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Discussion on Chinese Medicine Treatment of Chronic Itching Based on the Theory of "Unity of Form and Spirit"

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DOI: 10.23977/medcm.2025.070207 | Downloads: 7 | Views: 382

Author(s)

Liang Na 1, Liu Suoyu 1, Sun Dan 2, Li Wenbin 2

Affiliation(s)

1 First Clinical Medical College of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712046, China
2 Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710003, China

Corresponding Author

Li Wenbin

ABSTRACT

Itching as a conscious symptom affected more skin patients, and it was easy to ignore that chronic itching patients are often accompanied by mental problems such as anxiety and depression. In clinical practice, treating skin symptoms from "form" and regulating and relieving itching from "spirit" was widely used in the TCM treatment of skin diseases. Still, no one had yet elaborated on the TCM treatment of chronic itching from the perspective of "form and spirit" coexistence. This article discusses the TCM treatment of chronic pruritus from the perspective of "unity of form and spirit", to provide a better understanding of the TCM treatment of chronic pruritus. This article discusses the TCM treatment of chronic pruritus from the perspective of "unity of form and spirit", to provide a new perspective for the clinical treatment of chronic pruritus.

KEYWORDS

Chronic itching; Unity of form and spirit; Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

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Liang Na, Liu Suoyu, Sun Dan, Li Wenbin, Discussion on Chinese Medicine Treatment of Chronic Itching Based on the Theory of "Unity of Form and Spirit". MEDS Chinese Medicine (2025) Vol. 7: 49-55. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medcm.2025.070207.

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