Seborrheic dermatitis according to Chinese Medicine

In Chinese Medicine, seborrheic dermatitis is sometimes associated with Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner, a so-called "patterns of disharmony". Chinese Medicine sees the body as a system, not a sum of isolated parts. A "pattern" is when the system's harmony is disrupted. It is not equivalent to the Western concept of "disease" because both concepts arise from totally different ways of seeing the human body.

To understand whether someone's seborrheic dermatitis might be caused by the pattern Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner, one needs to look for signs and symptoms associated with the pattern beyond what one might typically experience from seborrheic dermatitis alone. Indeed if seborrheic dermatitis is caused by Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner, patients also experience symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, night fever, delirious speech and irritability. Similarly, patients with Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner typically exhibit choppy (Se) or full (Shi) pulses.

We've listed below a more detailed description of Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner so that you can have a better understanding of where seborrheic dermatitis might find its root according to Chinese Medicine.

Once identified, patterns are often treated using herbal formulas. Drinking herbal infusions is the most common remedy in Chinese Medicine, together with acupuncture. Here we detail below four formulas that can help treat Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner.

Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner, a "pattern of disharmony" associated with seborrheic dermatitis

The four herbal formulas that might help with seborrheic dermatitis