Here is an East/West comparison of similar diagnoses that we work with often, hives, rashes, and eczema are allergic reactions expressed through the skin.  In the West, a patient will go to a dermatologist for such complaints and steroids are likely to be prescribed.  The function here is these pharmaceuticals tell the body to “stop overreacting”.  This will likely make the patient comfortable in the moment, it does nothing to address the question of why the body is so inflamed and why it is reacting this way.  Suppressing the immune system (as is the function of steroids) can lead to a host of other health issues, both long and short-term.  In Chinese medicine theory, we would see the same person and establish which of the five organ systems is at the root of the immune system’s overreaction, using intake, tongue, and pulse examination.   We address that and balance the body using dietary strategies, herbs, and nervous system releases so that the skin issues cease permanently as opposed to the patient treated by long-term pharmaceuticals/steroids, which tend to result in recurring treatments and the likelihood of experiencing further symptoms of imbalance in the future.  

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