Patient's question:
Before, my external genital itching was very severe, and my discharge was milky white. After drying on my underwear, it turned into a powdery substance. I used Jie'er Yin wash, but it didn't work. Later, I took daily baths and applied Clotrimazole cream afterward, which stopped the itching, but the discharge remained the same and didn't improve. The basic diagnosis is a fungal infection. I don't know what prescription can treat it. Please advise, thank you!Doctor's answer:
Candidal vaginitis is primarily caused by qi and blood deficiency and damp-heat accumulation. Generally, it is difficult to cure with conventional medications. It is recommended to use traditional Chinese herbs such as Chinese yam, Solomon's seal, cordyceps, longan pulp, clove, purple soldierroot, motherwort, chicken blood vine, thousand-dollar, ophiopogon, donkey-hide gelatin, black snake, prepared polygonum multiflorum,,, iron-gall powder, human placenta,, raw coix seed, peony root, prepared rehmannia, sparganium, zingiber mioga, and licorice to treat it. Many patients remain free of recurrence after being cured.