In Asia, external washes, lotions, and creams are used alongside the internal prescriptions. The famous properties of pearl powder are well known and included in creams to clear the skin of blemishes and keep it young and healthy. Many of the herbs that are used internally as medicines can also be applied topically. These external lotions also clear heat, damp and fire toxin away from the skin, while healing and soothing the acne sores.

Chinese have been using herbs to treat certain ills for thousands of years. Chinese herbal remedies have much reduced risk of any harmful side effects compared to all the stuff we see in the pharmaceutical stores these days.

Chinese Treatment for Acne

Many Chinese doctors recommend the following three formulas for the acne removal:

Suggested Formula No. 1

Decoction of loquat leaf for clearing the lung with additional ingredients.

Loquat leaf 15 g
Dried rehmannia root 15 g
Scrophularia root 15 g
Mulberry bark 9 g
Scutellaria root 9 g
Coptis root 9 g
Capejasmine fruit 9 g
Red peony root 9 g
Moutan bark 9 g
Forsythia fruit 9 g
Prunella spike 9 g
White chrysanthemum flower 9 g

Suggested Formula No. 2

Two old drugs decoction of peach kernel and safflower with additional ingredients.

Tangerine peel 9 g
Pinellia tuber 9 g
Poria 9 g
Nutgrass flatsedge 9 g
Zhejiang fritillaria bulb 9 g
Orange kernel 9g
Safflower 9g
Red sage root 9 g
Chinese angelica root 9 g
Scutellaria root 9 g
Forsythia fruit 9 g
Loquat leaf 9 g
Licorice root 6 g

All the above drugs are to be decocted in water for oral administration.

Suggested Formula No. 3

Antiphlogistic decoction of five drugs with additional ingredients.

Honeysuckle flower 15 g
Dandelion flower 15 g
Chinese violet 15 g
Chrysanthemum flower 15 g
Forsythia fruit 15 g
Dried rehmannia root 15 g
Scutellaria root 9 g
Moutan bark 9 g
Tangerine seed 9 g
Loquat leaf 9 g
Platycodon root 9 g
Licorice root 6 g"