"Old rotten leg" is a chronic ulcer on both sides of tibia at the lower leg 1/3. Also known as "scabies", "pants sores" and "skirt sores". At first, the local area itched first, then it hurt, then it became red and swollen, then it was tattered and dripping with water, forming an ulcer, which became more and more serious, and finally the whole skin was rotten. The skin around the ulcer is affected, shrinking and blackening, causing eczema, sometimes desquamation and itching. In front of the midcalf, the bone is under the skin. Once ulcer, bone exposure and surface infection occur, chronic osteomyelitis is formed. Some patients have endured it for years or even longer.

The characteristic of old rotten leg is that it is difficult to keep silent for a long time, or even if it is kept silent for a long time, it is easy to relapse due to injury, and often complicated with varicose veins of lower limbs. Induced by long-term standing work or heavy load, skin injury, insect bite, eczema of lower limbs, etc., mostly occur in the lower leg 1/3, with more internal than external. The disease recurs, first itches and then hurts, and then bursts to form a wound. A few ulcers that have not healed for many years, when the wound is cauliflower-like, are mostly signs of cancer.

Human beings are upright creatures, and the upward flow of venous blood in lower limbs must overcome great gravity. The secret is mainly the pressure difference between artery and vein. The former has high pressure and the latter has low pressure, so the direction of blood flow is naturally from high to low. In addition, there is the squeezing effect of muscle contraction during lower limb exercise, and the static membrane valve located in the vein. Some people are born with weak vein walls, or too few static valves, poor structure and poor function; If you always stand still at ordinary times, the muscle activity of lower limbs is reduced, the muscle squeezing effect is insufficient, and the venous blood return of lower limbs is blocked, resulting in an increase in venous pressure. After a long time, the superficial veins of the lower limbs dilate and thicken, and then develop into a mass, like a mass of earthworms under the skin. Patients often feel pain and fatigue in lower limbs, and some have edema on the instep or ankle joint. If left untreated, the skin of calves and ankles will shrink, become thinner, become brighter, hair will be sparse, the color will become dark, eczema and even ulcers will appear.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a long-standing understanding of "old rotten leg", which is regarded as "rare, effective and extremely lingering". Since its establishment in the 1950s, Shijiazhuang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has started the diagnosis and treatment of old rotten leg, and has successively established a series of effective prescriptions for treating old rotten leg, such as Yinqiao Sanhuang ointment, Zicao ointment, Shengji ointment, pearl powder, Berberine medicine and Xiaoshuan Zhitong capsule. In recent years, according to the dialectical method of elimination, elimination and reinforcement in traditional Chinese medicine, a comprehensive treatment method of eliminating pathogenic factors, strengthening the body resistance and promoting granulation and skin regeneration has been established, and combined with modern science and technology, the primary disease has been actively treated, and the old rotten leg is no longer old and rotten, which can be cured, prevented and saved.

Looking forward to a healthy body and healthy legs is everyone's basic wish. We wish every patient good health and a happy life!