Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Scrotal Dampness

Traditional Chinese medicine is a traditional Chinese medical discipline. Many treatment methods in traditional Chinese medicine are based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. There are many treatment methods that traditional Chinese medicine will choose for scrotal dampness. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, scrotal dampness is caused by people often eating spicy food in daily life. The following is a detailed explanation of how to treat scrotal dampness from two different medical perspectives of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine.

1. What to do if your scrotum is wet?

Scrotal dampness is not necessarily pathological, so if there is no other discomfort, just pay attention to local cleaning and drying. Usually pay attention to a light diet, eat less raw and cold food, and eat less spicy and fishy food. However, general scrotal dampness may be related to prostate disease. It is recommended that you actively do a prostate examination to determine the specific condition and pay attention to symptomatic treatment.

1. Western medicine treatment

Scrotal eczema is a common scrotal skin disease, commonly known as "scrotal eczema" or "scrotal eczema". It occurs symmetrically, often affecting the entire scrotum. The affected area is extremely itchy, the course is long-lasting, and it recurs repeatedly. It is difficult to cure. This disease can be acute or chronic. The acute stage is equivalent to the "erosive type" and the chronic stage is equivalent to the "dry type". This disease is more common in summer.

The scrotum is a part that men are ashamed to expose. However, the skin here is a troublesome place. The following diseases often cause scrotal itching:

Scrotal eczema has a variety of symptoms on the scrotal skin, including erythema, papules, blisters, erosion, exudation, and scabs. The patient feels burning and itching. Acute swelling or erosion often occurs due to scratching or washing with hot water. The disease has a long course and recurring attacks, causing the skin to become thick, rough, and pigmented.

Tinea cruris is a condition in which annular erythema appears on the scrotal skin, with scaling and severe itching. Patients often also suffer from tinea pedis (commonly known as foot ulcer) or tinea manuum, and often have similar symptoms on the skin of the thigh opposite the scrotum and on the buttocks.

Fixed drug eruption is a recurring round edematous erythema with clear edges, burning sensation and itching in a certain part of the scrotal skin. It often appears within a few hours after taking the wrong medicine and gradually disappears about a week after stopping the medicine. Sometimes dark purple spots remain. If the same type of medicine is taken by mistake again, it may recur.

Scabies causes soybean-sized nodules to appear on the scrotal skin. Prior to this, scattered papules and blisters may appear in the crevices of the fingers, wrists, waist, and lower abdomen, often with severe itching at night.

Scrotal neurodermatitis is closely related to emotions. When emotions fluctuate, the scrotal area becomes severely itchy. After scratching, papules appear on the skin, which gradually merge into one piece, and the skin becomes thicker and harder.

Riboflavin deficiency scrotitis. Long-term consumption of refined white rice, refined white flour, repeated washing of rice, eating chopped green vegetables, or long-term diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite, picky eating, partiality, etc., can cause riboflavin deficiency. Its main manifestations are: the scrotum is slightly red and shiny at first, and then light red patches appear on both sides of the scrotal suture, with scales sticking to them. Soon, multiple flat papules the size of soybeans may appear, with varying degrees of itching, often accompanied by angular cheilitis, glossitis, etc. As long as you take riboflavin tablets for a week, the symptoms will improve significantly. After changing your eating habits or returning to normal gastrointestinal function, the condition will also be relieved quickly, but it will recur when the nutritional status is poor.

Patients often cannot distinguish the above-mentioned common scrotal skin diseases, and the treatment methods are also different, so it is necessary to ask a specialist to diagnose and treat them according to the specific condition.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Classification

Scrotal eczema is generally divided into two types in traditional Chinese medicine: deficiency and excess. Excess is mostly caused by dampness and heat. It is caused by eating spicy, fatty and sweet food, or dampness of the scrotum, sweat infiltration, and friction of underwear. Papules, ulcers, and pustules can be seen on the scrotum. After scratching, erosion, exudation, and scabs will appear. The scrotal skin is red and burning. Deficiency syndrome is mostly transformed from the acute phase. The scrotal skin is thickened, rough like grass, black in color, and itchy. The treatment of excess syndrome should clear away heat and dampness, while the treatment of deficiency syndrome should nourish blood and moisturize the skin.

Prescription reference:

1. Topical medication

Shutest combination spermatorrhea: Use twice a day, morning and evening. Apply Shutest combination spermatorrhea cream on the scrotum first, massage gently for 5-10 minutes, then apply Shutest combination antibacterial nutrients on the scrotum and let dry.

2. Oral prescription

(1) Jiawei Ermiao Powder: 10g of Junshu, 10g of Huangbai, 10g of Jingjie, 10g of Fangfeng, and 10g of Cangyi. Take one dose per day, decocted in water, and taken in two doses. This is my personal recipe, which is suitable for scrotal eczema caused by damp-heat and has a significant effect.

(2) Sophora flavescens combination: Sophora flavescens 15g, Phellodendron amurense 15g, Cnidium monnieri 10g, Honeysuckle 10g, one dose per day, decocted in water, taken in 2 doses. Suitable for scrotal eczema with damp heat.

3. External use

(1) Apply 10% Huanggong water cold wet compress, or mix sesame oil with indigo powder to make a paste, apply to the affected area, 1-2 times a day. Suitable for scrotal eczema caused by damp heat.

(2) 20g almonds, 60g dandelions, 15g wild chrysanthemums, boil the water and wait for it to cool down before applying it on the scrotum, 2-3 times a day. This is suitable for scrotal eczema with damp heat, erosion and excessive water retention.

(3) Indigo powder: Boil the mixture with lacquer water, remove the residue and take out the paste, mix it with Indigo powder, mix well and apply it externally twice a day. It is suitable for scrotal eczema caused by blood deficiency and wind.