How to treat vaginal herpes? Traditional Chinese medicine shows its effectiveness

Vaginal herpes is also known as female genital herpes. It is a contagious herpes. There are many causes of vaginal herpes. The most common ones are not paying attention to daily private hygiene and transmission through sexual intercourse. So what are the ways to treat vaginal herpes?

1: Common symptoms include clusters of blisters in the genital area with red halos or erosions around them, mild itching, yellow and dark urine, bitter taste in the mouth, thirst, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and a stringy and slippery pulse. This is due to a daily preference for fatty, sweet and greasy food, which causes dampness and heat to flow into the liver meridian. The treatment principle is to clear away heat and dampness, and the prescription is usually Longdan Xiegan Decoction with modifications:

2: Gentiana 10g, Gardenia 10g, Scutellaria 10g, Bupleurum 10g, Plantago seed (package) 10g, Rehmannia glutinosa 10g, Angelica 10g, Akebia 10g, Raw Licorice 10g. In the recipe, Gentiana clears away damp-heat in the liver meridian; Gardenia, Scutellaria baicalensis and Bupleurum combine with Gentiana to clear the liver and promote bile secretion; Plantago seed and Akebia clear heat and promote dampness secretion; Rehmannia glutinosa and Angelica dahurica cool the blood and promote blood circulation; Raw Licorice harmonizes all the medicines. For patients with large blisters, erosion and exudation, add 30g of raw coix seed and 10g of Artemisia capillaris; for patients with constipation, add 6g of raw rhubarb (to be taken later).

1: Common in recurrent genital herpes, the herpes is dry and small, with no subjective symptoms, but it often recurs. This is due to insufficient kidney qi and the incomplete elimination of the evil toxins of lust. Due to insufficient kidney qi, it is often accompanied by soreness in the waist and knees and general fatigue. People with yin deficiency often have fever in the five hearts, insomnia, dreaminess, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, red tongue with little coating, and a weak pulse. Those with insufficient kidney yang often have cold hands and feet, abdominal cramps, pale tongue with thin coating, and deep and fine pulse. The treatment principle is to tonify the kidney mainly, supplemented by detoxification and dehumidification. The commonly used prescription is Liuwei Dihuang Pills with modifications:

2: 10g each of raw and cooked rehmannia, 15g of yam, 10g of cornus fruit, 10g of wolfberry, 15g of poria, 10g of oriental rhizome, 10g of moutan bark, and 10g of isatis root. In the recipe, raw and cooked rehmannia nourishes kidney yin; yam, cornus fruit and wolfberry nourish the liver, spleen and kidney yin; poria, oriental rhizome and moutan bark are tonifying and purgative; isatis root clears away residual toxins. For patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, add 10g of Ligustrum lucidum and 10g of Anemarrhena asphodeloides. For patients with insufficient kidney yang, add 10g of processed aconite root, 10g of cinnamon bark, and 10g of Epimedium.

1: See the genital herpes is large and red, local swelling, obvious pain, inguinal lymph node enlargement, or there is low fever, dysuria, red tongue, slippery pulse. This is caused by unclean sexual intercourse, external infection with lust toxins, and the accumulation of toxic heat in the genitals. The treatment principle is to clear away heat and detoxify, and the prescription is usually Qingdu Shengsheng Decoction with modifications:

2: Honeysuckle 30g, Radix Trichosanthis 30g, Taraxacum 30g, Angelica 15g, Raw Licorice 10g, Radix Isatidis 30g. In the recipe, honeysuckle is the main medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying; Radix Trichosanthis detoxifies and drives away decay; Taraxacum and Radix Isatidis cooperate with the main medicine to enhance the therapeutic effect; Angelica and Raw Licorice nourish blood, invigorate blood circulation, and harmonize all the medicines. If the urine is yellow or red, and urination is painful or difficult, add 15g of Verbena officinalis, 10g of Gastrodia elata, and 10g of Lophatherum gracile; if the lymph nodes are swollen and painful, add 30g of Phragmites australis and 10g of Prunella vulgaris.

It is a sexually transmitted disease that occurs in the urogenital organs and is caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. Initially there are light red blisters, followed by erosive ulcers, burning, itching and pain, and swollen inguinal lymph nodes.