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Shingles is a common disease in daily life, and I believe everyone is familiar with it. So if we or our loved ones suffer from shingles, how should we treat it through traditional Chinese medicine? Here are 6 traditional Chinese medicine remedies for treating shingles to help you get rid of the pain as soon as possible.

1. Prescriptions for removing toxicity and blood stasis

Scutellaria baicalensis 10-15g, Gardenia jasminoides 10-15g, Curcuma zedoaria 10-15g, Corydalis yanhusuo 6-10g, Poria umbellata 15-30g. Soak the above medicines (except Corydalis) in water for 30 minutes, put Corydalis in first, decoct for 20 minutes, then decoct with the remaining medicines for 30 minutes, decoct twice for each dose and mix the resulting medicinal liquids. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses and taken warm. When taking this prescription, avoid spicy and greasy foods.

Scutellaria baicalensis is bitter and cold in nature, and can clear away heat and detoxify, dry dampness and purge fire, so it is used as the main ingredient; Gardenia jasminoides is the minister, and together with Scutellaria baicalensis, it can clear away heat and detoxify; Curcuma zedoaria can promote qi and resolve blood, eliminate accumulation and relieve pain; Corydalis yanhusuo can promote blood circulation and disperse blood stasis, promote qi and relieve pain. The two are adjuvants, and together they can relieve the stagnation of qi and blood and relieve pain. Poria is diuretic and can eliminate dampness, expel evil spirits through urination, and assist the main herb in clearing away heat. The whole prescription is simple in ingredients but effective in effect, it can clear away heat, detoxify, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, thus achieving the effect of eliminating rashes and relieving pain.

2. Huoxue Sanyu Decoction

Peach kernel, safflower, salvia miltiorrhiza, frankincense, myrrh, costusroot, fructus aurantii, yanhusuo, toosendan fruit, lithospermum officinale, isatis root. Soak the above medicines in water for 30 minutes, decoct for 30 minutes, decoct twice for each dose and mix the resulting medicinal liquids. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses and taken warm. When taking this prescription, avoid spicy and greasy foods.

This syndrome is mostly caused by excessive toxic evil. Despite treatment, the toxic heat has not been eliminated or both Qi and Yin are damaged, resulting in Qi stagnation and blood stasis. Peach kernel, safflower, salvia miltiorrhiza, frankincense, and myrrh can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and relieve pain; costus root, fructus aurantii, corydalis, and toosendan can promote qi and relieve pain; lithospermum officinale and isatis root can clear away remaining toxins. The whole formula has the effect of promoting qi and blood circulation, unblocking meridians, and relieving pain.

3. Wumei Pills with modifications

30g of black plum, 3g of aconite, 2g of cinnamon, 2g of asarum, 3g of dried ginger, 18g of Codonopsis pilosula, 9g of Angelica sinensis, 6g of Coptis chinensis, 15g of Phellodendron chinense, 12g of Scutellaria baicalensis, 12g of costus root, and 5g of liquorice. Take one dose daily, decocted in water.

Wumei Pill is now often included as an anthelmintic. It is actually a general prescription for treating Jueyin disease. The prescription uses both cold and hot ingredients, and takes both evil and righteousness into consideration. It has the effects of strengthening the body and eliminating evil, harmonizing cold and heat, relieving pain and eliminating restlessness. The codonopsis pilosula, angelica root, cinnamon bark, dried ginger, aconite root and asarum in the prescription warm and nourish qi and blood, regulate deficiency and relieve pain; black plum, white peony root and glycyrrhizic acid can sweeten yin and relieve acute pain; coptis chinensis, phellodendron chinense and scutellaria baicalensis can clear away heat and dampness, restrain the floating yang to warm the lower burner, and can control the strong heat of cinnamon, aconite root, ginger and pungent; the addition of costus root can promote qi and regulate the middle, which can not only enhance the analgesic effect, but also strengthen the spleen and digestion, so that the bitter and cold will not hurt the stomach, and replenish deficiency without stagnation; the combination of these medicines can fully play the role of anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic, regulate immune function, enhance disease resistance, dissipate cold and heat, restore normal rise and fall, harmonize qi and blood, and relieve abdominal pain.

4. Yueju Pills with Modified Formula

Atractylodes 10g, raw Cyperus rotundus 15g, Chuanxiong 15g, stir-fried Gardenia 6g, Shenqu 10g, Magnolia officinalis 6g, Alisma orientalis 10g, and Citrus aurantium 6g. Take one dose per day, decocted in water.

In this prescription, Cyperus rotundus, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Magnolia officinalis, and Citrus aurantium promote qi and relieve pain, while Atractylodes lancea, Alisma orientalis, and Gardenia jasminoides remove dampness, and Shenqu protects stomach qi. All the medicines are used together to promote qi and relieve depression, eliminate dampness and relieve pain.

5. Qingjie Decoction

30g of honeysuckle, 15g of forsythia, 30g of viola yedoensis, 30g of selfheal, 15g of isatis indigotica, 15g of moutan bark, 12g of sophora flavescens, 30g of stir-fried arborvitae, 12g of stir-fried schizonepeta, 12g of stir-fried gardenia, 12g of scrophularia, 30g of dandelion, and 40 pieces of buffalo horn slices. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. Modifications: Take Zixuedan with addition or subtraction, 1 piece each time, 2 times a day.

Honeysuckle, Forsythia, Isatis indigotica, etc. clear away heat and detoxify, while powdered moutan bark, Sophora flavescens, Scrophularia ningpoensis, etc. are used to clear heat and cool blood for effective results.

6. Realgar and Borneol Coating

Crush 10g each of realgar, borneol and indigo into fine powder, mix the three powders evenly, add 300mL of 75% alcohol and stir thoroughly. Keep tightly closed. Shake well before use. After cleaning the affected area before going to bed every night, take an appropriate amount of this product and apply a thin layer on the affected area. After applying evenly, cover with gauze and fix it. Wash off the next morning. One course of treatment is 10 days of continuous use.

The realgar in the formula detoxifies and kills insects, indigo clears heat and detoxifies, and borneol clears heat and relieves pain, and is an antiseptic and antipruritic. The three medicines are used together, with wine as a messenger, to reach the pores and have the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, resolving blood stasis and detoxifying, so the therapeutic effect is satisfactory.