Good medicine to prevent and treat itchy skin in the elderly

Older people often have chronic diseases and are taking a variety of medications. Many oral and topical medications can cause itching.

Elderly people often suffer from chronic diseases and often take various medications. Many oral or topical medications can cause itching. In addition, the secretion of sebum under the skin of the elderly in winter is difficult and this makes the already dry skin of the elderly even drier.

On the other hand, the elderly have weak resistance and cannot stand the cold. When the weather turns cold, they have to wear a lot of clothes, which affects the normal breathing process of the skin.

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According to traditional medicine, to prevent and treat itching in winter, the elderly should not bathe too much, 1-2 times a week is enough. Do not bathe in water that is too hot and use shower gels and soaps with high alkalinity; maintain appropriate humidity in the room... With symptoms of itching, flaking, itching more at night; especially on cold days... readers can use one of the following remedies:

Recipe 1: 9g dried ginger, 10 red dates, 6g cinnamon. Boil and drink one dose per day. Drink continuously for 7-10 days.

Recipe 2: 15g each of angelica, rehmannia glutinosa, and white peony root, 20g of red salvia miltiorrhiza, 10g each of saposhnikovia root, perilla, and tribulus terrestris. Boil and drink one dose per day, twice a day.

Recipe 3: 50g of Da giao vine, 20g of bitter ginseng and snake gourd each, 30g of perilla, 5g of pepper. Boil and drink one dose per day, twice a day.

Lesson 4: Cinnamon 6g, white peony 12g, angelica 10g, 3 pieces of raw ginger, 10 red dates, licorice 5g. One dose per day, decoct twice.

Lesson 5: 10g of angelica, 10g of cinnamon, 10g of white peony, 3g of asarum, 5g of licorice, 6g of atractylodes macrocephala, 3g of croton, 9g of raw ginger. One dose per day, decocted twice.

Medicinal food

Recipe 1: 30g eel meat, 15g red dates, enough rice, cook porridge to eat every day.

Recipe 2: 200g goat meat, 3g pepper, 15g raw ginger, 30g angelica. Stew until soft and eat hot.

Recipe 3: 15g hawthorn, 15g angelica, 10g jujube. Cooking.

External medicine

Lesson 1: Boil banana peel, soak a cotton towel in the juice and apply to the itchy area or use the inside of the banana peel to apply directly to the itchy area.

Lesson 2: Boil 30g fresh peach leaves to get the juice. At night before going to bed, use a cotton ball to soak the juice and apply to the itchy area.

Recipe 3: 250g fresh ginger, 500ml white wine. Wash the ginger, slice it, soak it in wine for 3-5 days before using. Use cotton soaked in this wine, apply it to the itchy area, 2-3 times a day.

According to Health & Life