Herbs and acupuncture are the most popular forms of Chinese medicine hives treatment. In fact, both types of Chinese medicine urticaria treatment have been used to treat hives for centuries. With either treatment, it usually takes between two and six months to heal, but these Chinese medicine hives treatment often put people in remission.

One must understand that traditional Chinese medical practices such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and dietary treatments are still practiced in the East. Treatment is put together on a person by person basis. In the Western world these practices seem taboo, and are considered alternative medicine.

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a healthy person is at harmony with the world around him. A disease is considered a disharmony between the body’s functional entities (breathing, digestion, aging, etc.) and the outside world. Therefore TCM works to trace symptoms to the underlying cause of this disharmony (Wikipedia.org, 2011). Because they treat the ‘source’ not the symptoms, in TCM two people with similar symptoms may be treated in two different ways.

 

Chinese Medicine & Hives Treatment

 

Schisandra is one of the best Chinese herbs that can be used in urticaria treatment. It is said that this herb alleviates hives, eczema, and swollen tissues. In addition, it increases the body’s ability to deal with chemical stress. Finally, it also protects the body from various toxins and helps with liver functioning.

Mint is another herb that has been used in the east for centuries. You can boil the leaves and flavor to make your own tea, or add it to your diet. One herbal remedy people use is making a tea out of mint, draining the leaves, and then making ice cubes out of the remaining solution. Putting these ice cubes on the skin is said to relieve both inflammation and itch. Other herbs that may be used in a Chinese medicine hives treatment are:

  • Mushrooms (Reishi or Shiitake) – for the immune system
  • Dangue – for the liver or blood
  • Astragalus – for the immune system
  • Atractylodes – for digestive disorders
  • Bupleurum – for liver problems and skin ailments
  • Peony – for liver problems
  • Salvia – for liver disfunction and cooling effects

 

Nowadays, Chinese herbal formulas are normally patented and sold over the counter in an easy convenient form. Of course that means that they are no longer put together on a person-to-person basis. If you would like to take a look at Chinese patented herbal medicines, you may wish to visit Chineseherbdirect.com or Holisticchineseherbs.com.