ACNE VULGARIS

WIND HEAT CAUSES RED AND

PUSTULED ACNE
SYMPTOMS
• Some acne are red and have become pustules.
• Mild itching in the acne.
• Mild tenderness in the acne.
• Flushed and greasy face.
• Red tongue with yellow coating.
• Slippery and rapid pulse.
 TREATMENT
Lu 5; Li 4, 11; GV 14; UB 13, 54 ALL
 HUMID HEAT CAUSED INFLAMED OR
PUSTULED ACNE
SYMPTOMS
• Some acnes are inflamed and tender.
• Some acnes are pustured
• Anorexia
• Constipation
• Dark urine
• Red tongue with yellow greasy coating
• Rapid and slippery pulse
 TREATMENT
Li 4, 11; St 36, 44; Sp 6, 10 ALL
 PHLEGM CAUSES REPEATED
ERUPTIONS OF ACNE
SYMPTOMS
• Repeated eruption of acne which is resistant
to treatment.
• Acnes have become abscesses, cysts and
scars.
 TREATMENT
UB 20; St 36; Sp 6 ALL
Li 4; St 40 ALL