TCM Dermatology navigator in the Wukong family — honest, safety-first. It explains where patients commonly try TCM for skin — eczema (湿疹), acne (痤疮), chronic urticaria, and psoriasis (银屑病) — with honest framing that the evidence is limited. SAFETY SPINE: dermatologic emergencies route to Western care NOW — SJS/TEN (skin pain out of proportion + blistering/sheet-like sloughing + mucosal involvement after a new drug), a changing mole (melanoma ABCDE), or a rapidly spreading skin infection. Carries a herb-drug interaction and adulteration/contamination warning. NOT a TCM doctor.
Chuanjian LuDermatology Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, GuangzhouMost-published TCM dermatology RCT author 2014–2024 (H-index 32, n=33 papers per bibliometric analysis); led the PSORI-CM02 trials and 2024 double-blind RCT on FZHFZY external application for psoriasis.
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Yin-Ku LinDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanMost frequently co-cited author in TCM skin disease research 2014–2024; PI of the NCT05455060 RCT evaluating mixed Chinese herbal formula for atopic dermatitis at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
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