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30 yr woman with acne

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  1. Aoife Lucy
    Member

    Hi all
    I am a newly qualified acupuncturist and am currently treating a 30 year old female for her skin. She suffers from flare ups and up to now they have been before her period. She has alot of heat and damp going on. Her skin has been getting better with the treatments but this month for the first time she got a flare up after her period and had a bad taste in her mouth and felt like her face was aching
    Her spots are very red and nodule like and appear on her temples, forehead, neck (under ears) and chin
    Would anyone be able to share some enlightenment as to why the pattern has changed to flare up after her period. She was out on a night on the weekend drinking alcohol so this could have lead to the flare up as it happened the next day.
    Her tongue is red and pulse wiry and she is experiencing stress in work.
    Any tips would be greatly appreciated from an acupuncture point of view or patent herbs

    Appolgies i have just realised this forum is for pedriatic cases so excuse my ignorance but there is any advice someone can offer it would be appreciated
    Many thanks

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. soma
    Facilitator

    Hello Aoife,

    Welcome to the forum! Pediatrics tend to go along with Ob-gyn so no apologies necessary. It seems like your patient's acne is hormonal (menstrual time) and excess rather than deficient (premenstrual rather than postmenses. Along with damp and heat you also have Qi stagnation. The latest break-out after the period is probably due to the alcohol since it happened the very next day. The bad taste in the mouth and the achy face were probably caused by the same reason. Bad batch of alcohol? Anyway, alcohol does worsen both damp and heat and she should stay away from it around the time of her period. You may want to add Free and easy wanderer to whatever formula you might have given her for the acne. I guess the next outbreak will tell you if this is right. I hope we get more input into this issue.
    Thanks again.
    Soma.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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