Syndrome differentiation and treatment:
During the course of treatment with Chinese herbs, the formula will need to be modified to address changes in the skin.  As the lesions begin to clear, the formula will be changed to correctly address the current presentation.  It can almost be viewed as guiding heat out of the body. So as the damp heat is cleared, there may be more blood heat present that must then be cleared using different herbs. If dryness plays a part in the picture, then specific nourishing herbs would be introduced only after the heat has been removed. If the dry element is addressed too early the skin may become irritated. It is these individualized and fluctuating treatment approaches that make Chinese medicine so powerful in addressing these acute and chronic skin conditions.

In Chinese medicine, when treating a disease, the doctors take everything into into consideration, including climatic changes, environmental variations, emotional changes, the diet, the urine and the stool, the sleep, and the disorder of sex life. That is the feature of the Three Pathogens Theory in TCM. This etiology doctrine built on the basis of the macro methodology entirely differs from that of Western medicine. It is on the basis of the microscopic and pathologic anatomy. But it is exactly a biological, psychological, social and new medical model that Western medicine is attempting to pursue. While Chinese medicine established its own system with this medical model two thousand years ago.

Chinese doctor doesn’t considers static anatomy as a starting point for understanding the diseases, and does not rely on detection equipments. On the contrary, Chinese doctor depends on the unique ways of TCM diagnosis to experience and study the human dynamic life information. Also it is based on syndrome differentiation to guide the disease therapy. This method not only can save a lot of examination fees for patients, but also can help doctors exchange with patients more closely, thus reflecting a real humanistic spirit.