Vitiligo symptoms classified by traditional Chinese medicine

1.Vitiligo with disharmony between qi and blood

The white patches are mainly milk white, usually round or elliptical, or irregular large patches that are scattered, painless and itchy. The tongue is bright red, the pulse is thin and smooth, and the course of the disease is usually between six months and three years.

2.Humid, hot and dry vitiligo

In this type, the white spot is pink, the condition is clear, and the skin turns white. Vitiligo patients may have itching and allergies before. The white patches are usually distributed on the face and around the organs. Physical drowsiness, dizziness, drowsiness, greasy moss and slippery pulse. The disease starts quickly and spreads rapidly.

3.Vitiligo with liver stagnation

The main features are that white patches have no fixed disposition, the color is sometimes dark and sometimes light, the skin lesions develop slowly and often worsen with the change of mood. It occurs mainly in women and is often accompanied by fullness in the chest and flanks, irritability, irregular menstruation, lumps in the breast, thin and moist tongue coating, and multiple and thin pulses.

4.Vitiligo with insufficiency of liver and kidney

The main feature is the sharp border of the white spot, the distinct discoloration, the increase of hairs in the discoloration spot, which become localized or generalized white. Often there is a genetic predisposition. The effect is poor, and dizziness and tinnitus occur. The waist and knees are sore, the color of the tongue is lighter or red, the coating is less and the pulse is weak.

5.Vitiligo with meridian block

The main symptoms are that the white patches are usually localized and asymmetrical with sharp borders. The hairs in the patches turn white and develop slowly. The overall appearance is worse. The tongue is purplish and dark or with blood spots, or the tongue blood vessels dilate dramatically, and the tongue coating is thinner.