What are the traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating vitiligo?

　　What are the methods of treating vitiligo with traditional Chinese medicine? In life, we sometimes see white spots on some people’s faces or bodies. This is the manifestation of vitiligo. Vitiligo is a common skin disease in life. Its appearance has brought endless pain to many patients. Vitiligo has dealt a huge blow to them both physically and mentally. There are many methods to treat vitiligo now, among which the traditional Chinese medicine treatment method has attracted much attention.

　　1. Addition and subtraction of Bai Pi Feng Decoction

　　10 grams each of Angelicae Sinensis, Fangfeng, Psoralen, Red Peony Root, Safflower, Tangerine Peel, and Ligusticum Chuanxiong, 15 grams each of Millet Spatholobus, Astragalus, Black Bean Skin, Shouwu Teng, and 30 grams of Tribulus Terrestris. If the white spots are on the head and face, add Vitex officinale; if on the trunk, add turmeric and Citrus aurantium; if on the lower limbs, add Achyranthes bidentata and Sichuan papaya; if the white spots are irritable and impatient, add Danbark and Gardenia.

　　2. Improved prescription of Baipiwan

　　15 grams each of Lithospermum, Gentian, and Ligustrum lucidum, 9 grams each of Chonglou, Atractylodes, Atractylodes, Astragalus, peach kernel, and Coriander, 46 grams of Tribulus terrestris, 3 grams each of Alpinx and safflower, and 6 grams of licorice. At the same time, combined with sun exposure, 50 cases were treated with an effective rate of 82%.

　　3. Tongqiao Huoxue Decoction

　　6 grams of red peony root, 9 grams each of peach kernel, safflower and fresh ginger, 3 green onions, 7 red dates, 0.15 grams of musk (wrapped in silk, lower back), decoct it with rice wine and take it.

　　4. Vitiligo Pills and Xilu Pills were used to treat 121 cases, with an effective rate of 86%.

　　5. Red copper white elimination recipe

　　In the observation of patients with vitiligo, the wxf-110 atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used to measure the copper and zinc levels in the serum. It was found that the serum copper and zinc levels of vitiligo patients were lower than those of healthy people (p<0.05; p<0.01); the serum copper and zinc levels increased significantly after the treatment of vitiligo with the Zitong Xiaobai prescription; the effective rate of this prescription in treating vitiligo patients was 92.3%.

　　(2) External therapy

　　1. Choose any one of psoralen, dodder, gardenia, Tribulus terrestris, black plum, Sanjihong (oleander), etc., take 30 to 50 grams, immerse in 75% ethanol or 100ml of white wine, take the liquid and apply it externally after 1 to 2 weeks, 1 to 2 times a day.

　　2. Compound powder

　　Use 6 grams of each of Mitra and Mitra, grind the eggplant base into fine powder, dip it into powder and rub it on the affected area.

　　3. Raw rhubarb

　　Grind fresh rhubarb with vinegar and apply the juice on white spots.

　　4. Sanhuang medicinal powder

　　240 grams each of realgar, cinnamon, miduoseng, and cinnabar, 60 grams orpiment, 360 grams bletilla, 600 grams white aconite, and 36 grams borneol. Dip raw cucumber into this medicinal powder and rub it on the affected area.

　　5. White etching tincture

　　Soak equal parts of black plum, rhubarb, dodder, white tribulus, cinnamon twig, and licorice with 75% ethanol. After 1 week, take the juice and apply it externally, twice a day.

　　6. Safflower psoralen wine

　　30 grams of psoralen, 10 grams of dodder, 6 grams of safflower, 6 grams of silkworm, 10 grams of white tribulus, soaked in rice at 60 degrees

　　Vitiligo is easy to diagnose and difficult to treat. There is currently no specific treatment. Various Chinese and Western medicine treatments are slow to work. The treatment time must be long enough. After the pigment begins to recover (an average of 3 weeks), treatment will still need to be continued for 3 months or longer. During the treatment process, attention should be paid to regulating immune function.

　　acupuncture therapy

　　1. Body acupuncture, take Hegu, Quchi, Xingjian, and Sanyinjiao on both sides. Acupuncture and electrical stimulation last for 20 minutes, once a day, 10 times per course.

　　2. For ear acupuncture, take the lung, occipital, endocrine, and adrenal gland points, select 2 to 3 points each time, bury the needle in one ear, alternate twice, and rotate every week.

　　3. Plum-blossom needle. Use the plum-blossom needle alone to tap the affected area, or perform local acupuncture to bleed, or apply external medicine first and then prick the affected area.

　　4. Electromagnetic wave plus acupuncture, first tap the white spot with a skin needle to detect local slight bleeding, then use moxa smoker to moxibustion, and then use electromagnetic wave therapy device to radiate for about 20 minutes, once a day, usually 3-10 times can be effective.

　　Vitiligo has great harm to the patient's body and mind, so everyone should develop good living and eating habits in life, and always pay attention to their physical health to stay away from vitiligo.