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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic methods contain inspection, auscultation-olfaction, inter-rogation and palpation. The clinical doctor collects information through the four diagnostic methods. Various symp-toms of the disease are especially used as the main evidence to determine different diseases and to identify the syndrome. Therefore, the TCM four diagnostic methods are the basic means of disease understanding in TCM. This article collected and analyzed clinical data in order to summarize the unique features and focused aspects of TCM four diagnostic methods application on TCM surgery and dermatology. This article was aimed to provide new ideas for TCM four diagnostic methods in the clinical diagnosis of dermatological diseases.
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Chloasma is a common pigmentation on facial skin among middle-aged or young women. The characteris-tic of chloasma is acquired brown spots on exposed facial regions. Modern traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clini-cal treatment mostly follows syndrome differentiation and treatment as well as prescriptions of TCM doctors from pre-vious dynasties. On the basis of different facial location of chloasma, the author explored the correlation between the facial lesion location and five zang-organ under the guidance of TCM holism concept. The creativeness of combining division differentiation and channel pattern differentiation, and the application of channel tropism medicine, provide new ideas for chloasma treatment.
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Objective By observing the curative effect of Yangxue Zhiyang Capsule (YZC) on guinea pigs and senile rats, therapeutic effect of YZC for senile pruritus and its mechanism was assessed. Methods Animal models with pruritus induced by exogenous histamine were used to observe the effect of YZC in relieving itching. Senile rat models of blood deficiency induced by acetophenylhydrazine (APH) were applied to measure the effect of YZC on red blood cells (RBC) counting, blood hemoglobin (Hb), plasma estrogen (E2), testosterone (T) and proesterone(PO), sexual organ weight and the amount of sebaceous gland and its secretory function. Results YZC could raise the itching threshold of guinea pigs with pruritus, elevate RBC amount and Hb content, increase E2,T and PO levels, elevate the weight of sexual organs and the number of sebaceous glands, and promote the secretory function of sebaceous glands in rats with blood deficiency. Conclusion YZC has good effect in relieving itching of guinea pigs with pruritus and nourishing blood of rats with blood deficiency by raising the levels of sex hormones, increasing the number of sebaceous glands and stimulating sebaceous gland secretion.