How to treat Eczema, Atopy and Urticaria (Hives) by KOSA

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[Master Kim]

An acupuncturist's question on a Facebook group, Acupuncturists on Facebook

Any tips on topical treatment for acute eczema?
She has suffered from this for years, sometimes it will crack and bleed for weeks on end.
I would appreciate any tips on topical treatment to get her discomfort under control while I address the underlying condition with acupuncture and herbs?
It looks like it's wet and oozing, but it's actually very dry aside from the bleeding.

Based on Ascetic Saahm's formula #1, fostering lung and large intestine,
subdue BL60, KI2, PC8 and LR2.

[Master Kim]

An acupuncturist's question on a Facebook group, Acupuncturists on Facebook

Pt with itching red eczema like skin started on eyelids, now moved to scrotum.
He does a lot of pot and a thing called "dabs" which involves concentrated THC and a cellophane carrier, which he also sells, so he comes in contact with it a lot.
He is on a formula and sporadic acupuncture.
Anyone ever heard of a connection here?

Based on Ascetic Saahm's formula #1, fostering lung,
subdue LI5, SI5, BL60, KI2, GB38 and LR2.

[Master Kim]

An acupuncturist's post in a Facebook group

Help!
I am covered in hives, not an inch of my body is free.
This started two nights ago on the 8th day of taking Amoxicillin for strep.
I've tried clearing heat in the blood with acupuncture, applying Yin Care, oatmeal baths, and nothing is helping.
The ER gave me prednisone, which I really don't want to take but getting desperate.

Urticaria - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticaria
Urticaria (from the Latin urtica, "nettle" from urere, "to burn"), commonly referred to as hives, is a kind of skin rash notable for pale red, raised, itchy bumps. Hives may cause a burning or stinging sensation. They are frequently caused by allergic reactions; however, there are many nonallergic causes. Most cases of hives lasting less than six weeks (acute urticaria) are the result of an allergic trigger. Chronic urticaria (hives lasting longer than six weeks) is rarely due to an allergy.

The majority of chronic hives cases have an unknown (idiopathic) cause. In perhaps as many as 30–40% of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria, it is caused by an autoimmune reaction.

  Uriticaria

  Hives on the left chest wall. Notice that they are slightly raised.

  After contact with a conifer

Signs and symptoms

Wheals (raised areas surrounded by a red base) from urticaria can appear anywhere on the surface of the skin. Whether the trigger is allergic or not, a complex release of inflammatory mediators, including histamine from cutaneous mast cells, results in fluid leakage from superficial blood vessels. Wheals may be pinpoint in size, or several inches in diameter.

Angioedema is a related condition (also from allergic and nonallergic causes), though fluid leakage is from much deeper blood vessels in the subcutaneous or submucosal layers. Individual hives that are painful, last more than 24 hours, or leave a bruise as they heal are more likely to be a more serious condition called urticarial vasculitis. Hives caused by stroking the skin (often linear in appearance) are due to a benign condition called dermatographic urticaria.

Based on Ascetic Saahm's formula #1, fostering large intestine, subdue LU10, ST41, SP2, KI2 and LR2.
This treatment is general purpose.
Depending on symptom, treatment shall be changed accordingly.