Treatment for low back pain: Chinese herbal remedies are more effective

Many people today suffer from back pain due to long periods of sitting and poor sitting posture. Back pain makes it difficult for people to maintain a posture for a long time and has a great impact on daily life. So, how to treat back pain? In traditional Chinese medicine, there are several effective folk remedies.

1: Take equal amounts of Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Eucommiae, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, Radix Clematis, Radix Cyperi, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Corydalis and Radix Viscum Alatae. Heat all the above together and wrap them in several layers of cloth. Apply the medicine pack to the affected area and iron for half an hour. Reheat the medicine when it cools down. Use the medicine 1-2 times a day and take each dose for 3-5 consecutive days. This method is very effective for low back pain caused by cold and dampness.

2: Take equal amounts of Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese yam, Cuscuta australis, Chinese angelica root, and black beans. Heat all the above medicines together and wrap them in several layers of cloth. Apply the medicine pack to the affected area and iron for half an hour. You can use the medicine once a day. This method has a good effect on kidney deficiency type low back pain.

3: Take equal amounts of mustard, fangfeng, qinjiao, cloves, cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, and pepper, and a little vinegar and 95% alcohol. Grind the first 8 herbs together into a fine powder. Take an appropriate amount of this powder each time and sprinkle it on the affected skin.

4: Soak 2~3 pieces of white cloth with vinegar and cover the powder. Use a 20 ml syringe to absorb 95% alcohol, then spray the alcohol on the white cloth and light it with fire. When the patient feels burning, blow out the flame. When the affected skin is slightly cool, light the white cloth again. Repeat 4~5 times before ending the treatment. Generally, the treatment should be done once every other day, or once a day. Continuous treatment for 10 days is a course of treatment. After a course of treatment with this method, the patient should stop treatment for 5 days and then continue the next course of treatment. This method is suitable for patients with acute and chronic lumbar sprains, chronic lumbar muscle strain, joint sprains, muscular rheumatism, fractures, and those in the functional recovery stage after joint dislocation reduction.

1: Take an appropriate amount of raw aconite and a little vinegar. Dry the raw aconite and grind it into fine powder. Mix the powder with vinegar to make a paste and apply it to the Mingmen point (located below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra) and Yongquan point. This method is suitable for patients with cold and damp type low back pain.

2: Take 15g each of raw Chuanwu and raw Caowu, a little salt and vinegar. Grind raw Chuanwu and raw Caowu into fine powder, mix with salt and vinegar into a paste. Apply this ointment to the Shenshu point, Yaoyan point and the painful point on the waist, cover with plastic film, fix with tape, and change the dressing once a day. This method is suitable for patients with cold and damp type low back pain.

Keep warm, avoid strenuous work, and prevent back muscle strain.