Discussion on Chinese Medicine Treatment of Chronic Itching Based on the Theory of "Unity of Form and Spirit"

Itching as a conscious symptom affected more skin patients, and it was easy to ignore that chronic itching patients are often accompanied by mental problems such as anxiety and depression. In clinical practice, treating skin symptoms from "form" and regulating and relieving itching from "spirit" was widely used in the TCM treatment of skin diseases. Still, no one had yet elaborated on the TCM treatment of chronic itching from the perspective of "form and spirit" coexistence. This article discusses the TCM treatment of chronic pruritus from the perspective of "unity of form and spirit", to provide a better understanding of the TCM treatment of chronic pruritus. This article discusses the TCM treatment of chronic pruritus from the perspective of "unity of form and spirit", to provide a new perspective for the clinical treatment of chronic pruritus.