Chronic Leg Uleers

This is a chronic ulcerative lesion of the skin and soft tissues on the medial and lateral sides of the lower one third of the leg, and it can be divided into 2 types: Lianchuang of damp-heat type is caused by extemal trauma or insect bite, and the lesion is red, swollen and itching, to form ulcers with exudate; and Lianchuang of Qi deficiency and blood stasis type is a chronic depressed ulcerative lesion with a dark purple surface and hard bulging borders, and the dead skin and muscles may be sloughed off to expose the bone. The involved lower limbs may have varicose veins, and the swelling of the legs is worse in the evening.

Recipe 1: An adequate amount of fresh leaves of persimmon and Chuanjiao (prickly ash).
Administration: After burning, the charred persimmon leaves are ground with the prickly ash to produce a powder for application over the lesion.
Indication: This powder can clear heat and eliminate poison, to treat Lianchuang of damp-heat type with redness, swelling and exudate.

Recipe 2: Yiyiren (Job's tears) 20 g, Pugongying (dandelion) 15 g, Jinyinhua (honeysuckle flower) 15 g, wild chrysanthemum 15 g and Gancao (licorice) 10 g.
Administration: A decoction of the above herbs is drunk once a day for 3-5 days.
Indication: This recipe is used to treat Lianchuang of damp-heat type.

Recipe 3: An adequate amount of seeds of rutabaga.
Administration: The seeds are ground to prepare a powder for application over the lesion.
Indication: The powder can enrich Qi and blood, moisten the skin and promote regeneration of the muscles to treat Lianchuan of Qi deficiency and blood stasis type.

Recipe 4: An adequate amount of fresh leaves of amaranth and a small amount of honey.
Administration: The fresh amaranth leaves are'pounded with honey to prepare a paste for application over the lesion once a day for several days.
Indication: The paste is used to treat ulcers of Lianchuang of damp-heat type.

Recipe 5: An adequate amount of fresh eggplant with purple skin.
Administration: The skin of the eggplant is peeled for application to the ulcers, 1-2 times a day. At the early stage of treatment, the lesion may show some reaction, and it may disappear one week later.

Recipe 6: Bitter endive and fresh ginger of equal amounts, red date 10 g, Dangshen (Asiabell root) 10 g and brown sugar
20 g.
Administration: The first two materials are washed clean, cut into small pieces and pounded to prepare a juice, which is then mixed with sugar for oral intake with a decoction of Dangshen and red date, 3 times a day for several days.
Indication: This recipe is effective for treating chronic Lianchuang of Qi deficiency and blood stasis type.

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