A preliminary study on traditional Chinese medicine in the development of senil antipruritic cosmetics
ZHANG Zi-jin
MENG Hong
LI Li
Abstract：Beginning with mechanisms of senile pruritus, the present situation of modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of senile pruritus were analyzed.It was found that cure rate of western medicine treatment to senile pruritus was not high and the risk of adverse reactions and the recurrence rate were higher.However, the effect of traditional Chinese medicine was remarkable with small side effects and low recurrence rate.In view that the elderly are usually more resistant to medical treatment, compared to drug treatment, the elderly have higher acceptance of skin care products because of its convenience.Therefore, guiding by the traditional Chinese medicine theory, fully absorbing the achievements of modern science and technology, applying syndrome differentiation and treatment to the development of antipruritic cosmetics development will be the further research direction.
Keywords：traditional Chinese medicine theorysenile pruritusantipruritic cosmeticssyndrome differentiation and treatment
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 37-42 )