What are the principles of TCM treatment of cerebral palsy?

Traditional Chinese medicine is a method that many patients now adopt to treat cerebral palsy, because this method can effectively reduce the side effects of drug use, but you should also pay attention to abide by certain treatment principles, and also be under the guidance of a doctor.

1. Cerebral palsy mostly belongs to the category of paralysis in traditional Chinese medicine theory, which is manifested by five delays and five weaknesses. The treatment principles for cerebral palsy in traditional Chinese medicine theory include regulating yin and yang, strengthening the body and eliminating evil, treating both the symptoms and the root cause, using both acupuncture and medicine, and treating multiple cases at the same time. These treatment principles have universal guiding significance for clinical treatment legislation, prescriptions, and medication.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of cerebral palsy is fundamentally due to the disruption of the relative balance of yin and yang , resulting in one imbalance being too strong or too weak. Therefore, during treatment, we should make up for the deficiencies and restore the relative balance of yin and yang to help cure the disease. The treatment of cerebral palsy to adjust yin and yang mostly adopts the method of nourishing the liver and kidneys. According to TCM theory, when evil qi is strong, essence and qi will become deficient. The treatment of cerebral palsy should strengthen the body and eliminate evil qi. Tonifying the deficiency and purging the excess is the specific application and manifestation of strengthening the body and eliminating evil qi. When the body is deficient, the body should be strengthened, and when the evil qi is strong, it should be eliminated. Strengthening the body and eliminating evil should be carried out simultaneously, which is suitable for symptoms of deficiency of the body and excess of evil qi. Children with cerebral palsy are born with deficient constitutions. The root cause of the disease is insufficient vital energy, while the symptoms are poor circulation of qi and blood and inability to coordinate the movements of the limbs. When using drugs to treat cerebral palsy clinically, the principle of treating the symptoms first and then the root cause should be adopted in the acute phase, and both the symptoms and the root cause should be treated in the remission phase.

3. In addition to Chinese medicine treatment, traditional Chinese medicine theory also includes many other treatment methods. In the treatment of cerebral palsy, acupuncture and medicine can be used together, and multiple methods can be used to dredge the meridians and nourish the muscles, which is beneficial to improving the efficacy.