What Is Scalp Eczema?

Onset at any age;

Scalp eczema

Scalp eczema means eczema is an allergic disease with obvious exudation. The incidence of eczema has increased in recent years, which is related to factors such as chemical abuse, environmental pollution, poor management of the three wastes, accelerated life rhythm, and increased mental stress.

Chinese name: Scalp eczema
Foreign name: Scalp eczema

Types of: Allergic disease
Causative factor: Chemicals, cosmetics, perfumes, dyes, etc.

Features of scalp eczema

Onset at any age;

can occur anywhere on the body surface;

recurrent attacks;

Local or systemic erythema, pimples, blisters, erosion, exudation, crusting, scaling, pigmentation;

Severe itching.

Causes of scalp eczema

Scalp eczema internal factors

Allergic constitution is the main cause of recurrence of eczema. Others include metabolic, endocrine or digestive tract disorders, neuropsychiatric dysfunction, excessive fatigue, mental stress, focal infections, intestinal parasitic disease, varicose veins, sweating, dry skin Wait.

External factors of scalp eczema

Such as chemical preparations, cosmetics, spices, dyes, detergents, animal toxins, eggs, fish, shrimp and milk and other foreign proteins, pollen, dust, bacterial infections, sun, cold, scratching, etc.

Internal factors are the main reason for the recurrence of eczema. Toxins in the body are the basis for the existence of eczema. Thoroughly detoxifying and changing allergic constitution are the key to fundamental treatment of eczema.

Clinical manifestations of scalp eczema

Scalp eczema acute eczema

Acute eczema is often distributed. There are many forms of rash, including erythema, pimples, blisters, erosions, exudates, and scabs. Consciously itching, can cause infection after scratching. Easy to become chronic and recurrent.

Scalp eczema chronic eczema

Chronic eczema is more common in the limbs. Appears as thickened and rough skin, can be like lichenification, scaling, hyperpigmentation, and consciously itching. Often can be acute, with a course of several months to several years.

Treatment of scalp eczema

External treatment of scalp eczema

Acute eczema

(1) If you see erythema, pimples, papular herpes, blisters in the early stage, but no erosion or leakage, you can use Shizhensan or Ermiaosan and Liuyisan to bounce, or use Sanhuang lotion and calamine. Agent coating.

(2) For those who have redness, swelling, erosion, or exudate, the following Chinese medicine or Chinese herbal medicine decoction should be used for cold wet application. Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal medicines: Cork, Japanese elm, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, honeysuckle leaves, Platycladus orientalis leaves, Sophora flavescens, Jiuliming, Sanxiongkuo, Black-faced God, Fotan Mother, etc. Choose 5-6 flavors of 30 grams each, or use the skin to wash the two sides, fry with cold and wet compresses, or use green tea leaves for wet compresses.

(3) Intermittent period of wet compress, or those whose oozing fluid has been significantly reduced by wet compress, can be coated with Qingdai powder or Ermiao powder, or calamine lotion.

Subacute eczema

Often use one of the external skin washing or two external skin washing decoction and external washing, if necessary (more exudate) can also be wet. And can choose Sanhuang lotion, calamine lotion, Ermiao loose oil or Qingdai loose oil nephew, or use Shizhen scattered water to adjust the nephew.

Chronic eczema

You can choose one external skin wash or two external skin wash decoction and external wash, and choose 5% to 10% sulfur yellow ointment, 5% to 10% black bean distillate oil ointment or Puyu cream.

Internal treatment of scalp eczema

Blood-heat type : seen in generalized skin lesions shortly after initial onset. There is fire in the heart, blood heat generates wind, and Feng Sheng is itchy. Symptoms: a small red papules, very itchy, red tongue, thin white fur, slippery pulse strings. Expelling cold serum heat, Xiaofeng antipruritic.

Prescription : 30 grams of raw land, 9 grams of peony peel, 9 grams of red peony, 9 grams of cocklebur, 9 grams of white fresh peel, 9 grams of Sophora flavescens, 9 grams of ground peel, 9 grams of scutellaria baicalensis, 9 grams of raw licorice. Decoction, take one dose daily.

Wind-dry type: daily skin damage. Symptoms: mild itching, hypertrophic skin infiltration, moss-like, pale tongue and moss, and smooth veins.

Prescription : 12 grams of rehmannia root, 9 grams of angelica, 9 grams of white peony, 9 grams of peony peel, 9 grams of safflower, 9 grams of nepeta, 9 grams of Sophora flavescens, 9 grams of Tribulus terrestris, 9 grams of cocklebur, 9 9 grams. Decoction, take one dose daily.

Fengsheng type : seen in diffuse skin infiltration and hypertrophy. Symptoms: stubborn for several years to decades, the whole body is itchy, like the skin of a cow's neck, pulse strings, red tongue, yellow fur.

Prescription : 9 grams of black snake, 6 grams of cicada, 9 grams of nepeta, 9 grams of windproof, 9 grams of crickets, 6 grams of peony, 9 grams of scutellaria, 9 grams of honeysuckle, 12 grams of raw liquorice Decoction, take one dose daily.