What medicine should I take for numb hands?

People often ask pharmacy staff what medicine to take for numbness in the hands. Numbness is a nerve reaction, so it is best to find the cause before using medicine. Common diseases that can cause numbness in the hands include diabetes, cervical spondylosis, stroke, lumbar and shoulder nerve diseases, etc. The medication for each disease is different, and it is not recommended to take medication casually. This article introduces the causes of numbness in hands and feet and some applicable medicines. Let’s take a look.

1. What medicine is good for numb hands and feet?

Analgesics. This type of drug is mainly used to treat the damaging inflammation caused by stimulation of the nerve roots, and has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. The main drugs are: aspirin, paracetamol, phenylbutazone, indomethacin, naproxen, ibuprofen, ibuprofen, fenbid, chinolis, and voltaren.

Medicines that relax muscles. This type of medicine relieves muscle spasms and eliminates irritation to the spinal cord, nerves, and blood vessels. For example: Miao Na.

2. Causes of numbness in hands and feet

People with diabetes may experience numbness in their hands and feet, which is mainly caused by vascular disease.

Numbness caused by drugs or chemicals.

Numbness caused by neuritis.

Numbness occurs scattered in the limbs. Local nerves are stimulated, such as a stroke after being drunk, coma causing stimulation of the head nerves, upper limb numbness caused by cervical spondylosis, and leg numbness caused by stimulation of the lumbar shoulder nerves.

Numbness caused by compression of nerves by tumors or other factors.

Ion disorder, acid-base imbalance, endocrine disorders, psychological factors, etc.

3. A few tips to easily relieve numbness in hands and feet

Wash your arms to regulate your meridians and eliminate evil. Use your right hand to pinch the Jiquan point in the left armpit (located at the apex of the armpit, where the axillary artery pulsates), and then comb the inside and outside of the arm from top to bottom and from bottom to top.

Then press the Hegu point (place the interphalangeal joint line of one thumb facing the thumb of the other hand, the edge of the web between the index fingers, where the tip of the thumb points) and Laogong point (located in the palm of the hand, between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, on the palm line of the metacarpal bones, where the tip of the middle finger points when making a fist) 64 times each. It is best to switch hands and massage in the same way.

Stretch the neck to relax muscles and relieve spasms. Raise your hands to your waist, inhale, and then slowly press down, grip the ground with your feet, straighten your chest and abdomen, and consciously stretch your neck upward to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.