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MENTAL MODEL · M2537

White Scale Wind / Seborrheic Dermatitis

White Scale Wind / Seborrheic Dermatitis
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Updated 2026-08-02

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

A classical Chinese medicine skin pattern corresponding to seborrheic dermatitis, in which the scalp, face, and neck develop greasy or dry scales with itching and flaking. The proposition is that wind-heat or accumulated damp-heat lodges in the skin, or that blood deficiency generates wind and dryness, so the surface loses moisture and lifts away. The key constraint is that the visible dryness may arise from either excess heat or underlying deficiency, and the two require opposite treatments.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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- Desertification lens: read flaking skin as dry ground where wind lifts the surface layer. - Excess-or-deficiency split: decide whether the dryness comes from heat or from deficient blood. - Moisture-first strategy: nourish blood and moisten dryness rather than attacking the flakes directly.

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When blood is deficient it fails to nourish the skin, and the resulting dryness lets wind stir the surface, so scales lift and itch. Where damp-heat is the driver, the same flaking appears with greasy scaling instead. Both pathways converge on a surface that has lost its moisture barrier, which is why treatment targets the internal supply of nourishment or the clearance of heat rather than the flakes themselves.

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