What are the methods of TCM to treat cerebral palsy? What are the effects?

Cerebral palsy refers to non-progressive brain damage caused by various reasons from before birth to one month after birth, and is referred to as cerebral palsy. So how does traditional Chinese medicine treat cerebral palsy, and what are the treatments for cerebral palsy?

Analysis of the etiology and pathogenesis of TCM treatment of cerebral palsy:

Deficiency of liver and kidney: If the liver and kidney essence and blood are insufficient, the brain marrow will be empty, and symptoms such as dementia, aphasia, deafness, blindness, and intellectual retardation will appear. Deficiency of the liver and kidneys and malnutrition of the tendons and bones will result in involuntary limb movements, stiff joints, athetosis or tremors of the hands and feet, and uncoordinated movements.

Deficiency of both spleen and kidney: If the fetus is born with insufficient endowment, deficiency of kidney essence, and dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, the tendons, bones, and muscles will not be nourished, and symptoms such as weak head and neck that cannot be lifted, soft mouth and loose lips, difficulty in sucking or chewing, and loose and weak muscles may occur.

Strong liver and weak spleen: When the liver wood is hyperactive, there will be stiffness and cramps of the limbs, stiffness and disuse of the limbs, and irritability. The strong wood element will invade the spleen, causing the spleen to become even weaker, leading to symptoms such as muscle emaciation.

Obstruction by phlegm and blood stasis: If phlegm and dampness accumulate inside the body and obscure the clear orifices, mental retardation will occur. If the disease progresses, the collaterals become blocked, blood stasis blocks the brain meridians, qi and blood flow poorly, and the brain is deprived of nourishment, which will cause dry hair, difficulty in limb movement, and stiff joints.

What are the methods of TCM diagnosis and treatment of cerebral palsy?

Treatment of phlegm and blood stasis type: Children with cerebral palsy have phlegm and blood stasis blocking each other, brain orifice obstruction, limb contraction, joint discomfort, slow movement, toes touching the ground, opisthotonos, speech impairment, deafness and aphasia, or convulsions of the limbs, abnormal behavior, mental retardation, pale tongue with greasy coating, and stringy and slippery pulse. The key points of diagnosis are: limb stiffness, slow movements, toes touching the ground, speech impairment, deafness and aphasia, abnormal behavior, pale tongue with greasy coating, and stringy and slippery pulse. The TCM treatment for cerebral palsy in children is to activate blood stasis, resolve phlegm, and dredge the meridians and open the orifices.

Treatment of liver-kidney yin deficiency type: Children with cerebral palsy belong to the liver-kidney yin deficiency type. They have internal wind movement, unstable gait, clumsy movements, tremors in hands and feet, irritability and hyperactivity, slurred speech, cramps in hands and feet, abnormal posture, thin muscles, night sweats, fever in the five hearts, red tongue with little or peeling coating, and thin pulse. Key points of diagnosis: tremor of hands and feet, irritability and hyperactivity, cramps of hands and feet, abnormal posture, thin muscles, night sweats, fever in the five hearts, red tongue with little or peeling coating, and thin pulse. The TCM treatment for cerebral palsy in children is to nourish the liver and kidneys, soften the liver and extinguish wind.

Treatment of liver and kidney deficiency type: Children with cerebral palsy with liver and kidney deficiency type have congenital deficiencies, which manifest as low intelligence, slow reaction, clumsy body, delayed motor development, and they are significantly behind their peers in raising their heads, turning over, sitting, crawling, standing and walking, drooling when opening their mouths, delayed teeth and speech, pale tongue, less coating, and weak and thready pulse. The key points of diagnosis are: slow reaction, clumsy body, delayed motor development, low intelligence, pale tongue with little coating, and thin and weak pulse. The TCM treatment for cerebral palsy in children is to nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the tendons and bones.