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CHINAHERB - Acne Formula - 60 Tablets
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CHINAHERB - Acne Formula - 60 Tablets

R 212.12

Vendor: CHINAHERB SKU: 988607001
Description

粉刺方 / Fen Ci Fang

 

Treats the following symptoms:

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Disease description:

Acne is the most common skin disease globally. It is primarily a hormone-related condition of the sebaceous glands which occurs mainly in adolescents during puberty and has various degrees of severity. Common acne symptoms are oily skin with pimples, pustules and blackheads that develop over time and persist, unlike normal pimples. They can also leave small red spots or scars. Acne occurs mainly on areas of the body with a particularly large number of sebaceous glands, such as the face, chest, neck, upper arms and back.

Acne Formula uses nourishing Kidney and Yin herbs to balance Yin and Yang while clearing Deficiency Fire and a combination of clearing Damp–Heat herbs to clear facial or spine papules. Chinese medicine believes that the body is developing during adolescence. The physique is full of Yang and the Lungs and Stomach are prone to Heat and Dampness due to stress or improper diet. Damp and Heat tangled together and forms pimples and cyst nodules on the face, shoulders, chest or back, forming acne.

  

 

Explanation according to the Traditional Chinese Medicine:

Teenagers, full of life vitality, have more chance to build up imbalance of Yin and Yang or Stagnation and Heat in the Lungs, Liver and Blood from fatty food or stress. The Heat blocks the surface of the face and body, which leads to symptoms of acne rash.

 

Possible syndromes causing these problems:

Kidney Yin Deficiency Heat

Red pimples, red face, hot feeling.

Liver Stagnation and Yin and Yang imbalance

This pattern is similar to the one caused by Kidney Yin Deficiency Heat. The main difference is that acne worsens before or during menstrual periods or stress. Patient is also easily angry.

Recommended formulas to use:

Acne Formula, Relaxed Wanderer

Damp Heat

Patients usually suffer from red skin pimples with pustules and abscesses.

Recommended formulas to use:

Acne Formula, Purge Heat

Blood Stagnation

Long-lasting acne rash leading to Qi and Blood Stasis with symptoms of  dark red pimples that are thick-walled and leave scars.

Recommended formulas to use:

Acne Formula, Expel Stasis