Complementary & Alternative Healing University 中藥詞典

 

Brown Spots on Skin  (in English and Chinese 中英文)
 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu  按 此 看 中 文

Age spots

Age spots usually occur after the age of 40. 

The causes:

  1. aging

  2. exposure to ultraviolet light like sunlight or like tanning beds or sunlamps

  3. heredity

  4. antibiotics (such as tetracycline)

  5. diuretics

  6. foods containing the chemical psoralens, including such as angelica, carrots, celery, citrus fruits, figs, fennel, mustard greens, buttercups, parsnips,[1] and bu gu zhi herb.
     

External use:

Prescription:

bai jiang can, bai qian niu, equal amounts, make into fine powder. Mix with honey and apply on affected areas; or use qi bai wan

Internal Formulae

symptom:

For pixu (spleen deficient)﹐ xinqixu (heart qi deficient), shenyinxu (kidney yin deficient)  condition:

Prescription:

huang qi  (baked) 30 g,dang shen  24 g,bai zhu (stir fried)15 g,zhu fu shen 15g,suan zao ren  12g,yuan zhi 15g,long yan rou 15g,dang gui  15g,chan tui 6 g,gan cao  6 g,da zao 6g,shu di huang 15 g,gou qi zi 15g,nu zhen zi 15g,han lian cao 15g.

Boil with water and make into tea.

 

For those with Liver stagnation,  spleen deficient

Prescription:

chai hu 9 g,sheng di huang 15 g,bai zhu 9 g,dan shen15 g,xiang fu zi 12 g,fu ling 12 g,bo he 3 g,wei jiang15 g,chan tui 6 g.

Boil with water. Drink while warm.

[1] Can J Infect Dis. 2002 Mar-Apr; 13(2): 82–142.

 

老人黃褐斑

老年斑一般40歲以後發生。
 

原因:

  1. 老化

  2. 暴露在紫外線光像太陽光或類似曬黑床或太陽燈

  3. 遺傳

  4. 抗生素(如四環素,等)

  5. 利尿劑

  6. 含有補骨脂素的藥物,包括食物,如當歸,胡蘿蔔,芹菜,柑橘類水果,無花果,茴香,芥菜,毛茛,歐洲防風草,[1]中藥補骨脂等

治法

外敷藥方﹕

殭蠶﹐ 牽牛花 ﹐ 等分﹐為細末。蜜調搽。 或用七 白丸調塗。

內服藥方﹕

(1) 脾虛,心 氣虛,腎 陰虛 者

處方﹕
炙黃 耆 30克, 黨 參 24克,炒白 朮15克, 朱茯神15克,炒 酸棗 仁 12克 ,炙遠 志15克,龍眼肉15克 , 當 歸 15克, 蟬 退6克,炙甘 草 6克, 大 棗6克 , 熟地黃15克, 枸杞子15克, 女貞子15克, 旱蓮草15克。水煎服。

 

(2) 肝鬱,脾 虛者

處方﹕

 柴 胡 9克, 生地黃15克,白 朮 9克,丹 參15克, 香附子12 克,茯 苓 12克,薄 荷 3克,煨薑 15克, 蟬 蛻 6克,水煎服 。