Patient's question:
I am 58 years old. In the past six months, I have experienced dampness in my scrotum. I would like to treat it with a decoction of traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Could you please help me write a prescription for the herbal medicine? Thank you very much!Doctor's answer:
Hello! Below are common herbal formulas for treating scrotal eczema. The first one is for treating damp-heat accumulation in the lower body, while the second one is for treating wind-dampness invasion in the lower body. Please use them accordingly.1. Radix Gentianae 10g, Radix Scutellariae 10g, Radix Bupleuri 10g, Radix Paeoniae Rubra 10g, Fructus Gardeniae 10g, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis 10g, Radix Alismatis 10g,
Radix Clematidis 10g, Fructus Urticae Dioicae 20g, Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata cum Melle 6g.
Decoction, once daily.
2. Radix Saposhnikoviae 5g, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Immersum in Water 6g, Cortex Cinnamomi 3g, Rhizoma Notopterygi 3g, Radix Polyporae 9g, Radix Alismatis 9g,
Radix Paeoniae Rubra 9g, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Praeparatum cum Terre 9g.
With fresh ginger as an adjuvant. Decoction, once daily.