Mr.Lee, 57, was hospitalized for stiff and thick skin with limbs for two years. He found sclerosis of the skin on the sides of limbs without any obvious cause in 2002 and gave no enough attention. However, his skin in the affected area started to get darker color along with the stiff area enlarged. And then, the condition spread down to his lower limbs and appeared dark-color spots. He was diagnosed as acidophily fascitis in Beijing Xiehe Hospital and treated with Fu Su Pian but the condition aggravated instead of any improvement. He was diagnosed as localized scleroderm and acidophily fascitis by our hospital along with symptoms like stiff and dark colored skin and subcutaneous tissues with limbs, restricted movement of digital articulation joints, wrist joints and elbow joints, local skin becoming orange color when being touched, dark color and stiff skin with the thighs, and intolerance to cold and cold limbs. After six months' comprehensive treatment with Chinese herbal medicines to promote blood circulation and dispel blood stasis, soften and resolve hard masses, warm yang and supplement qi along with Chinese traditional medicated bath and steaming therapy, the patient got the subcutaneous tissues of limbs softened and close to normal condition obviously, malfunction of joints relived completely, skin color returned to normal and no more chilly sensation and cold limbs.

Acidophily fascitis as an autoimmune disease, had no effective western medical therapy. But we adopt a therapy combining Chinese medicine with western medicine together for it, including partial medicated bath, general steaming treatment and ointment for exterior use, which achieved confirmed general efficacy. Some cases can even be relieved completely depending on different conditions. It must be recognized however that the patients have to be patient and persist in treatment, for this disease requires a longer course of treatment.