What is keratinosis type tinea manuum? How does traditional Chinese medicine treat keratinosis type tinea manuum?

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Keratosis and thickening type tinea manuum is a typical type of tinea manuum, and its clinical symptoms are generally manifested as excessive keratinization, dryness, roughness, desquamation, and a light red base. Most cases of keratosis and thickening type tinea manuum are unilateral, and a small number may affect both hands. The itching symptoms are mild, but there are often symptoms of cracking and pain in winter. Keratosis and thickening type tinea manuum is mostly developed from the blisters and scaly type. Patients generally have a history of tinea manuum for many years, and the keratosis and thickening of tinea manuum are caused by the long-term lack of cure. The skin lesions have no obvious blisters or annular desquamation, the palm surface is diffusely red and thickened, the skin lines are deepened, the skin is rough, dry and desquamated, and it is easy to crack in winter, and the cracks are deep and bleeding. The severe pain in severe cases has a great impact on the patient's daily work and life.

How does traditional Chinese medicine treat keratin thickening type of ringworm?

1. Take 10g each of realgar and coptis root, 30g each of sophora flavescens, siler, scoparia, and nephrite, and 6g of borneol. First boil the first 7 herbs for 30 minutes, add the borneol after it stops boiling, remove the residue, soak the affected area for 20 minutes when it is warm, 4 times a day. It can effectively relieve pain and treat ringworm in 3 days.

2. Take 30 grams each of white alum, Kochia seeds, Cnidium monnieri, Gallnut, and Sophora flavescens, 25 grams each of Acer truncatum, Sichuan pepper, and Phellodendron chinense, grind them into powder and soak them in 1000 ml of vinegar for 1 week. Soak the affected area in the medicine solution twice a day for 30 minutes each time. It is suitable for all types of tinea manuum.

3. Fresh ginger, salt, 150 ml lard. Crush the ginger juice, take the juice, mix it with salt and lard, and mix well. Put your hands in the liquid medicine, soak for 5 minutes, once a day, and persist for about 10 days, and you will see the effect.

Finally, patients are reminded not to scratch the affected area with their hands or use hot water or soapy water to clean the affected area during the treatment process to avoid irritation and damage to the affected area, which may affect the progress of treatment.