Allergic Purpura is a disorder with bleeding beneath the skin or

mucous membranes. It causes the surface of the skin. Allergic

purpura is a disease caused by allergy to bacteria, parasites,
food, or medicine etc. leading to bleeding of capillaries. It
affects not only the skin, but joints, gastric-intestinal tract and
kidney.

2. Symptoms

(a) Purple patches on the skin--more patches appear on both

sides of lower limbs and hips, or upper limbs may also be
affected and the affected area may be slightly itchy;
(b) Meanwhile, patient has fever, abdominal pain, nausea,
vomit, bloody stools, joint pain, etc.

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3. TCM Effectiveness and Evaluation

Usually TCM is very effective when treating this disease. In

more severe cases, it may take from 2-6 weeks for the
symptoms improve, if not completely disappear. For cases with
symptoms persisting for an extended period of time, and
especially if combined with a chronic kidney infection, the
treatment duration would be longer.

4. Common Syndromes and Treatments in TCM

This ailment, according to TCM, has different syndromes. The

treatment for these syndromes using herbal medicine and
acupuncture is shown below.

Syndrome (a)
Heat-toxic attacks on Blood Vessels

A patient with heat-toxic attacks will show purplish and red

patches on his or her skin which may vary in size and in form.
There patient may also have a red tongue with a fast pulse and
dark yellow urine.

To treat by Herbal medicine

Therapeutic principle: Clear away heat-toxic thereby cooling
blood.

Prescription/Formula: Modified Decoction for Clearing away

Heat from the Ying System (qing ying tang) (shui nu jiao) 30g,
salvia (dan shen) 9g, uncooked rehmannia (sheng di) 15g,
moutan bark (mu dan pi) 9g, (xuan shen) 20g, (jin yin hua) 9g,
(lian qiao) 9g, (da qing ye) 9g, etc.

To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Therapeutic principle: Clear-away heat and toxic by reducing
method.
Prescription: LI 11 (qu chi), ST. 36 (zu san li), LI 4 (he gu), SP.
10 (xue hai), SP.6 (san yin jiao), LIV. 3 (tai chong), etc.

Syndrome (b)
Deficiency of Qi and Blood

A person with a deficiency of qi and blood will have patches on

their skin which may be light red or dark. These patches may
come and go. They might also feel dizzy, tired, short of breath
with a poor appetite. Other distinguishing features may be a
sallow complexion and a pale tongue with thin, white coating.

To treat by Herbal medicine

Therapeutic principle: To treat this using herbal medicine,
herbs may be used to boost the qi and nourish the blood
flowing through the system.

Prescription/Formula: Modified Decoction for Invigorating the

Spleen and Nourishing the Heart (modified gui pi tang)
Codonopsis (dang shen), astraglus (huang qi), white
atractylodes (bai zhu), tangui (dang gui), rehmannia (sheng di)
9g each, licorice (gan cao) 5g, (xian he cao) 30g, jujube (da
zao) 10 pieces, etc.

Simple prescription: Jujube (da zao) 15 pieces, licorice (gan

cao) 9g, decoct them for oral administration. Take one half of
the decoction each time, twice daily to treat allergic purpura
due to insufficiency of the spleen.

To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Therapeutic principle: Boosting the qi and nourishing the blood
by a reinforcing method and moxibustion

Prescription: Ren 6 (qi hai), Ren 3 (guan yuan), ST. 36 (zu san
li), BL.17 (ge shu), BL. 23 (shen shu), etc.

5. Healing by Other Therapies

(a) Qigong and other therapies

For effect of Qigong on the blood circulation system, click here.

Generally speaking, Qigong is good for healing effect of this

specific ailment, however individual results may vary. It
improves the flow of the qi and the circulation of the blood, so
you'll experience more energy, but, you won't see/ feel any
immediate effects, as with many exercises and therapies, it
takes a few weeks or even months of practice before you'll see
any significant improvements.

The following types of Qigong may help:

Static Qigong:
Relaxation Qigong
Inner-Nourishing Qigong
Relaxing Quiescent Qigong
Standing Qigong
Dynamic Qigong:
Baduanjing of Internal Exercise

For the information of different types of Qigong ,just click a link

above.
This information is for education purpose only. We strongly
advise you seek a licensed Qigong master to learn the correct
ways to conduct these exercises before attempting them.

(b) Medicated diet

1) Put appropriate quantity of Green Gram Seed (Ludou) into
the water to cook until it is soft enough to eat. Drink the soup
and eat the Green Gram Seed so as to relieve internal heat.
2) Chinese Date ( Dazao) 15 pieces, Liquorice Root (Gancao)
9g,
Put them into water to decoct. Take one prescription a day,
twice a day.
(c) Life style
1) Having found out the cause of allergy, the patient should
avoid any touch of the same food or drug, such as eggs, milk,
fish and shrimp, or some antibiotic.
2) Do more exercises to increase disease-resistance. If the
focus of the disease such as Tonsillitis is found, the patient
should go to see the doctor immediately.