TANGS medication works for immune-mediated skin diseases, in which the immune system plays a central role in causing inflammation, damage, or abnormal changes to the skin. Unlike purely infectious diseases caused by external pathogens, these disorders stem from dysregulation within the immune system itself – either through overactivation to environment or internal stimuli, misrecognition of self-antigens, or chronic inflammation.

After many years of intense research and clinical trials and studies (conducted by qualified medical doctors and TCM physicians, and together with overseas herbal specialists) we have identified some very useful active plant compounds, and formulated them into unique herbal products under the “TANGS” brand. Our exclusive range of herbal medicine will help the body to achieve homeostasis, leveraging on a revitalised immune system to treat immune-mediated skin disorders in a natural and safe way.

With an immune-mediated disease, the immune system attacks the body’s own tissue or environmental stimuli. Immunosuppressant drugs are a class of drugs that suppress or weaken the body’s immune system. This helps reduce the impact of the immune-mediated disease on the body.

We take the initiative NOT using conventional or herbal steroids or immunosuppressants to treat non-life-threatening skin diseases! Tangs herbal medication helps the body to balance and revitalize immune system to treat skin disorders in a natural and safe way.

We have been continually presented with a series of cases reporting of disconfirming evidence for the conventional immunosuppressant treatment theories of immune-mediated skin diseases, that our treatment results are in direct opposition to the guidelines of the conventional skin disease treatments.

How certain treatment beliefs about conventional treatment we hold – beliefs that seem to us to be obvious, empirical facts – have turned out, in light of numerous disconfirming evidence, to be mistaken philosophical “beliefs”. In a sense, then, we are in a similar situation to that of our predecessors, Aristotle, Newton and Einstein on the 2000, 400 and 100 years ago respectively. Whether our entire way of looking at the world might turn out to be the wrong way of looking at the world? Just as new discoveries forced them to rethink core beliefs they had long taken as obvious facts, so too recent discoveries force us to rethink some of our fundamental beliefs about the sort of medical treatment we inhabit.

TANGS Medicine contains absolutely NO conventional and NO herbal immunosuppressants including steroids (corticosteroids, glucocorticoids, anabolic steroids). Tangs medication concept is diametrically opposed to conventional therapies that employ drugs to suppress the immune system, eg. steroids.

TANGS medicine are exclusive compounds of 100% natural herbal ingredients which have no known toxicity and adverse effects, NO chemicals, NO poisonous plants, NO animal products, NO corticosteroids, NO immunosuppressants, NO additives, NO preservatives to ensure the safety of long term oral administration.

Please bring your previous/current medicines (topical cream, systemic drugs, health supplements) and medical records (e.g., blood test) if available to make an appointment for consultation.

Diabetic and/or hypertension patients can take Tangs medicine together with their anti-diabetic and/or anti-hypertension drugs.

During treatment with Tangs, hypertensive patients and/or diabetic patients must check their blood pressure and/or blood glucose level. If the blood pressure and/or blood glucose level become low, please seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider that if the dosage of anti-hypertension and/or anti-diabetic drugs must be reduced accordingly, because Tangs medication may synergize certain anti-diabetic and/or anti-hypertension drugs.

The treatment is suitable for children (above 1 year old).

NOT suitable for pregnant women.

During the course of Tangs therapy, do NOT use  Corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs (both Herbal and Conventional) and oral contraceptive pills.

For patients who have previously undergone treatment with immunosuppressants, the frequency and severity of relapses during the treatment process, as well as the length of time required for recovery, are positively correlated with the type, dosage, intensity, and duration of both topical and systemic immunosuppressive agents previously used. For example, the more frequently and for a longer duration that topical corticosteroids are used, the larger the area of skin they are applied to, and the more potent they are, the longer the required recovery time, and the more frequent and severe the relapses will be. Additionally, skin affected by more frequent and prolonged use of topical corticosteroids will also recover more slowly. Furthermore, the skin at the site of the rash may become darker after it fades, and continued treatment is necessary until the skin returns to its original white color and smooth texture to achieve complete recovery.

The time to recovery is much longer and more unpredictable for patients with a history of immunosuppressant use. This is because the results are greatly influenced by the dosage and strength of the that immunosuppressant was prescribed previously. A retrospective observational study shown that the effectiveness of Tangs was inversely associated to prior immunosuppressants exposure (r = 0.9154): the complete clearance was achieved in 8 months (87.5%, 14 of 16) in non-immunosuppressants subjects; the wavelike evolution of psoriatic lesion appeared in prior immunosuppressants subjects, time required to recover is proportionate to the time immunosuppressants were used. Individual response to our herbal treatment may differ, these are individual observations recorded during clinic follow-up, not controlled outcome data, and they do not predict the course of any other patient. Psoriasis, eczema, vitiligo, urticaria are currently regarded in modern medicine as a chronic relapsing condition for which no cure is established. We make no claim that Tangs Herbal TCM medicine cures or prevents relapse.

对于曾经用过免疫抑制剂治疗过的患者而言，治疗过程中出现的反弹频率及其严重程度和整个疗程的治愈时间长短与患者以前外用和内服的免疫抑制剂的种类、剂量、强度和疗程成正相关，例如：皮质类固醇外用的越多，外用时间越长、涂抹的皮肤面积越大、皮质激素越强效，那么所需治愈的时间也就越长，反弹次数也越多，反弹程度也越大，外用激素越多的皮肤部位的皮疹也就消退越慢。而且皮疹消退后的皮肤原地也越黑，必需继续治疗直到皮疹消退后的皮肤出现白色，质地光滑为止，才是完全消退。

Individual response to our herbal treatment may differ, please browse Skin Image Collection.

The rash exhibits a recurrent pattern during the treatment process, with a gradual increase in size, thickness, dryness, and scaling, and even exudation during the first three to five months of medication. However, as the skin cells gradually shed and renew, the rash improves with thinning, reduced itching, finer scaling, and cessation of exudation. The rash stabilizes for several months and then relapses, but with less severity than the previous episode. After several such recurrent waves, the immune system gradually tends towards a stable state, and continued medication is necessary until the rash completely disappears, and the skin returns to its smooth and normal appearance.

皮疹在治疗过程中出现波浪式反复，服药后的前三到五个月，皮疹逐渐扩大、逐渐增厚、更加干痒、脱皮大片、甚至出现渗出液，但是随着皮肤细胞的逐渐脱落和更新，皮疹也随之好转，皮疹变薄、痒减轻、脱皮越来越细，渗出停止。皮疹会稳定几个月，之后又会出现反弹现象，但不会比上次反弹严重，再经历过几个这样的波浪式反弹之后，免疫系统逐渐趋于稳定状态，持续服药，直到皮疹完全消退，皮肤恢复光滑白色的正常形态。

不同的个体对我们的中药治疗反应可能有所不同，请参考治疗图片Skin Image Collection.

Topical steroids mask some diseases, make some disease worse, and create other diseases. Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome include skin diseases rebound, Red Skin Syndrome (RSS), Elephant Wrinkles, Red Sleeve, Headlight Sign, fever, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, fatigue, weakness, malaise, emotional lability, depression, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, abdominal pain, skin peeling, swollen, influenza like symptoms and weight loss. Watch Sterodis Withdrawal Syndrome (steroids addiction) for details.

76.7% of patients with steroid withdrawal syndrome received complete or partial clearance in 3 months, 12.5% in 6 months, 5.5% in 12 months and 5.1% over 12 months respectively after discontinuation use of steroid (A systematic review of corticosteroid withdrawal syndrome).

外用类固醇可能掩盖某些疾病的症状，加重某些疾病的症状，甚至引起其他疾病。类固醇戒断综合症的症状包括皮肤疾病的反弹、红皮病综合征（RSS）、象皮纹、红袖、车灯征、发热、食欲减退、恶心、呕吐、嗜睡、疲劳、乏力、不适感、情绪不稳、抑郁、肌痛、关节痛、头痛、腹痛、脱皮、肿胀、类似流感的症状和体重下降。请关注类固醇戒断综合症（类固醇成瘾）的详细情况。

一项系统性评价显示，在停用类固醇后，76.7%的类固醇戒断综合症患者在3个月内完全或部分缓解，12.5%在6个月内缓解，5.5%在12个月内缓解，5.1%则需要12个月以上。

Tangs medicine are registered and approved as Chinese Proprietary Medicine CPM by the Health Sciences Authority Singapore and manufactured by GMP factories in Singapore. Tangs medicine has passed the Acute Oral Toxicity Test administrated by the Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore under the OECD Test Guideline 420. Tangs medicine is duly in compliance with strigent Screening Test for Heavy Metals and Common Posions which contains no western drug and toxic substances.

TANGS products are made from 100% pure herbal extraction without any additives or preservatives added during production and encapsulation. Therefore, when exposed to open air, especially in hot and humid conditions like Singapore, the products may become sticky, clump together, and turn black in color. However, it is safe to consume even if the color changes to black. Keeping TANGS products in a cool and dry place can prevent them from becoming sticky and changing color.

Additionally, herbs can vary in acidity, sweetness, bitterness, ratio of active ingredients, seed variety used, harvest time, soil conditions, and weather during the growing season. Despite efforts to control these variables, slight differences between batches may occur during production.