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Impetigo
Jang-Hyuk Choi, KMD
Medically Reviewed
동제당한의원·Jang-Hyuk Choi, KMDHead Doctor
#Possibility / Realistic Goals

Q My child gets impetigo 2 to 3 times a year. Can Korean medicine really reduce reinfection?

A Repeated infection is a problem of a weak skin-immunity foundation. Clearing it with antibiotics each time is important too, but strengthening the spleen-stomach function and building up the vital qi (jeong-gi) provides genuine help in reducing the frequency of reinfection in the same environment.

Detailed Answer

If impetigo recurs several times a year, simply clearing the bacteria on the skin surface is not enough; the underlying weak immune foundation itself must be improved. When the spleen-stomach (digestive) function is weak, heat-toxin is not expelled and skin defenses decline, leaving the child vulnerable to infection even when bacteria are present nearby. Adding Korean medicine treatment that reinforces vital qi after recovery can contribute to reducing the frequency of reinfection that recurs in the same season. However, Korean medicine does not instantly eliminate the bacterial infection on its own, so combining it with acute-phase antibiotic treatment is the realistic strategy.

Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective

At Dongjedang, when we see a child with recurrent impetigo, we regard weakness of the spleen-stomach function and the vital qi as the core. We believe that building a constitution in which damp-heat does not accumulate and a digestive system from which heat-toxin is well expelled makes the child less vulnerable to bacteria even in the same environment. We set reducing the recurrence frequency through 1 to 2 months of reinforcing treatment as a realistic goal.

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