

Frozen Shoulder
‘Frozen Shoulder’ is the common name of adhesive capsulitis, a condition that causes pain and stiffness in the shoulder. As its name speaks for itself, patients with frozen shoulder experience a limited range of shoulder movement. It most commonly affects middle-aged people. People with recent shoulder injuries are also at risk for developing frozen shoulder. According to TCM, long term exposure of shoulder joints to cold and/or wet weather increases the chance of suffering f
中藥治療濕疹
一到夏季,各種的皮膚問題立即浮現,近來不少病人都受濕疹困擾,痕癢得不能入睡。 病情日久、反覆發作的病人,除了濕重、熱重,還有各種虛證的表現,表現為氣虛和陰虛,容易疲累,腸胃失調,皮膚乾燥、潮紅痕癢;同時夾雜濕熱,既有上述虛證的症狀,亦伴有皮膚流滋水等濕熱症狀。如病人長期外用類固醇,皮膚會較薄。這個階段的病人就不能單純用苦寒的藥去清熱利濕,否則會令體質更虛,而不能減輕痕癢。 戒類固醇過程非常痛苦,中藥在止癢方面當然沒有類固醇和抗過敏西藥快,所以不少人病人在治療過程當中都常有放棄的念頭,想要立即塗類固醇止癢。但是,要根治濕疹似乎暫時只有中藥比較可行。 開始停用類固醇後,皮膚痕癢有可能會加重,此時同時服用中藥,可以對抗停藥後的痕癢增多。此反覆時期會持續2周左右,如長期使用類固醇的病人,則會更長。此段期間考驗病人的意志,能夠捱過停用類固醇的皮膚反應,繼續服食中藥,皮膚就會逐漸痊癒。 Medium: https://medium.com/@himyattong
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