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TCM treatment of acne Ⅰ

Some pimples of different sizes occur on the faces, these problems are called acne in traditonal medicien. There is record about it in ancient books, it is called surface ulcer or whelk in those books. In mordern medicine, ance is believed to be some epifolliculitis, related to sebum metablism, or a chronic inflammation of some sebum units. The ancient phisician Li Shizhen had such a record in ”Compendium of Materia Medica”, said that ”pure Tuguagen powder(transliteration) can treat whelk or surface ulcer”.  
Acne should occr on the faces of young people. Why do people of different ages often develop pimples? The pimples develop during one’s adolescence, the problem is called acne. The problem of pimples occuring after one’s adolescence is called acne afeter adomescence. No matter when it occurs, it is related to the changes of organismic internal environment. “Acne occurs due to blood heat of the Lung meridian. It occurs on the face and the nose. It is in the form of small pimples like millet crumbs. It is red, swelling and will give out white juice when it is broken.” The ancestors realized the problem of pimples occuring on the skin surface long ago. In fact, it derives from organismic internal enviroment. According to the feature that different pimples have different colors and occur on different parts, it is a signal of function change of different organs of (the organism. According to five element corelation theory(body and colors), pimples are generlly red or purple. It is related to body heat. So for people who develp pimples, generally their body internal enviroment is related to pathogenic heat. It can be divided into several types according to the syndrome differention in TCM. 
(to Be Continued)

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