How is the effect of TCM treatment of pleurisy?

Traditional Chinese medicine can also effectively treat diseases such as pleurisy, and the results are very good. However, the specific treatment still needs to be decided based on the patient's actual condition. If you want to alleviate your condition through traditional Chinese medicine, you must follow the doctor's advice for treatment.

1. Don’t think that pleurisy will only cause clinical chest symptoms . In fact, it can also cause symptoms such as chills and fever, cough with little sputum, stabbing pain in the chest and flanks, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, red tongue with thin coating, and rapid pulse. If you have this symptom, it means you need to clear away heat and detoxify. You can use the following prescription: Trichosanthes, Cat's Eye, Bupleurum, Red and White Peony Root, Scutellaria, Pinellia, Citrus aurantium, Platycodon, Morus alba, and licorice mixed together. It is very beneficial to take it this way.

2. If you have pain when coughing and spitting, difficulty breathing, coughing and wheezing and cannot lie down, white and greasy tongue coating, and deep and stringy pulse due to pleurisy . At this time, it is necessary to expel water and eliminate fluid. The prescription for treatment is Stemona bulbus, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Poria cocos, Lepidium membranaceus, Morus alba bark, Perilla frutescens, Tangerine peel, Pinellia ternata, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Allium macrostemon, Citrus aurantium, and Licorice. This is a very good pharmacy and you can try it.

3. When you have symptoms such as chest pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, prolonged duration, purple tongue, white tongue coating, and stringy pulse caused by pleurisy . Everyone needs to carry out treatment to eliminate phlegm, promote blood circulation, regulate qi and harmonize the collaterals. You can treat it by taking Coix seed, Trichosanthes, red peony root, Poria, Inula flower, Perilla frutescens, Apricot kernel, Pinellia, Cyperus rotundus, Tangerine peel, Citrus aurantium, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, and lactic acid, which will be very effective.

The above Chinese medicine methods are all effective methods for treating pleurisy. Everyone should also be aware that pleurisy is not just about these problems, it may also cause many complications, as we introduced above. Therefore, when we treat pleurisy, we cannot simply start from the treatment of pleurisy, but we must start from the symptoms it brings and then choose the appropriate prescription. Only in this way can we treat pleurisy faster and better.