How effective is Chinese medicine in treating fungal eczema?

　　Fungal eczema is a common skin disease caused by a variety of internal and external factors. It is a skin inflammatory reaction, and severe itching is its most significant manifestation. Fungal dermatitis is divided into three stages: acute, subacute, and chronic. Exudation occurs in the acute phase, while in the chronic phase it manifests as infiltration of the affected skin and epidermal hypertrophy. Fungal skin diseases can be treated with topical hormone-free Pavlova Cream, which can be applied to the affected area 1-3 times a day. It can take half a month to recover.

　　The main symptoms of fungal eczema are symmetry, exudation, itching, polymorphism, and frequent recurrence. It is a skin disease that is extremely easy to relapse. It is also a skin disease of allergic inflammation. It is characterized by the diversity of rashes, symmetrical distribution, repeated episodes of severe itching, and the tendency to become chronic. It can occur at any age, in any part, and in any season, but it often recurs or intensifies in winter and tends to ooze. It is a chronic disease and prone to recurring attacks.

　　In traditional Chinese medicine, patients with acute fungal dermatitis and eczema mainly suffer from dampness and heat. Subacute cases are mostly related to spleen deficiency and poor luck, and lingering dampness. Chronic disease causes blood damage due to long-term illness, blood deficiency causes wind and dryness, and the skin loses nourishment. When it occurs in the calf with exposed blue veins, it is often caused by abnormal flow of qi and blood and accumulation of dampness and heat.

　　Recipe 1: 6-10 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 10 grams of Cortex Phellodendron, 10 grams of Atractylodes, 12 grams of Sophora flavescens, 15 grams of Plantain, and 10 grams of Polyporus. Choose an appropriate amount and decoct it in water.

　　Recipe 2: 15-20 grams of Smilax cocos, 30 grams of barley, 10 grams of Akebia, 20 grams of dandelion, and 3 grams of licorice. Choose an appropriate amount and decoct it in water.

　　During the TCM treatment period, you must pay attention to a light diet and eat more foods that clear away heat and remove dampness, such as bananas, watermelon peels, and winter melon peels. Do not eat hot and humid foods, and avoid or eat as little as possible "fat foods" such as pork, beef and mutton, scaleless fish such as hairtail, shrimp, squid, mango, longan, lychee, plum, durian, apricot, etc. Do regular outdoor exercise to enhance physical fitness and immunity, exercise more, and drink water for excretion.