Chinese herbal medicine is especially successful in the treatment of a wide variety of skin conditions.
- Eczema: childhood eczema, atopic eczema (allergic), discoid eczema, pompholyx eczema (palms soles), stasis eczema (varicose), seborrhoeic eczema (including dandruff), contact and allergic dermatitis.
- Psoriasis (plaque, guttate, pustular).
- Asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), food allergies, urticaria angioedema.
- Acne: teenage acne, post adolescent female acne, nodular-cystic acne (acne conglobata).
- Rosacea & perioral dermatitis, polymorphic light eruption (sun allergy).
- Itchy conditions such as lichen simplex (neurodermatitis), nodular & subacute prurigo, generalised itching with no rash etc.
- Viral and bacterial disease: herpes simplex, herpes zoster, warts, moelscum contagiosum, pityriasis rosea.
- Fungal and yeast infection: ringworm of the body, groin, axilla, fungal infection of the feet, hands, nails, pityriasis versicolor, candida albicans.
- Lupus erythematosus, alopecia areata, bullous pemphigoid.
- Vitiligo, melasma (chloasma).
- Lichen planus (simple and hypertrophic).
