Hello dear Readers,

Today we are going to talk a little about skin problems that can happen after Covid-19.

Many patients have come to the office with many post-covid complaints and among them are several skin problems, from simple dryness to even flaking, itching, dermatitis, healing problems, acne, among others.

But why can skin problems happen after contamination by Covid-19?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine we know that the organ responsible for nourishing and maintaining the skin is the Lung. This is because the Lungs have the ability to produce Defensive Energy (Wei Qi) that circulates under the skin and also produces Nutritive Energy (Ying Qi) that circulates throughout the body, including the skin.

Therefore, any and all infections that affect the Lungs will, at some point, affect the conditions of the skin.

Covid-19, on the other hand, is considered in oriental medicine, a disease of toxic heat for the Lung, having the ability to generate symptoms of heat in this organ and in everything for which it is energetically responsible and, in a second moment, will present symptoms of dryness, because the toxic heat, when not removed quickly and effectively, will destroy the body fluids, present in the Lungs to maintain its functioning.

Thus, we can divide the skin sequelae acquired in Post Covid Syndrome into 2 groups:

1) Residual Toxic Heat in the Lung:

Residual Toxic Heat in the Lungs will make the patient feel warm and skin, as if they had taken a long sunbath, often resembling heat stroke. In this case, there may also be hair loss, since the scalp being hot, will not be able to support the strands on the head. In addition, the patient may have open, itchy wounds and inflamed acne, a clear sign that the inflammation that occurs along with toxic heat is not controlled.

The patient’s tongue will appear dark red just behind the tip, a region that represents the Lung in the Chinese assessment.

To remove Toxic Heat from the Lungs and cool the skin it is recommended:

• Cold and fresh food for the Metal Element – at least 1 food from each column indicated 2x a day for 15 days. The complete food table can be found at:https://www.facilitatingacupuncture.com/therapeutic-food-tables/
• Acupuncture Points that remove Heat from the Lungs: LU11, LU10, LU9 and LU5. In LU11, bleeding can be performed 1x a week. Moxa is contraindicated at all points.
• Auriculotherapy Points that will help with symptoms: Lung Point will help in the energetic rebalancing of the organ. Ping Chuan points will improve inflammation. Point of the place where the skin is most affected, for example: if there are acnes on the face, use points on the Face point. If there are wounds on the feet, use the Foot point, and so on.

2) Dryness of Lung Fluids:

When the Toxic Heat from the Lungs is not removed quickly, the case will progress to the drying of the Lung fluids, which will fatally leave the patient’s skin dry and may progress to scaling and itching. Origin of many dermatitis.

To treat the dryness of the Lung Fluids, it is necessary for the patient to be able to produce them in greater quantity in addition to replacing what has already been worn out. For this to occur, it is necessary, in addition to treating the Lung, to improve the production of fluids in the Stomach, which is the main responsible for fluids for the entire body. These are recommended:

• Fresh food for the Earth and Metal Element – at least 1 food from the column of the tables indicated 2x a day for 15 days. The complete food table can be found at: https://www.facilitatingacupuncture.com/therapeutic-food-tables/
• Acupuncture points that tonify Lung and Stomach fluids: LU9, LU7, ST36 and SP6.
• Auriculotherapy points that will help with symptoms: Lung, Stomach and reflex points in the affected area, as explained in the previous syndrome.

I hope I have collaborated with the treatment of dozens of people who have developed this type of Covid-19 sequel and here we continue with tips every 15 days.

A big hug!

Fernanda Mara