A 59 year old woman with psoriasis came to see me in November last year.
She had psoriasis for a number of years mainly on her head but spreading over the rest of her body since beginning of last year. She claimed to have had a stressful life the last couple of years and been to different doctors and therapists. She said she felt emotionally and mentally out of balance. Suffered severe mood swings and felt fearful most of the time. She talked very fast and agitated; she obviously was very stressed and worried about her condition. She was on no medication and had a bout of high cholesterol under control, probably through diet. She had no major medical history and told me the only thing she noticed lately was some irritation in her eyes.
The psoriasis moved from one area to another, but always present in scalp, neck (R) and shoulder anterior mainly (R). Both legs were also affected, mainly lateral and posterior. At times the psoriasis was itchy and she tended to scratch the affected areas. Most of the lesions were red, swollen and flushed and the scales were easily shed when scratched. She told me that exposure to the sun tended to aggravate the condition.
From a Chinese medicine point of view, I diagnosed her to have wind and blood heat and started treating her accordingly with Acupuncture and Chinese herbs.
Following are some pictures taken throughout the treatment. The first ones are from when she was already being treated for at least 5 weeks, around16/12/10 and the last ones at 8/03/11
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