Webinar Dermatology: Eczema and Urticaria

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Professor Zhou Dong Mei and professor Zhang Cang both are professor at the Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital. 

The Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital (also known as Kuan Jie Hospital)  is the leading hospital for treatment of all types of skin disease. The Dermatology Department was founded by the renowned TCM skin specialist, Professor Zhao Bing Nan 赵柄南 and under his guidance, the hospital has many topical creams and ointments to be applied simultaneously with  herbal remedies.

Introduction of Professor Zhao Bing Nan 赵柄南教授

Zhao Bing Nan successively served as the director, deputy dean, and honorary dean of the Department of Dermatology of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and concurrently as the director of Beijing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He was elected as a member of the Chinese Medical Association and its Surgery Society and the Society of Dermatology, and a deputy of the National Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Beijing Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Served as a professor in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Beijing Capital Medical College and a member of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government. He was also elected as a representative of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing People’s Congress, and a representative of the fourth and fifth National People’s Congress. Professor Zhao Bing Nan had been engaged in dermatological surgery for more than 60 years. In his later years, he devoted and specialized in the treatment and research of skin diseases.

For treatment of acute inflammatory skin diseases, Professor Zhao was focused on the differentiation of heart and liver and gallbladder, and his favorite prescription is “Long Dan Xie Gan Tang”. Professor Zhao reiterated that the heart and liver fire is the sole cause of acute inflammatory skin diseases, and “Long Dan Xie Gan Tang” is the indicated formula to clear the liver and gallbladder damp-heat. There are several versions of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang. With Li Dong Yuan’s version of Long Dan Xie Gan tang contains Chai Hu to target the damp-heat of the liver and gallbladder mainly addressing inhibited urination with lifting and dispersing function. Other versions of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang recorded in “Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng” contains Ren Shen, Zhi Mu, Mai Dong, Wu Wei Zi apart from purging the liver and gallbladder fire, it also nourishes the yin blood. While “Shen Shi Zun Sheng Shu沈氏尊生书” version of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang, there are no Sheng Di and Che Qian Zi but instead Qing Pi, Bai Shao, Chai Hu are added to disperse the constrained liver and astringe the yin.Thus, Professor Zhao based on his clinical experience on the action of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang attributed to damp-heat. In his formula, Zhi Zi clears heart fire and purge the heat in the triple jiao while Sheng Di, Dan Pi,Sheng Gan Cao cool blood and relieve toxicity; Mu Tong, Che Qian Zi and Ze Xie clear and disinhibit damp-heat. Da Huang is added to purge heat by reducing the fire wood. Apart from eliminating Chai Hu for lifting and dispersing; Mai Dong and Wu Wei Zi from astringing; his own modified version of “San Xin Tang” (Liang Zi Xin,Lian Qiao and Sheng Zhi Zi) to augment the heat purging of the heart fire’s function. For treatment of herpes zoster, Zhu Ye can be used instead of Lian Qiao. Professor Zhao’s favourite formula is Wei Ling Tang to clear dampness.

Example of one of Zhao Bing Nan’s frequently used formula known as “Wu Hua Tang Cooling the Blood formula’

Ingredients:  Hong Hua 9-15g; Ji Guan Hua 9-15g; Ling Xiao Hua 9-15g; Mei Gui Hua 9-15g; Ye Jue Hua 9-15g

Action: Cool and invigorate blood; disperse wind and relieve toxicity

Indications: Early  stage of discoid lupus erythematosus, pityriasis rosea (rheumatoid rash), erythema multiforme (blood wind sores) and all early stages of erythematous skin diseases. Partial to the upper body or all over the body.

Zhao Bing Nan wrote a handbook on clinical applications of many prevalent skin disorders. The handbook serves as a guide for the treatment of many skin diseases and many of the formulae have been applied in today’s clinical by the Dermatological Department of many TCM skin specialists in Beijing. Greta Young Jie De et al are very honoured to be given the permission to translate the entire text which was meant exclusively for internal use of the Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital students and staffs only.

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