Treatment of endocrine disorders with traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions

Endocrine disorders are a common disease among female friends, and this disease is difficult to treat. Some female friends will experience severe dysmenorrhea during menstruation, which is also caused by this. Therefore, the treatment of endocrine disorders is an urgent matter and must be done. Let us learn about the treatment methods of endocrine disorders with traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, endocrine disorders are a manifestation of Yin deficiency, which is caused by stagnation of Qi and blood. Blood stasis in the body, blocked blood vessels, invasion of external toxins, and retention of lochia after childbirth may all lead to blood stasis. Many common diseases in women are actually caused by endocrine disorders. Therefore, to treat these diseases, we must start with regulating the endocrine system, so that Qi and blood can flow smoothly, the essence and blood can nourish the whole body, promote blood circulation, and comprehensively regulate from the inside out. According to the principle of TCM's syndrome differentiation and treatment, those with hyperfunction should pay more attention to yin-nourishing treatment, while those with hypofunction often show symptoms of qi and blood deficiency, kidney deficiency, etc., and are generally given blood-tonifying and qi-tonifying, kidney-tonifying and other treatments to improve the situation.

Most endocrine diseases are accompanied by endocrine dysfunction. The treatment of endocrine diseases is to adjust endocrine function. For hyperfunction, it should be lowered, and for hypofunction, it should be increased and restored to normal.

(1) For hyperfunction, one or more of the following methods can be used for treatment.

①Surgical removal of endocrine tumors, or removal of most of the hyperplastic endocrine glands.

② Use radiation or oral isotopes to destroy hyperfunctioning tumors or proliferating glands, such as radiotherapy for pituitary tumors and oral isotope iodine for hyperthyroidism.

③ Use drugs to inhibit hormone synthesis, such as using antithyroid drugs to inhibit the synthesis of thyroid hormones.

④ Use hormones to inhibit the secretion and production of corresponding troponins to achieve the purpose of treating hyperfunction, such as using glucocorticoids to inhibit the pituitary gland from producing adrenocorticotropic hormone to treat congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

⑤ Use drugs to counteract the physiological effects of a certain hormone so that it cannot play its original role. For example, spironolactone can counteract the effect of aldosterone on the kidneys to retain sodium and excrete potassium, and thus can treat aldosteronism.

(2) For those with endocrine dysfunction, the principle is to supplement the deficiency. The following methods can be used.

① Supplement the amount required by the human body under normal circumstances, that is, supplement the physiological dose of hormones. For example, thyroid hormone is supplemented for hypothyroidism, hydrocortisone is supplemented for adrenal insufficiency, and insulin is used to treat diabetes mellitus with insulin deficiency.

②Supplement temporary hormone deficiency with super-physiological doses. For example, patients with acute adrenal insufficiency should be given a larger amount of hydrocortisone. For patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency who encounter surgery, trauma, or severe infection, the dose of hydrocortisone should be increased and then reduced to the original dose after recovery.

③Organ transplantation, that is, transplanting other people’s endocrine organs to produce hormones for patients. In recent years, pancreas transplantation or pancreatic islet transplantation has been used to treat diabetes, and pituitary transplantation has been used to treat hypopituitarism. These methods are still in the exploratory research stage and cannot be widely implemented at present.

(3) Traditional Chinese medicine treatment. According to the principle of TCM's syndrome differentiation and treatment, those with hyperfunction should pay more attention to yin-nourishing treatment, while those with hypofunction often show symptoms of qi and blood deficiency, kidney deficiency, etc., and should be given blood-tonifying and qi-tonifying, kidney-tonifying treatments, which can improve their condition.

In the article, we have learned about the treatment methods of endocrine disorders with traditional Chinese medicine. Although Western medicine treatment of endocrine disorders is also effective to a certain extent, it is generally very bad for women's health. Traditional Chinese medicine has basically no side effects and can also enhance physical fitness.