Classification of vulvar leukoplakia in traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of vulvar leukoplakia is closely related to the liver, kidney and spleen. The main mechanism of its pathogenesis is that the liver stores blood, the kidney is responsible for reproduction and opens up the two yin organs, and the spleen is responsible for muscles. Clinically, it is mainly characterized by deficiency syndrome, which is mainly due to blood deficiency and loss of volume leading to dryness, Chong and Ren meridians deficiency, which causes the genitals to lose nourishment or warmth and cause illness. The following four types are common.

1. Blood deficiency and dryness type

The occurrence of vulvar leukoplakia of blood deficiency and dryness type is mainly related to long-term illness that consumes Qi and blood, or various external factors that cause the body to lose blood and damage Qi, and Chong and Ren blood deficiency, which makes the genital skin dry and damaged and causes the disease.

2. Liver and kidney yin deficiency

The occurrence of vulvar leukoplakia of liver-kidney yin deficiency type is mainly related to liver and kidney deficiency caused by long-term illness or old age and physical weakness, or damage to kidney essence and blood caused by excessive sexual life, which causes the skin to lose its lubrication and luster, and causes symptoms such as dryness and itching of the vulva, leading to the disease.

3. Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency

The occurrence of vulvar leukoplakia of spleen-kidney yang deficiency type is mainly related to body yang deficiency, or kidney yang deficiency caused by various external factors. Yang deficiency is prone to internal cold, and then Chong and Ren meridians become cold, which makes the genitals lose warmth and the yang and cold stagnate, and the qi and blood are blocked, and even causes the vulvar skin to change color and atrophy, thus inducing leukoplakia.

4. Liver meridian damp-heat type

The occurrence of vulvar leukoplakia of liver meridian damp-heat type is mainly related to constitutional depression. As the saying goes, anger and depression hurt the liver, long-term stagnation of liver qi can easily lead to damp-heat evil flowing into the lower part of the body, and then infiltrate the vulva and cause disease.