Chickenpox - Chinese Medicine explanation and treatment
Chickenpox is a common children's disease which according to Chinese Medicine is caused by a combination of wind, damp and heat. Chickenpox can also affect adults. Chickenpox is highly infectious, but usually
mild in childhood. Symptoms start with a raised temperature and an itchy
rash covering the body, limbs, face and head. The spots are pink at first,
then turn into blisters and then scabs. The chickenpox virus remains infectious until
the spots disappear after about five days.
In Chinese medicine, two forms of treatment for chickenpox are involved.
Toxins must be eliminated from the body through the skin. The spots and
blisters are encouraged to come out quickly. Many flowers such as saffron,
honeysuckle and chrysanthemum will expel toxic substances from the body.
Then the blood must be cooled by draining herbs, which will clear by inducing urination
and expel more toxins that way, to prevent the skin from scarring.
Professor Song Ke
