Author(s)

Wang Suli ¹, Zhang Linjing ¹, Dang Xiaoning ¹, Ye Xiaolei ¹, Li Shimei ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ 986th Hospital of Plaaf, Xi'an, 710054, China

Corresponding Author

Li Shimei

ABSTRACT

Chloasma is a common melanin deposition and disfiguring skin disease, which is common in women of reproductive age and is easy to diagnose and difficult to treat. Dr Li Shimei, Chief Physician of the Department of Medicine, believes that kidney deficiency and blood stasis is the core pathogenesis of chloasma, and clinical evidence based on the menstrual cycle to tonify the kidneys and eliminate blood stasis, and internal and external treatment, with good clinical results. The clinical results were good. The experimental case is cited to support the evidence.

KEYWORDS

Chloasma; Kidney Deficiency and Blood Stasis; Menstrual Cycle Therapy; Tonifying The Kidney and Resolving Blood Stasis; Experience

CITE THIS PAPER

Wang Suli, Zhang Linjing, Dang Xiaoning, Ye Xiaolei, Li Shimei, Li Shimei's Experience in Treating Chloasma by Tonifying the Kidneys and Removing Blood Stasis Based on the Menstrual Cycle. MEDS Clinical Medicine (2025) Vol. 6: 106-115. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medsc.2025.060215.

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