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Food therapies of itch on skin

Synonyms:
  1. 皮肤瘙痒病的食疗
  2. 皮膚瘙癢病的食療

Itch of skin is a nerve dysfunction skin diseases that derives from no reason and have only one symptom of skin itch. Clinical manifestations are scratches、Blood scab、chromatosis and so on.

Food therapies principles：

  • 1 Eat more mild、digestible and nutritious foods. Such as milk, soy milk, pork, eggs, fish, etc.

  • 2 Eat more fresh and cold fruit and vegetables with abundant vitamin. Such as pears, soybean milk, watermelon, banana, celery, lettuce, spinach, cabbage etc.

  • 3 Avoid spicy food and seafood. Such as pepper, tobacco, wine, onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, spicy hot pot, fish, shrimp, crab etc.

  • 4 Avoid fried, grilled, pickled food, roasted foods. Like all kinds of fried chicken, duck, meat, smoked fish, fried peanuts, fried melon seeds.

  • 5 Avoid eat stimulating drinks, such as strong tea, coffee, cocoa, etc.

Various general foods:

  • 1 Yin er gou qi porridge: yin er 20 grams, gou qi 20 grams, 100 grams of rice. Soak yin er with warm water, and make porridge with rice and gou qi. Apply in the morning and at night for 7~10 day.

  • 2 Honey milk drink：50 grams of honey, Milk 250ml, a little onion juice. Boil the milk in the pot, add honey and onion juice, stir well. Apply in the morning,1 time a day for 5~7 days.

  • 3 Hai dai mung bean drink：30 grams of hai dai, 30 grams of mung bean. Proper sugar. Clean and chopp the hai dai, soak mung bean for half a day, add appropriate amount of water in the pot and boil well. Finally add in sugar. Apply twice a day for 7~10 days as a course of treatment.

  • 4 Sugarcane drink：sugar cane 1000 grams, 10 grams of honey. Smash the sugar cane, collect the sugarcane juice and add honey. Drink 1 cup a day.

  • 5 Black sesame walnut prescription：500 grams of black sesame seeds, walnut meat of 250 grams. Fry them all and add sugar and store in the bottles. Apply one spoon each time for twice a day.

  • 6 Pig skin soup：500 grams 6 pig skin. White rice flour 15 grams.30 grams of honey. Peel inner skin fat of the pig. Boil the skin first and lift out the skin when the decoction become thick, then add in rice flour and honey, stir well. Drink soup for 3 times a day.

  • 7 Mung bean lotus root slices: mung bean 20 grams, 300 grams of fresh lotus. 3 fresh lotus leaves. Peel the lotus root, stuff the soaked beans into the holes of the lotus root, steam the lotus slices. Sprinkle fresh smashed lotus leaves onto the lotus root. Apply at will.

  • 8 Di long jiang can powder: di long powder 100 grams, 125 grams of bai can jiang powder, mix evenly, apply 2 times daily for 3 grams every time. Drink with honey water.

  • 9 Tao ren gao liang mi porridge: 10 grams of tao ren, 50 grams of gao liang mi. Clean and crush them all, put into the casserole, add appropriate amount of water, boil into porridge. Take as breakfast for one dose a day.

A.Heat blood symptoms：

clinical manifestations：

Commonly occur in summer when the skin itch and turn red；obvious scratches；blood scab；serious itch when encounter heat；dry mouth, upset；red tongue；yellow tongue coating； slippery and rapid pulse.

Food therapies principles：

Clear heat and cool the blood；dispelling wind and arresting itching.

Food therapies：

  • 1 Mung beans bai jiang cao pig intestines：beans, pig intestine, bai jiang cao each 30 grams, proper salt. Clean and soak the beans for 20 minutes. Clean pig intestine and stuff it with beans, tight up two ends, and boil with bai jiang cao. Add a small amount of salt.

B. Damp hot appear on skin symptoms：

clinical manifestations：

It is commonly seen in the spring and summer which are hot and humid seasons. Severe skin itching； erythema and papules；scratches；yellow body liquids flow. Yellow urine, difficulty in cacation；bitter in mouth；red tongue coating；slippery pulse.

Food therapies principles：

Clear heat; induce diuresis; relieve itching.

Food therapies：

  • 1 Hai dai red beands dong gua porridge：hai dai 30 grams, red bean 30 grams, dong gua 20 grams, 100 grams of rice. A little sugar. Clean and chopp the hai dai, soak the beans for half day, peel dong gua skin, cook all above into porridge, add a little sugar. Apply twice a day for 7~10 days as a course of treatment.

  • 2 Tu Fu Ling soup stewed with turtle：one turtle of 250~500 g, tu fu ling 200 grams. Slaughter the turtle and clean out the viscera. Boil tu fu ling for 1 hour and drop the residue. Then put into the turtle and simmer for not less than 3 hours. Add a little salt. Eat turtle meat, drink soup.

C.Blood deficiency and wind-dryness symptoms:

clinical manifestations：

It is quite common among old people and the one having chronic diseases and mostly in autumn and winter seasons. Dry skin；scratches all over the body；pale complexion； dizziness, backache, dry stool, white tongue with pale coating； weak and rapid pulse.

Food therapies principles：

Nourishing blood；dispel the wind；moisturizing dryness syndrome and relieve itching.

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