Viral Warts

Question 1

Appear as solitary or multiple hyperkeratotic or verrucous papules anywhere on the body

Answer 1

common warts

Question 2

Where are common warts most commonly found

Answer 2

hands and feet

Question 3

What will periungal lesions do?

Answer 3

Deform or lift the nail, can be quite painful

Question 4

What is seen when a wart is pared back? Useful for diagnosis

Answer 4

pinpoint thrombosed capillaries

Question 5

In a common wart which skin layer produces more cells than normal due to the virus?

Answer 5

basal layer

Question 6

Appear as small, tan, brown, pink, or flesh coloured flat topped, only slightly elevated, smooth papules

Answer 6

Plane warts

Question 7

What part of the body do plane warts normally appear on?

Answer 7

face, dorsum of the hands, legs in women

Question 8

What is a common, infectious eruption that affects the skin and mucous membranes?

Answer 8

Molluscum contagiosum

Question 9

Describes the lesions of molluscum contagiosum

Answer 9

Flesh colored lesions, dome shaped, often umbilicated papules

Question 10

How big are lesions of molluscum contagiosum?

Answer 10

1-10 mm

Question 11

What part of the body does molluscum contagiosum affect?

Answer 11

Any part but in adults its most commonly around genitals. In kids its more wide spread, especially areas where eczema is active

Question 12

What is most common TCM pattern for common warts?

Answer 12

Wind heat toxin binds the skin

Question 13

Formula used for wind heat toxin binds the skin in comon warts

Answer 13

Ban Lan Gen- 30 g
Ma Chi Xian- 30 g
Zi Cao- 15 g
Jin Yin Hua- 12 g
Mu Zei- 12 g
Mu Li- 24 g
Gan cao- 6 g

Question 14

What pattern is present when there are persistent widespread warts, usually found in elderly, weak, or immune compromised patients?

Answer 14

Liver blood dry & withered

Question 15

What herbs are used to treat the wart pattern for liver blood dry and withered?

Answer 15

Shu Di Huang- 12 g
Dang Gui- 12 g
Dan shen- 15 g
Zhi He Shou Wu- 12 g
Chao Bai Shao- 15 g
Bai Ji Li- 12 g
Xia Ku Cao- 12 g
Hong Hua- 9 g
Tao Ren- 9 g
Ma Chi Xian- 24 g
Yi Yi Ren- 24 g
Ban Lan Gen- 24 g
Gan Cao- 6 g

Question 16

What is the most common pattern for plane warts?

Answer 16

wind heat binds the skin

Question 17

What formula is used to treat plane warts with the pattern “wind heat binds the skin”?

Answer 17

Bai Hua She She Cao- 30 g
Ma Chi Xian- 30 g
Jin Yin Hua- 15 g
Yi Yi Ren- 30 g
Ban Lan Gen- 30 g
Tu Fu Ling- 24 g
Xia Ku Cao- 12 g
Mu Zei- 12 g
Chi Shao- 9 g
Hong Hua- 9 g
Gan Cao- 6 g

Question 18

If plane warts are widespreads and there are more deficiency signs what is the pattern?

Answer 18

Liver blood dry and withered

Question 19

What formula is used to treat plane warts with the pattern “liver blood dry and withered?”

Answer 19

Shu Di Huang- 12 g
Dang Gui- 12 g
Dan Shen- 15 g
Zhi He Shou Wu- 12 g
Chao Bai Shao- 15 g
Bai Ji Li- 12 g
Xia Ku Cao- 12 g
Hong Hua- 9 g
Tao Ren- 9 g
Ma Chi Xian- 24 g
Yi Yi Ren- 24 g
Ban Lan Gen- 24 g
Gan Cao- 6 g

Question 20

What is the pattern for molluscum contagiosum?

Answer 20

Wind heat toxin binds the skin

Question 21

What other patterns can complicated the main pattern for molluscum?

Answer 21

heat at the blood level or damp heat atopic eczema

Question 22

What herbs are used to treat molloscum’s main pattern of wind heat binds the skin?

Answer 22

Ma Chi Xian- 30 g
Bai Jiang Cao- 24 g
Ban Lan Gen- 24 g
Zi Cao- 15 g
Tu Fu Ling- 30 g
Lian Qiao- 15 g
Da Qing Ye- 15 g
Qian Cao Gen- 12 g

Question 23

If there are lesions on the face what herbs do you add?

Answer 23

Sang Ye- 12 g
Ju Hua- 12 g

Question 24

If there are lesions on the hands what herb do you add?

Answer 24

Sang Zhi- 12 g

Question 25

If there are lesions on the feet what herbs do you add?

Answer 25

Mu Gua- 12 g Niu Xi- 12 g

Question 26

If there is dampness what herbs do you add?

Answer 26

Yi Yi Ren