Hello everyone, I am Li Duoduo
I often see words like this in the comment area:
"Doctor, what medicine should I take if I have lumbar disc herniation?"
"Doctor, I have lumbar disc herniation. I have had it for more than half a year. Do you think it’s better for me to take Chinese medicine or Western medicine?”
will give you a detailed answer today.
Traditional Chinese medicine is based on traditional Chinese medicine theory and has the functions of preventing, treating and diagnosing diseases. In addition to curing diseases, it also has health care effects. You can understand Chinese medicine as a treasure that absorbs the essence of all things in the world. It mainly comes from three categories: plants, animals, and minerals. That is to say, it can fly in the sky, swim in the water, or even the leaves and branches blown by the wind. It's just a medicinal material. There is an old saying: "All medicines are based on grass", so most of the Chinese medicinal materials come from the plant family .
But this does not mean that the world is full of Chinese medicinal materials. Authentic medicinal materials pay attention to local conditions, such as Ningxia wolfberry , velvet antler slices from the three northeastern provinces, Chinese yam from Henan, etc. They not only pay attention to the place of origin, but also pay great attention to the season of collection. . High-quality Chinese herbal medicine raw materials, coupled with correct processing techniques, will have a perfect therapeutic effect.
I usually do not recommend that my patients treat themselves or prepare Chinese medicine for themselves. This is because the principles of Chinese medicine are very complicated, and if you are not careful, the medicine can turn into poison.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to four qi and five flavors . The four qi refers to the four medicinal properties of cold, hot, warm and cool. The five flavors refer to the five different tastes of sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty Chinese medicines. Yin and yang are adjusted horizontally. All kinds of traditional Chinese medicines Only by complementing each other can the medicine be effective and treat pain. If not handled properly it can cause toxicity. Previous scholars have long divided the toxicity of drugs into acute toxicity, subacute toxicity, subchronic toxicity, chronic toxicity and special toxicity. If self-prepared traditional Chinese medicine without the guidance of a professional doctor causes poisoning, you need to stop taking the drug and go to the local hospital in time. Hospital visit.
As for Western medicine, we can understand it as a modern medical drug in the 21st century. Compared with traditional Chinese medicine, its most significant feature is that it takes effect very quickly. Once a person takes it, it will not hurt for a while. Traditional Chinese medicine is divided into different courses of treatment, and you need to take it internally for a long time to feel the changes.
Whether it is internal adjustment of traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine for rapid pain relief, it will play a good role in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.
When a patient's lumbar disc herniation is in the early to middle stage and suffers from back pain leg pain , conservative treatment is generally adopted. When pain occurs in the acute phase, Western medicine will be used to relieve pain. During treatment, Chinese medicine will be selected together with other conservative treatments.
It is unrealistic to cure lumbar disc herniation by taking medicine alone, because Western medicine can only relieve temporary pain but without treatment, recurring pain will still occur. Long-term use will cause damage to the body, but traditional Chinese medicine can do this. activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis unblocks the meridians and is non-toxic. However, if the patient obviously feels nerve compression and numbness, taking traditional Chinese medicine alone cannot penetrate deep into the body and resolve the pain.
Therefore, if you want to relieve temporary pain, Western medicine works quickly, but if it does not cure the disease, long-term use is risky.
If you want to cure the disease, you need Chinese medicine together with other treatment methods.
If you have any questions, you can leave a message in the comment area below and let me know. I will answer them one by one after I am done.
