What suggestions does Chinese medicine have for skin conditions and allergies

Some can be attributed to foods, which the body is unable to tolerate.

Such foods lead to itching, redness, crusting, or scaling. Even people who are normally allergy-free complain about increased itching in various places, and when scratched these spots become red and inflamed.

Chinese medicine also views these symptoms as a failure to accord with the seasons. Such lack of seasonal adjustments is increasing, because people devise ever more ways to artificially change their surroundings. There is more to it: It begins with overheated housing and ends with air-conditioned rooms. The human organism cannot tolerate such sudden changes. Heating and air conditioning provide a certain amount of comfort, but the over-use or misuse of these technologies can stress the body, and show up as skin irritations.