How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat vertigo?

Dizziness, also known as vertigo, is a minor problem that some people often suffer from, but they do not take it seriously. In fact, dizziness may be caused by many reasons. If it is caused by a brain disease, you need to pay attention to your physical condition and detect changes in your body in time so that you can diagnose and treat it early. Traditional Chinese medicine is also a good treatment method. In addition to brain diseases, nervous system diseases or internal medicine diseases can also cause dizziness. For example, people who often suffer from anemia will experience dizziness.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dizziness is mostly caused by hyperactivity of liver yang, deficiency of qi and blood, insufficient kidney essence, and obstruction of the middle body by phlegm. It should be treated by calming the liver and suppressing yang, invigorating qi and nourishing blood, tonifying the liver and kidneys, and drying dampness and resolving phlegm. Clinical observations have found that external treatment can effectively prevent and treat vertigo.

1. Medicinal pillow therapy recipe 1: 50g each of selfheal, lotus leaf, bamboo leaf, dandelion and chrysanthemum, grind into fine powder, put into a cloth bag, and use as pillow core for 1 to 2 months. Recipe 2: 500g wild chrysanthemum, 100g safflower, 200g mint, 50g each of winter mulberry leaves, magnolia and borneol, grind them into coarse powder and put them into pillow core. One course of treatment is 3 months. Both of these prescriptions can clear away heat and calm the liver, and are suitable for dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.

2. For the wet-hot compress method, use 50g each of Chinese angelica, smilax glabra, rhizoma smilacis miltiorrhizae, 20g each of saposhnikovia divaricata and polyphylla scabra, 10g of angelica dahurica flower, and 15g of frankincense. Mash and mix well, pack into cloth bags, soak in water for about 20 minutes, heat in a steamer for 20 minutes, take out and cool to about 50℃, then place on the neck for hot ironing. 30 minutes each time, reheat if it gets cold, twice a day, 10 days as a course of treatment.

3. Ear plugging therapy: Grind 10g of magnetite into fine powder, divide it into 2 parts, wrap it with gauze, and plug it into both ears, 1 to 2 times a day, each time for 1 hour, for 5 to 7 consecutive days. It can calm the liver and suppress yang, and is suitable for dizziness caused by kidney deficiency. People also use fresh Rehmannia to plug the affected ear to treat vertigo.

After experiencing dizziness, you should pay attention to rest more. If it is caused by an illness, you need to be treated and diagnosed and take certain Chinese medicines to make your body get better faster. Dizziness is a comprehensive disease that may be caused by many reasons, such as a cold can also cause dizziness. The specific cause depends on your own situation.