Urticaria Flashcards
What is urticaria also known as?
Hives.
What is urticaria?
An inflammatory reaction of the skin characterized by wheals and redness.
Which pattern includes wheals that are itchy and pale or slightly red and cold exposure illicits or prolongs attack?
Wind-cold.
What is the formula for wind-cold?
Jing feng bai du san/yu ping feng san.
Which pattern includes wheals that are extremely itchy and raised and aggravated by warmth and alleviated by cold?
Wind-heat.
What is the formula for wind-heat?
Yin qiao san.
Which pattern includes wheals that are pale and oedematous and often due to improper diet?
Wind-dampness.
What is the tx principle for wind-cold?
Dispel wind and cold and harmonize ying and wei.
What is the tx principle for wind heat?
Dispel wind and clear heat.
What is the tx principle for wind-dampness?
Strengthen SP to overcome dampness and dispel wind to stop itching.
What is the formula for wind-dampness?
Ping wei san jia jian.
Which pattern includes wheals that are pale, red and large and often includes nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain?
SP/ST disharmony.
What is the tx principle for SP/ST disharmony?
Strengthen SP and harmonize ST, dispel wind and stop itching.
What is the formula for SP/ST disharmony?
Xiang sha liu jun zi tang.
Which pattern includes burning, prickly, and itching onset, restlessness, dry mouth, and thirst with no desire to drink?
Blood heat.
