How to treat hand eczema? Introduction to Chinese and Western medicine treatment methods

Eczema is a skin disease that can occur anywhere on the human body. Generally speaking, it is more likely to occur on the hands. Hand eczema is more difficult to treat. After all, people's lives are closely related to their hands, and they cannot do anything without the help of their hands. So, what is the best way to treat hand eczema?

Hand eczema treatment

The cause should be found and removed, and washing with water or contact with various cleaning agents should be avoided as much as possible. Antihistamines can be taken orally if it itches significantly; retinoic acid (retinoate capsules) and acitretin (etretinate) can be taken orally for those with excessive keratinization, but side effects should be noted. For those with stubborn eczema, total glycosides of tripterygium wilfordii and cyclosporine can be taken orally. For topical medications, symptomatic treatment can be carried out in accordance with the treatment of eczema.

Hand eczema treatment with Chinese medicine

1. Take calamine, basil, and borneol, grind them into fine powder, store in a bottle for later use, sprinkle with the above medicine if there is exudate, and apply sesame oil to the affected area if there is no exudate, twice a day. Suitable for acute eczema.

2. Take Phellodendron chinense, Gentiana gentiana, and Sophora flavescens, grind them into fine powder, and store them in a bottle for later use. If there is exudate, sprinkle the powder on it. If there is no exudate, mix it with sesame oil and apply it to the affected area, twice a day. It is suitable for subacute eczema.

3. Take equal parts of raw pollen, dragon bone, and squid bone, grind them into fine powder, sieve, and sprinkle the powder directly on the affected area. When the exudate wets the powder, continue to sprinkle the medicine. When using the medicine again, do not remove the dried powder. It is suitable for those with acute eczema with a lot of exudate.

4. Take alum, saponin, yellow ochre and lithophyll, grind them into fine powder, and then add sesame oil. Apply the medicine thickly to the affected area, wrap it with gauze after it dries slightly, and wait for it to dry and form a scab that will fall off and heal. Suitable for stubborn chronic eczema.