm. Most are harmless, and a spot that changes…
- Anal irritation 肛门瘙痒 gāng mén sào yǎng The anus is the lowest opening of the Large Intestine, where the body is most vulnerable to dampness and heat sinking downward. Bleeding or a new lump is a medical…
- Athlete's foot 脚湿气 jiǎo shī qì Athlete foot is read as dampness that has sunk to the lowest point of the body. The feet are where accumulated damp heat collects, and that is why the same problem…
- Atopic dermatitis 四弯风 sì wān fēng The Chinese name for atopic dermatitis means four bends wind, after the creases of the elbows and knees where it settles. It is read as a condition of constitution, not…
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- Boils 疖 jiē A boil is not read as an isolated infection but as the body pushing heat and toxin outward. Where it appears, and how quickly it comes to a head, is what tells the…
- Breast blister 乳疱 rǔ pào A blister on the breast is read as internal heat or dampness surfacing where the Stomach and Liver channels pass. A spreading, hot, painful breast with fever needs…
- Breast eczema 乳房湿疹 rǔ fáng shī zhěn Breast eczema is read through the Liver channel, which runs through the breast. Dampness and heat on the skin, or dryness from Blood deficiency, both point back to an…
- Breast pruritus 乳痒 rǔ yǎng The breast is read through the Liver channel, which runs directly through the chest. Itch here is Liver heat, dampness or Wind - and a breast lump is a medical question,…
- Bruising 瘀伤 yū shāng A bruise is stuck blood: blood that has left the vessels and stopped moving. The Liver keeps Qi and Blood flowing, the Spleen keeps blood inside the vessels, and most…
- Bruising easily 易发瘀斑 yì fā yū bān Easy bruising is read as the Spleen failing to hold Blood inside the vessels. It is the commonest explanation in this framework, but unexplained or widespread bruising…
- Bullous dermatitis 天疱疮 tiān pào chuāng Bullous dermatitis is read as heat and dampness bursting out as blisters. It is also a skin condition for which medical treatment is essential, since widespread…
- Burning hot skin to the touch 肌肤灼热 jī fū zhuó rè Skin that feels hot to the touch means heat has risen to the surface - either an outside invader, an internal excess, or a deficiency that produces heat from emptiness.
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- Candidiasis 念珠菌病 niàn zhū jūn bìng Recurrent yeast overgrowth is read as an environment problem rather than an invasion: the body has become too damp and too warm, and the organism simply thrives in what…
- Cellulitis 发 fā Cellulitis is a medical emergency first. The tradition describes it as Toxic-Heat lodged in the deeper tissues, and that description explains the speed and severity -…
- Chickenpox 水痘 shuǐ dòu Chickenpox is read as epidemic toxin: heat and dampness entering through the mouth and nose. The vesicles are the surface sign, but the patterns that matter are the ones…
- Chilblains 冻疮 dòng chuāng Chilblains are read as a local cold injury in which deficient Yang fails to warm the limbs. They recur because the internal fire is not reaching the extremities.
- Chronic urticaria 慢性瘾疹 màn xìng yǐn zhěn Chronic hives are read as Wind that keeps returning because the body defence is not holding it out. That shifts the treatment from chasing the trigger to strengthening…
- Contact dermatitis 接触性皮炎 jiē chù xìng pí yán Contact dermatitis has an obvious external cause, and the tradition treats it as an external pathogenic invasion: the skin is overwhelmed at the point of contact, and…
- Cool or clammy skin sensation 皮肤湿冷 pí fū shī lěng Cool clammy skin means the body warming energy is not reaching the surface. Sudden cold clamminess with chest pain or breathlessness is a cardiac emergency and comes…
- Corns 鸡眼 jī yǎn A corn is read as something stuck: Qi, Blood or moisture trapped in the foot where friction presses. Removing the pressure removes the cause, which is why footwear…
- Cracked breast skin 乳裂 rǔ liè Cracked nipple skin is read through the Liver and Stomach channels, which pass through the breast and nipple. Fissures with fever or spreading redness need medical care…
- Cracked skin 皮肤皲裂 pí fū jūn liè Cracked skin is read as skin that has lost its moisture and flexibility. When the internal fluids and Blood are low, or the channels are cold and obstructed, the surface…
- Cyanosis 青紫 qīng zǐ Cyanosis means blood is not receiving enough fresh Qi, so its colour darkens. Blue lips or fingertips that appear suddenly is an emergency before it is a pattern.
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- Dandruff 白屑风 bái xiè fēng Dandruff is read as an internal signal, not a surface problem. Whether the flakes are greasy and yellowish or dry and white points to opposite patterns with opposite…
- Dark face 面色黧黑 miàn sè lí hēi A dark, dull or purplish face is read as Qi and Blood failing to reach the surface - because flow is blocked, because supply is low, or because cold and phlegm are…
- Dark nipple colour 乳头色黑 rǔ tóu sè hēi Nipple colour is read through the Liver and Stomach channels and the Directing and Penetrating vessels. A sudden change in one nipple, retraction or discharge is a…
- Dark skin 面色晦暗 miàn sè huì àn A dull, darkened complexion is read as Blood not reaching the surface cleanly or Yang not warming it. Sudden generalised darkening is a medical sign, not a cosmetic one.
- Dark yellow skin 阴黄 yīn huáng Yellow skin has two faces in this framework. Bright orange is damp heat; a dull, smoky, dark yellow is yin jaundice, from cold-damp or from Blood that has stopped moving.
- Dermatomyositis 皮肌炎 pí jī yán Dermatomyositis is read as Heat-Toxin or Wind-Damp lodged in skin, muscle and channels. The skin is the Lungs territory, the flesh belongs to the Spleen, and both show…
- Diaper rash 红臀 hóng tún Diaper rash is read as heat and dampness trapped in the Lower Burner. The skin stays warm and wet, so the question is whether the pattern is damp heat, toxicity, or…
- Drug rash 药疹 yào zhěn A drug rash is read as a clash between the drug toxic nature and the body internal landscape. The first step is always medical: stop the suspected drug and get assessed,…
- Dry and hot skin 皮肤干热 pí fū gān rè Dry and hot skin at once means fluids are low while heat is present. The reference distinguishes heat that is drying the surface from heat generated by depletion…
- Dry scalp 头皮干燥 tóu pí gān zào The scalp sits at the highest point of the body, and the reference says it is often the first place to show when Blood and Yin run low. Dryness here is a supply problem…
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- Ear eczema 旋耳疮 xuán ěr chuāng Ear eczema is read through moisture: delicate skin around the ear where dampness rises and gets trapped in the channels. Severe ear pain or hearing change is a medical…
- Eczema 湿疹 shī zhěn Eczema is not one thing in Chinese medicine. Its appearance - red and weeping, or dry and thickened - is read as the signature of a particular internal imbalance, and…
- Elbow swelling 肘肿 zhǒu zhǒng The elbow is a crossroads where several channels pass. Swelling there is read as Qi and Blood blocked by injury, or damp heat settling into the joint - but a hot swollen…
- Erysipelas 丹毒 dān dú Erysipelas is fire toxin in the skin: a bright red, raised, clearly bordered plaque that spreads fast and burns. It needs antibiotics promptly, and the tradition reads…
- Erythema infectiosum 传染性红斑 chuán rǎn xìng hóng bān Fifth disease is read as Wind-Heat lodging in the Lungs, which govern the skin. The slapped-cheek rash is the surface sign of a mild childhood illness - but pregnancy…
- Erythema multiforme 猫眼疮 māo yǎn chuāng The traditional name means cat-eye sore, from the target-like rings of this eruption. Some cases are an infection reaction; widespread blistering or skin peeling is a…
- Erythema nodosum 结节性红斑 jié jié xìng hóng bān Erythema nodosum is read as heat and dampness settling in the deeper tissues, producing tender nodules on the shins. What the nodules feel like - hot or cool - decides…
- Erythromelalgia 红斑性肢痛症 hóng bān xìng zhī tòng zhèng Erythromelalgia is read as heat and Blood disturbance producing burning redness of the hands and feet. The pattern decides whether the heat is in the Blood, in the…
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- Face itching 面痒 miàn yǎng The face is the most exposed part of the body and the most visible mirror of internal heat. Facial itch is read as Wind on that surface, stirred by heat, dampness,…
- Facial plaque 黧黑斑 lí hēi bān A facial plaque is read as pigment that has settled where Qi and Blood are not moving cleanly. The name 黧黑斑 also appears on the Melasma page, and a plaque that changes…
- Facial swelling 面肿 miàn zhǒng The face is where the three organs that manage water show their state. Puffiness here is read as a fluid problem of the Lungs, Spleen or Kidneys - but sudden swelling…
- Folliculitis 毛囊炎 máo náng yán Folliculitis is read at the follicle, where dampness that has accumulated inside meets heat and pushes out through the skin. The bump is the visible end of that process.
- Foot and lower leg skin rashes and fungal infections 下肢癣 xià zhī xuǎn Rashes on the lower legs are read as dampness sinking downward, and that is why fungal infections return there. Spreading redness with fever or an open sore is a medical…
- Foot dorsum redness 足发背 zú fā bèi Redness on the top of the foot is read as heat, dampness or stagnation affecting the channels that cross there, especially the Stomach channel. Red streaks moving up the…
- Foul body odour 狐臭 hú chòu Foul body odour is read as dampness and heat steaming outward through the skin. The smell itself - pungent, musty or sour - points to which channel is congested.
- Frostbite 冻疮 dòng chuāng Frostbite is read as a contest between external cold and internal Yang. Cold freezes the flow of Qi and Blood in the small channels, and the stage of the injury decides…
- Fungal infection 癣 xuǎn A fungal infection is read as the body becoming a hospitable environment: dampness and heat accumulating until pathogens can settle. Killing the fungus without changing…
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- Hand eczema 手部湿疹 shǒu bù shī zhěn Hand eczema is read as fluid and Blood imbalance reaching the surface, and hands make it worse because they meet water, soap and work all day. The pattern decides…
- Heat rash 痱子 fèi zi Heat rash is blocked sweat pores, but the reference says the root is internal: dampness and heat that the skin cannot vent. The weather triggers it; the pattern explains…
- Henoch Schonlein purpura 过敏性紫癜 guò mǐn xìng zǐ diàn Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a systemic condition, not only a rash. In this framework it is Heat agitating the Blood, and the reason it matters is what the same process…
- Herpes simplex infection 热疮 rè chuāng Cold sores are read as heat rising to the surface, with the Stomach channel running around the mouth and nose. Recurrence is the tell: it points to depletion rather than…
- Herpes zoster infection 蛇串疮 shé chuàn chuāng Shingles is described as internal heat and dampness that finally breaks through, and its belt-like distribution follows the Liver channel along the ribs.
- HIV associated pruritus 艾滋病瘙痒 ài zī bìng sào yǎng Itch in HIV is read as Blood, Spleen and Liver depletion showing on the skin. The HIV care comes first, and any new widespread rash on medication needs urgent review,…
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- Ichthyosis 鱼鳞病 yú lín bìng Ichthyosis is read as skin that cannot hold moisture because Blood and Yin are low, leaving fish-scale dryness. Most forms are inherited, so the aim is management rather…
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura 紫癜 zǐ diàn ITP means the blood is leaking because the vessels are not held. In this framework that is either heat agitating the Blood or the Spleen failing to contain it - and the…
- Impetigo 黄水疮 huáng shuǐ chuāng Impetigo is described as dampness and heat meeting on the skin surface, producing the honey-coloured crust that gives the condition its Chinese name, yellow water sore.
- Itchy ears 耳痒 ěr yǎng The ear is a crossroads of channels in this framework: the Kidney opens into the ear, and the Liver and Gallbladder channels pass through. Itch is read as heat, wind or…
- Itchy genitalia 阴痒 yīn yǎng Genital itch is read through the Liver channel, which runs through the groin, and the Kidneys, which govern the lower orifices. Damp heat predominates, but dryness…
- Itchy scalp 头皮瘙痒 tóu pí sào yǎng Scalp itch is read as Wind rising to the highest point of the body. What stirred the Wind decides the treatment: heat, dampness, Blood deficiency or stress.
- Itchy skin 皮肤瘙痒 pí fū sào yǎng Itch is given a name in this framework: Wind. Wind moves, comes and goes, and worsens at night, which is why the treatment depends on whether the skin is dry, red,…
- Itchy vesicular rashes 湿疹 shī zhěn A vesicular rash is read as dampness and heat surfacing as small blisters. Whether it weeps, burns or scales determines whether the treatment clears, drains or nourishes.
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- Jock itch 股癣 gǔ xuǎn Jock itch is read as dampness pooling in the groin, where the Liver channel runs and the skin stays warm and occluded. It returns unless the environment and the internal…
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- Keloids 蟹足肿 xiè zú zhǒng A keloid is read as a scar that keeps growing because heat, stasis or toxicity remains in the tissue. Its traditional name, crab-foot swelling, describes the clawed…
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- Lateral malleolus redness 外踝红肿 wài huái hóng zhǒng The outer ankle is a crossing point for the Gallbladder and Bladder channels, so redness there is read as obstruction: damp heat, stagnation, or a deficiency that leaves…
- Lichen planus 紫癜风 zǐ diàn fēng Lichen planus is read as Purpura Wind: heat disturbing the Blood so that it leaks from the vessels or erupts as papules. Its oral and genital forms are treated with the…
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- Macular rash 斑疹 bān zhěn A macular rash is flat colour with no raised edge, and the reference reads its faintness or brightness as a measure of how deep the heat has gone - from the surface to…
- Macules 斑 bān A macule is a flat change in colour that does not fade on pressure or rise above the skin. The reference reads facial dark spots as a visible sign that Qi and Blood are…
- Melasma 黄褐斑 huáng hè bān Melasma is read as the face showing an internal stasis. Classical texts call it face dust or dark patches, and the reference is explicit that its root lies deeper than…
- Moist skin sensation 皮肤湿润 pí fū shī rùn Skin that feels persistently moist is read as fluid metabolism out of balance. The temperature of that moisture - hot, clammy or merely damp - decides whether to clear,…
- Mottled skin 肌肤甲错 jī fū jiǎ cuò The traditional name for mottled skin means armour-like scaling, skin so dry and rough it looks like fish scales. It is read as a sign that Blood and fluids are not…
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- Neurodermatitis 牛皮癣 niú pí xuǎn Neurodermatitis is read as a disorder of the Blood showing on the skin. The thickened, leathery plaque is the end point of a long cycle of itch and scratching, not the…
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- Oily or clammy skin sensation 皮肤粘腻 pí fū nián nì Skin that feels oily or clammy is read as dampness: a heavy sticky fluid that builds when fluid metabolism is impaired. The Spleen and Stomach are the organs at the…
- Oily skin 面垢 miàn gòu Facial oil is read as the visible state of digestion and emotion. Greasy shine is dampness; waxy oil is damp-phlegm; a flushed oily face points to Liver fire.
- Oily sweat 油汗 yóu hàn Oily sweat is read as damp heat pushing a sticky turbid fluid out through the skin, with the Stomach and Spleen most often involved. Sudden profuse oily sweating with…
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- Papules 丘疹 qiū zhěn A papule is a small raised lesion with no fluid in it. The reference reads the papule as the lungs failing to protect the surface, or as an internal pattern pushing…
- Paronychia 沿爪疔 yán zhǎo dīng Paronychia is read as heat and dampness entering through a tiny break around the nail. It usually needs medical care, and red streaks spreading up the finger need it…
- Pemphigus 天疱疮 tiān pào chuāng Pemphigus is an autoimmune blistering disease that needs medical treatment. The tradition reads it as heat, dampness and toxin, and that reading is explanatory - not a…
- Perioral dermatitis 口周皮炎 kǒu zhōu pí yán The mouth is the Spleen opening and the Stomach channel runs around the lips, so papules here are read as digestive heat rising. Topical steroids often make it worse,…
- Petechiae 紫斑 zǐ bān Petechiae are pinpoint bleeds: blood that the vessels failed to contain. Whether they appear with a fever or gradually over weeks changes the urgency entirely.
- Pityriasis rosea 玫瑰糠疹 méi guī kāng zhěn Pityriasis rosea is read as Wind-Heat or dampness on a surface that is already vulnerable. The herald patch and the oval scaling lesions are the surface expression of…
- Psoriasis 白疕 bái bǐ Psoriasis is read here as a disorder of the Blood rather than of the surface. The plaque is the visible end of a process, and its colour and thickness are treated as the…
- Psoriatic arthritis 白疕痹 bái bǐ bì Psoriatic arthritis is read as two problems meeting: a Blood-level skin condition and a painful obstruction in the joints. The treatment has to answer both.
- Purple face 面紫 miàn zǐ A purple or dusky face is read as Blood that is not moving, with the Heart governing the vessels. Sudden purple or blue discolouration, especially with chest pain or…
- Purpura 紫癜 zǐ diàn Purpura is blood escaping the vessels without a break in the skin. The reference describes two routes: heat making blood reckless, or a weak Spleen failing to hold it in.
- Pus and discharge 脓漏 nóng lòu Pus is heat and toxin cooking the body fluids and tissue. The character of the discharge - thick and foul, or thin and watery - is what tells the practitioner whether to…
- Pustule 脓疱 nóng pào A pustule is heat and dampness fighting at the surface, with the heat cooking the fluids into pus. The density of the pustules and the redness of their halos tell the…
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- Raynaud's disease 雷诺病 léi nuò bìng Raynaud's is read as Qi and Blood failing to reach the fingers and toes. The colour change during an attack, and what triggers it, tell the practitioner why the supply…
- Red and swollen feet 足红肿 zú hóng zhǒng The feet are the lowest point of the body, so heat, fluid and blood all tend to sink there. Red swollen feet may be damp heat, toxicity or a deficiency - and spreading…
- Red elbow 肘痈 zhǒu yōng A red swollen elbow is read as heat and toxin collecting where several channels cross. When it throbs with pus and fever, it is an abscess and needs medical drainage,…
- Rhinophyma 酒齄鼻 jiǔ zhā bí Rhinophyma is read as heat that has settled in the nose for years, thickening the tissue. The earlier patterns are heat and blood; the late pattern is stagnation with a…
- Rosacea 酒渣鼻 jiǔ zhā bí Rosacea is described as heat that rises. The Stomach channel reaches the nose and cheeks, so internal heat from food and alcohol is said to have a direct route to the…
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- Scabies 疥疮 jiè chuāng Scabies is a parasitic invasion that needs a scabicide, for the whole household. The tradition calls the mite parasitic toxin, and asks why some people react with far…
- Scleroderma 皮痹 pí bì Scleroderma is read as skin impediment: pathogenic factors obstructing the channels of the skin, while deficiency underneath means the skin is not nourished. The two run…
- Scrotal eczema 肾囊风 shèn náng fēng The Liver channel runs through the genital area, so scrotal eczema is read as damp heat congesting that channel. The source gives this condition one pattern, and treats…
- Sebaceous cysts 粉瘤 fěn liú A sebaceous cyst is read as phlegm nodule: dampness thickened into something that sits under the skin. The rule that matters is clinical - a painless soft nodule is one…
- Seborrheic dermatitis 面游风 miàn yóu fēng Seborrheic dermatitis is read as heat and dampness rising along the Stomach channel to the face, which is why the same redness and greasy scaling keeps returning to the…
- Senile pruritus 风瘙痒 fēng sào yǎng Itch in later life is read as dryness from declining Blood and Yin. The skin loses its moisture and Wind moves in - but persistent itch with weight loss or jaundice…
- Severe drug induced skin reactions 重症药疹 zhòng zhèng yào zhěn A severe drug eruption is a medical emergency. The tradition calls it drug toxicity, and its role here is explanatory only - stop the culprit drug and get emergency care…
- Shoulder redness 肩红 jiān hóng Shoulder redness is read as heat, blood stasis, dampness or cold obstructing the channels that cross the shoulder. A hot swollen shoulder with fever needs infection…
- Skin abscess 痈 yōng An abscess is read as a local battle between defensive Qi and an invading pathogen, with heat and dampness collecting into pus. Deep, spreading or facial abscesses need…
- Skin blisters 水疱 shuǐ pào Blisters are read as heat and dampness trapped under the skin. Two questions decide everything: is the fluid clear or cloudy, and is the blister spreading with fever?
- Skin burns 烧伤 shāo shāng A burn is fire toxin scorching the skin and penetrating inward. The acute phase is excess heat; the aftermath is depletion, and that is where the reference says the…
- Skin dryness 皮肤干燥 pí fū gān zào Dry skin is read as a supply problem. The Lungs spread moisture to the surface, the Spleen makes it, the Liver stores the Blood that carries it, and the Kidneys are the…
- Skin erosion 皮肤糜烂 pí fū mí làn An erosion is a superficial loss of skin that has not scarred - the surface is broken and weeping. The reference reads it as dampness working its way out, and treats…
- Skin hypersensitivity to touch 皮肤感觉过敏 pí fū gǎn jué guò mǐn Skin that hurts or stings to touch is read as a weakened surface defence letting Wind and Heat irritate the nerves. Sudden swelling or breathing difficulty is an…
- Skin infection 疮疡 chuāng yáng A skin infection is read as the visible sign that the body balance has tipped. The sore is local, but the pattern behind it is not.
- Skin inflammation 皮炎 pí yán Inflammation on the skin is described as a conversation between the internal organs and the outside world: the Lungs guard the surface, the Spleen manages moisture, the…
- Skin irritation worsened by bathing 湿疮 shī chuāng Skin that flares after washing is read as a struggle between internal dampness and external water. How the skin behaves - oozing, dull, or dry - decides the pattern.
- Skin lesions 皮损 pí sǔn A lesion is read as an organ speaking through the skin. Its colour, moisture and hardness say more about what is happening inside than its size does.
- Skin numbness 肌肤麻木 jī fū má mù Numbness means the skin is not receiving Qi and Blood. Sudden numbness on one side of the body is a stroke warning and must be treated as an emergency, not a pattern.
- Skin pigmentation 黄褐斑 huáng hè bān Pigmentation on the face is read as Qi, Blood and fluids not reaching the skin cleanly. The Liver, Spleen and Kidneys are the organs involved, and a spot that changes…
- Skin rashes 皮疹 pí zhěn A rash is treated as a message about what is happening beneath it. The same red patch can mean heat pushed to the surface, dampness working its way out, or skin left dry…
- Skin swelling 皮肤肿胀 pí fū zhǒng zhàng Swelling is read as fluid metabolism going off track. Whether it is hot and red, puffy and heavy, or cold and pitting tells the practitioner what kind of fluid problem…
- Skin tightness 肌肤紧绷 jī fū jǐn bēng Skin that feels tight is rarely a surface issue. The reference reads it as Qi, Blood or fluids not reaching the skin - either because supply is low, flow is blocked, or…
- Spider veins 蜘蛛痣 zhī zhū zhì Spider veins are read as blood pooling in small vessels because the Liver is failing to keep it moving. Most patterns trace that back to stagnation, heat, or a…
- Subcutaneous lipomas and nodules 脂瘤 zhī liú Lipomas are read as Phlegm: not mucus, but a thicker stubborn pathological fluid that collects where the Spleen has failed to transform fluids. A lump that grows fast or…
- Sunburn 日晒疮 rì shài chuāng Sunburn is read as fire toxin: an external heat pathogen strong enough to overwhelm the skin defensive Qi. How deep it went decides whether the treatment is cooling,…
- Swollen ankle 踝肿 huái zhǒng The ankle is a crossroads where several channels converge, so swelling here is read as blockage: Blood stopped by injury, or dampness sinking into the lowest joint.
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- Thickened or insensitive skin 皮痹 pí bì Thickened, hard or numb skin is read as skin impediment: an obstruction lodged in the skin channels, with deficiency or dampness underneath. Rapid spread needs medical…
- Tinea 癣 xuǎn Ringworm is described as dampness, heat and wind lodging in the skin, which can only take hold where the inside is already weakened.
- Tissue necrosis 组织坏死 zǔ zhī huài sǐ Tissue necrosis means blood has stopped reaching tissue, and the tissue is dying. This is a surgical emergency: no herbal pattern replaces restoring blood supply, and…
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- Urticaria 瘾疹 yǐn zhěn Hives are read through the one feature they share with Wind: they arrive suddenly, move, and disappear. What decides the treatment is whether the wheals are hot or cold,…
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- Vitiligo 白癜风 bái diàn fēng Vitiligo is read as a failure of supply rather than a surface problem: the skin loses colour where Qi and Blood are not reaching it, and the pattern describes why they…
- Vulvar eczema 阴部湿疮 yīn bù shī zhěn Vulvar eczema is read through the Liver channel, which runs through the genital area. Itch and redness are damp heat; dryness with night itch is deficiency - and…
- Vulvar leukoplakia 外阴白斑 wài yīn bái bān Vulvar leukoplakia is read as depletion of the Liver, Kidney and Spleen showing as white atrophic patches. It needs medical monitoring, because the condition carries a…
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- Warm skin 皮肤发热 pí fū fā rè Skin that feels warm can mean heat stuck at the surface, heat generated inside, or heat from emptiness. The way it behaves - dry or moist, day or night - tells the…
- Warts 疣 yóu Warts are read as Wind-Heat toxins that have lodged in the local channels where defensive Qi is weak. The treatment is directed at both the toxin and the obstruction it…
- Wrinkled and shrunken skin 皮肤皱缩 pí fū zhòu suō Loose, wrinkled or shrunken skin is read as losing its support: deficient Qi, Essence or fluids. Sudden shrivelling with sunken eyes and confusion is dehydration or…