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Four types of sciatica in traditional Chinese medicine

 

Sciatica is a common disease, but do you know what it refers to? Sciatica is a syndrome dominated by pain in the path and distribution area of ​​the sciatic nerve. The pain and numbness are located in the waist, back of the thigh, and outside of the calf and foot. It is often caused by lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, radiculitis, and tumors. etc. cause.

 

So do you know how Chinese medicine recognizes it? Traditional Chinese medicine classifies it into the categories of "low back pain", "arthralgia syndrome" and "impotence syndrome". It is believed that the cause is long-term illness and strain or liver and kidney deficiency plus external wind, cold, dampness, and heat, causing damage to the meridians of the waist and legs, and stagnation of qi and blood. In the end, it leads to "no connection leads to pain".

 

Traditional Chinese medicine divides sciatica into four syndrome types based on the cause. Here we will introduce you to the traditional Chinese medicine classification of sciatica one by one. You can refer to the symptoms to check which type you belong to!

1. Liver and kidney deficiency type: Most patients of this type are chronically ill or elderly and infirm, and symptoms of waist and leg pain, discomfort, and lower limb numbness are often aggravated by exertion, and are often accompanied by excessive sweating, insomnia, and dreaminess. , tinnitus, dizziness, etc. The tongue body can be seen to be thin and small, the tongue is red in color, and the tongue coating is less.

2. Qi stagnation and blood stasis type: patients with this type of pain feel as if they are being cut by a knife. The colic is severe and the pain is fixed. The pain is often aggravated at night, and the pain even seriously affects the patient's sleep quality. This type of patient The tongue can be purple and dark, with general ecchymosis and petechiae on the tongue, and the tongue coating is white.

3. Wind-cold and damp-resistance type: Most patients of this type are people who live or work in damp and cold places for many years. The waist and leg pain is often aggravated when the weather changes or accidentally catches a cold. The painful area likes warmth and heat. If you apply a hot compress to the painful area, the pain can be significantly relieved, the tongue is light in color, and the fur is white and thick.

4. Damp-heat paralysis type: Patients with this type of pain often experience a burning sensation in the waist area. At the same time, there may be redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the limbs and joints. The patient also has the following signs: thirst but unwillingness to drink water, dizziness, and fatigue in the morning. , sticky and greasy stools, uncomfortable defecation, yellow and red urine, and a red tongue with a yellow and greasy coating.

 

We use traditional Chinese remedies for 6 sessions of acupuncture, massage, cupping, infrared light lamps, and herbal medicine to treat it with natural comprehensive therapies.

 

Immediate or sometimes miraculous results can be seen after our treatment.

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