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Dermatology Congress 2018 & World Nephrology 2018
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2nd WORLD NEPHROLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS CONGRESS
DERMATOLOGY AND TRICHOLOGY
&
International Congress on
Joint Event on
Archives of General Internal Medicine | ISSN: 2591-7951 | Volume 2
OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
YEARS
Huang Wei Ling, Arch Gen Intern Med 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C5-013
THE TREATMENT OF CHLOASMA IN
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Introduction: Chloasma is a condition in which dark patches appear on the skin,
most commonly on the cheeks, bridge of the nose, forehead, upper lip, and chin
– areas of the face that receive the most sun exposure. In Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) the causes of the disease could be liver-Qi stagnation, spleen-
deficiency, kidney-Yin-deficiency and kidney-Yang-insufficiency.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that to successfully treat
chloasma you need to look for the roots of the problems, not only the symptom.
Methods: Over two case reports, the first being a 42-year-old woman who
sought Acupuncture treatment for chronic headache and had the doctor notice
the skin stains disseminated on her face, especially in the cheeks area. The
second case, a 48-year-old man with constant knee pain was on Acupuncture
treatment, and at his physical examination, there was found several dark
patches on his face. Both patients were diagnosed with energy imbalance (Yin,
Yang, Qi and Blood) and were treated with Acupuncture sessions associated
with Chinese dietary counseling.
Results: Both patients had a significant improvement of the chloasma patches,
even thought that wasn’t themain cause of complaint. This overall recovery was
achieved with the treatment of the patient in a holistic aspect, because when
the energy imbalance that is causing problems is cared for, all the physical
and/or emotional symptoms of one or several medical specialties improve at
the same time.
Conclusion: The treatment of chloasma in TCM has a different point of view
from Western medicine, by treating deeply the root cause of the problem in its
energy level. Each patient has their own imbalance and the treatment must be
individualized to have successful results.
Biography
Huang Wei Ling is graduated in Medicine in Bra-
zil, specialist in infectious and parasitic diseases,
a General Practitioner and Parenteral and Enteral
Medical Nutrition Therapist. Once in charge of the
Hospital Infection Control Service of the City of
Franca’s General Hospital, she was responsible for
the control of all prescribed antimicrobial medica-
tion and received an award for the best paper pre-
sented at the Brazilian Hospital Infection Control
Congress in 1998. Since 1997, she has been pre-
senting her work worldwide, concerning the treat-
ment of various diseases, using techniques based
on several medical traditions around the world.
Huang Wei Ling
Medical Acupuncture and
Pain Management Clinic, USA