What should you pay attention to before treating folliculitis?

　　(1) Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

　　1. Internal treatment method: In the early stage, it is advisable to clear away heat and detoxify, and then use five-flavor disinfectant drink. If the patient has scattered light red papules and small pustules on the body surface, feels itchy and painful, has a red tongue, thick and greasy coating, and other manifestations of excess dampness and heat, Jinyi decoction should be used to clear away heat, detoxify and diuresis; if the patient is weak and has a prolonged course of disease, has a sallow complexion, eats less and has anorexia, a pale tongue, thin white coating, and has a heavy and thready pulse, etc., Lanqi decoction should be used to replenish qi and nourish yin, clear away heat and detoxify.

　　2. External treatment:

　　⑴External application of herbal medicine: Choose 1 to 2 fresh herbal medicines, fenugreek, hibiscus flowers and leaves, purslane, Jinbuhuan, etc., pound into mud and apply externally to the affected area, 1 to 2 times a day.

　　⑵Two-flavor detoxification ointment: Coptis chinensis ointment or Ruyi Jinhuang Powder Honey ointment for external application, 1 to 2 times a day.

　　(ii) Western medicine treatment:

　　1. Internal treatment method:

　　⑴Oral tetracycline, medicillin, or intramuscular penicillin can be taken, and vitamin B drugs can be given at the same time. If the disease relapses, placental globulin can be injected intramuscularly, twice within 3 weeks.

　　⑵Immunotherapy: Patients with recurrent chronic folliculitis can be treated with home-made vaccines or polyvalent vaccine injections.

　　2. External treatment method: Based on the principles of anti-inflammation, sterilization and drying, the following prescriptions can be used as appropriate: 10% sulfur calamine lotion, 10% Ichthyolipid alcohol, compound neomycin ointment, 5% white mercury ointment, and chloramphenicol sulfoxide for external application.

　　3. Physical therapy: Except for the acute inflammation period, ultraviolet or ultrashort wave radiation treatment can be used for 20 minutes each time, 3 times a week.