Specific medicine for lumbar disc herniation

Lumbar disc herniation is a relatively common disease of the waist. Patients often experience pain in the waist, which brings great harm to their lives and work and creates a heavy burden on their lives. Because this disease is a chronic disease, you should also be careful when using medications. You can use some Chinese patent medicines, which can achieve good therapeutic effects in alleviating symptoms. According to the different symptoms of lumbar disc herniation, take the corresponding Chinese medicine for treatment.

Treatment of lumbar disc herniation:

1. Damp-heat syndrome

Symptoms: Patients experience lower back pain, often with weak legs, and a sensation of heat in the painful area. The pain increases in hot or rainy weather and is relieved after activity. In addition, it is accompanied by fever, thirst, and short and red urine. The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is moist and rapid or stringy and rapid.

Treatment method: clear away heat, dissipate dampness, and dredge the meridians.

Prescription: Xuanbi Decoction with modifications.

2. Blood stasis syndrome

Symptoms: The patient's clinical manifestations are stabbing pain in the waist and legs, pain in a fixed location, lighter during the day and heavier at night, stiff waist, limited pitch and rotation, and refusal to press on the painful area. The tongue is dark purple or has ecchymosis, and the pulse is tight or astringent.

Treatment method: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote qi circulation and relieve pain.

Prescription: Shentong Zhuyu Decoction with modifications.

3. Cold and dampness syndrome

Symptoms: The patient has cold pain in the waist and legs, difficulty turning over, pain that does not subside when lying still, pain aggravated by cold or rainy weather, and cold limbs. It is also accompanied by a pale tongue, white or greasy tongue coating, and a deep, tight or soft pulse.

Treatment method: Warm the meridians and dispel cold, transform dampness and dredge the collaterals.

Prescription: Wutou Decoction with modifications

4. Liver and kidney deficiency syndrome

Symptoms: Weakness in waist and knees, aggravated by fatigue, relieved by lying down. People with yang deficiency have pale complexion, cold hands and feet, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, and cold waist and legs. Men have symptoms of impotence and premature ejaculation, while women have clear and thin vaginal discharge, pale tongue, and deep and fine pulse. Those with liver and kidney deficiency who are more prone to yin deficiency have dry throat and thirst, flushed face, fatigue, restlessness and insomnia, frequent dreams or spermatorrhea. Women have yellow and smelly vaginal discharge, red tongue with little coating, and a stringy and fine pulse.

Treatment method: Nourish the liver and kidneys.

Prescription: Liuwei Dihuang Pills with modifications. Patients with Yin deficiency due to liver and kidney deficiency syndrome should also nourish kidney Yin, and the Chinese medicine prescription can be modified by Zuogui Pills. People with kidney yang deficiency should warm and nourish the kidney yang, and the prescription can be Qing'e Pills or Yougui Pills with added ingredients.

(The above content is for reference only. Please consult your doctor for details.)

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods are based on the symptoms that occur, but such treatment methods are not universally applicable to every patient because the specific conditions of each patient are different. Therefore, when you really develop symptoms related to lumbar disc herniation, you should go to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid more serious consequences to your body due to improper treatment. Finally, hospitalized patients can recover soon.