DIY foot away dermatophytosis "

Cruel summer has come, the "friends of dermatophytosis" began to worry.

Their feet due to sweating appears itching, peeling, and smell, it often appears to friends and family visits are not afraid to take off my shoes embarrassing situation. Hospital Dermatology enquiries — asahiyama Professor noted, we often say "dermatophytosis" is actually foot infections caused by fungi, tinea pedis vesicular type, impregnation of erosive, thickening of the three types. As a result of fungi in 38 ℃ or so humid environment are most vulnerable to reproductive, tinea pedis in summer when most vulnerable to attack.

Tinea Pedis is small, but we cannot ignore that necessary timely treatment, fungi may be transmitted to other parts of the body, such as Tinea Manus among, Onychomycosis, Tinea Cruris, skin cancer, severe cases can lead to inflammation of the lymph, Erysipelas, moreover required amputation.

Treatment of tinea pedis drugs outside more, Western medicine to scribble and antifungal cream, TCM, clearing, and antipruritic qushi as method, boiling syrup feet, this way you can sterilize bacteriostatic, you can soak feet promote blood circulation, repelling body cold pathogen, in the treatment of the role of health care.

Professor Charlie — asahiyama different types according to tinea pedis is given different prescription:

Vesicular type: Kushen 30g, cnidium 30g 30g, rhubarb, polygonatum 30g, alum (rear lower) 30g, licorice 10g, boiling water for 30 minutes.

Kushen of cold, taste bitter, with heat and dampness, expelling the insecticidal efficacy of; cnidium t, pungent, bitter, insecticidal with dampness, and antipruritic effect with topical osthol could enhance the dampness of the insecticidal antipruritic cream of reactive power; rhubarb to purging fire detoxification, cooling the swelling; Huang Jing for external use of authoritarian ringworm; alum of cold, taste sour, topical indications weepy, hemorrhoids, fire and insect injury; compatibility with herbs and dampness, insecticidal antipruritic effect.

Thickening type: polygonatum 30g, Kochia 30g, alum (rear lower) 30g, boiling water for 30 minutes.

Kochia of cold bitter, with clear damp heat, combined with the polygonatum, alum external washing has germicidal antibacterial effect, also makes the point of softening the skin.

Impregnation of erosive: four yellow lotion (huanglian, Yellow cedar, skullcap, rhubarb the 30g) with boiling water for 30 minutes to yarn block wet dressing 20 minutes.

Coptis have heat and dampness, reactive purging fire, poison, eczema, eczema, itching ears; skullcap have heat and dryness wet, the efficacy of reducing fire detoxification with broad-spectrum antibacterial effect is stronger; Yellow Cedar of bitter cold, heat and dampness, purging fire except for steaming, detoxification therapy sore efficacy; rhubarb cream to purging fire detoxification, cooling the swelling; four are combined with the convergence of clearing, and antipruritic effect.

Treatment, immersion in 25 minutes, 1 time per day, 7 days for a course, General continuous treatment of 3-4 courses.

It should be noted that, in the life of many factors can affect the treatment of tinea pedis, in the treatment of and to take preventive measures, such as regular drying stomchs, shoes and socks to keep feet dry and so on, to avoid cross-infection, you should be aware of personal hygiene, diligent for socks, not shared with others or socks, with bath, family member illness should be treated.

(Edit: Justin Lin, internships)