Traditional Chinese medicine considers low back pain, leg pain, cervical pain, etc. to be paralysis. Modern medicine considers lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar muscle strain, rheumatoid arthritis, knee arthritis, cervical spondylosis, etc. as all types of paralysis.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment. So, how have famous Chinese doctors treated paralysis from ancient times to the present? The following introduces 4 kinds of prescriptions specially used to treat paralysis. You can learn about them and take them under the guidance of a doctor if necessary.
1. Baihu plus Guizhi Decoction
This recipe is composed of Anemarrhena, gypsum, Guizhi, japonica rice and licorice. It is mainly a prescription for treating rheumatism and heat paralysis. It has the effects of clearing away heat and unblocking meridians, dispelling wind and removing dampness.
Suitable for: patients with limb and joint pain, difficulty in moving, local burning and redness, discomfort when cold, fever, fear of wind, tendency to sweat, thirst, irritability, yellow urine, dry stool and other symptoms crowd.
2. Yaotongning
This medicine is a compound Chinese patent medicine preparation. The original recipe comes from the Ming Dynasty palace prescription Jiufu. The whole prescription is composed of Nux Vomica, Ephedra, Frankincense, Myrrh, Achyranthes Achyranthes, Whole Scorpion, Bombyx mori, Atractylodes, and Licorice. The main ingredient is Nux Vomica, a highly toxic traditional Chinese medicine. Other traditional Chinese medicines mainly treat wind-cold dampness and have the effects of dispelling wind and cold, unblocking collaterals and relieving pain.
Suitable for: low back pain, leg pain, knee joint pain, muscle pain, which are diseases considered by modern medicine as lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar spinal stenosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. In addition to low back pain and leg pain, these patients also have symptoms such as aversion to cold, love of heat, and cold hands and feet.
3. Shuanghe Decoction
This recipe consists of peach kernel, peach blossom, angelica, Chuanxiong, white peony root, raw rehmannia glutinosa, poria, pinellia, tangerine peel, white mustard seed, licorice, bamboo juice Formulation. It is mainly used to treat phlegm-dampness obstruction. This prescription has the functions of resolving phlegm, removing blood stasis, unblocking collaterals and relieving pain.
Suitable for: patients with long-term illness, swelling and tingling of limb joints, fixed pain, aggravation of pain at night, dark purple joints and skin with swelling, and hardness in time. It is also suitable for patients with muscle atrophy and induration. patient.
4. Duhuo Jisheng Decoction
This recipe consists of Duhuo, Asarum, Fangfeng, Gentian, Cinnamon, Locust, Eucommia, Achyranthes, Angelica, Chuanxiong, Rehmannia, Peony, and Ginseng , Poria cocos and licorice formula. For patients with obvious yang deficiency, add aconite, dried ginger, Morinda officinalis and Gouji. For patients with obvious yin deficiency, add turtle shell, Ligustrum lucidum, and Rehmannia glutinosa. For patients with obvious spleen deficiency and excess dampness, add Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix seed, and Poria cocos. This prescription is mainly used to treat paralysis due to liver and kidney deficiency. It has the effect of nourishing liver and kidney, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.
Suitable for: patients who have been ill for a long time, have soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, thin muscles, fear of cold and cold limbs, or patients who are dizzy, upset, and have dry mouth.
The above prescriptions need to be prescribed after syndrome differentiation by traditional Chinese medicine. Although Bi syndrome is divided into four types, patients usually have different types. As the disease progresses, phlegm stagnation and paralysis can form, and even lead to visceral disease. Therefore, when treating paralysis, one should distinguish between deficiency and excess and the excess of pathogenic factors. In short, before taking medication, the cause of the disease should be clarified, and different syndrome differentiation and treatment should be adopted for wind, cold, dampness, heat, phlegm, blood stasis, and deficiency.
It should be noted that syndrome differentiation and treatment does not mean adopting one therapy or using one drug. Especially patients with long-term illness often have a combination of deficiency and excess. Treatment should be to replenish qi and blood, nourish the liver and kidneys, eliminate phlegm, and resolve diseases. Mainly treating blood stasis, dispersing cold and dredging collaterals. Take into account both the actual and the actual, and treat both the symptoms and the root causes.
There are also preventive interventions for paralysis, such as keeping warm, applying hot or cold compresses according to the patient's condition, and can also be combined with acupuncture, massage, etc. for treatment. At the same time, patients should perform functional exercises on the joints of the diseased parts, which can help Helps in the recovery of paralysis.