Many people suffer from athlete's foot, although it is not a serious disease, it is difficult to cure. Traditional Chinese medicine Xuemancao can treat swollen and damp athlete's foot. Xuemancao has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, and promoting blood circulation. So how is athlete's foot caused?
【Traditional Chinese Medicine Xuemancao for Treating Swollen and Damp Athlete's Foot】
Xuemancao has the effects of dispelling wind, promoting diuresis, dispersing stasis, and promoting blood circulation. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic nephritis, rheumatic pain, wind rashes, sequelae of childhood paralysis, sprains, and fractures.
1. "Yunnan Herbal Medicine": Dispels wind and activates collaterals, disperses stasis and relieves itching. It is used to treat wind rash, rheumatic pain, childhood paralysis, bruises, fractures, and edema.
2. "Common Tibetan Medicinal Herbs": Activates blood circulation, disperses stasis, strengthens tendons and bones, dispels wind and dampness, and promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. It is used to treat rheumatic arthritis, chronic lumbago and leg pain, sprains, hematomas, and edema.
3. "Common Folk Herbs in Kunming": Dispels wind and dampness, nourishes blood, activates blood circulation, and promotes diuresis.
4. "Plant Name and Reality Picture Study": "Soaks athlete's foot swelling."
5. "Medicinal Materials Atlas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau": "Used externally to treat ulcers, dermatitis, and childhood eczema; taken internally to treat rheumatic arthritis."
【Identification of Xuemancao Characteristics】
Xuemancao stems are cylindrical, with a diameter of 0.3-1.5cm, the surface is grayish-green to greenish-brown, hard and brittle in texture; stems have multiple longitudinal ridges, the ridges are covered with yellowish-brown to rusty short hairs, and the ridges almost have no hairs; the outer layer of the stem is harder and lignified; the medulla is wide and white, loose and spongy, slightly shiny, with scattered reddish-brown spots, more on the outer side of the medulla.
Feather-like compound leaves are odd-pinnate, leaflets are greenish-brown to dark green, with short petioles and short hairs, leaflets are often wrinkled and broken, intact leaflets are lanceolate after unfolding, 5-15cm long, 2-4cm wide, with serrated edges.
Occasionally flowers are seen, with terminal cylindrical inflorescences, small flowers, light yellow or white in color. Slightly fragrant; taste is light and slightly astringent. The color of the stem surface, the longitudinal ridges and hair conditions of the stem, the wide medulla, and the scattered reddish-brown spots are the most characteristic identification points.
【How is Athlete's Foot Caused?】
1. Fungal infection:
Common fungi include red ringworm fungus, gypsum-like ringworm fungus, powdery ringworm fungus, and rose-colored ringworm fungus. These pathogens have very strong vitality and are difficult to eliminate. They often invade the skin and nails of the feet.
2. Poor hygiene habits:
Since the feet often sweat, the sweat adheres to the skin, providing a breeding ground for fungi. Some people pay attention to hygiene themselves, but sometimes they do not pay attention and share shoes, socks, towels, bathtubs, etc. with others, which can also be infected.
3. Disease enters from shoes:
Many people take off their shoes when entering the room or place them on a shoe rack. If the shoe rack is not clean, or if fungi are present in the surrounding air or someone accidentally steps on the shoes with their soles, the fungi can enter.
