Chinese medicine treatment for low back pain, two wonderful remedies for you to choose from

Speaking of lumbago, many men have experienced this symptom at ordinary times. After lumbago occurs, the treatment of this symptom can also be carried out by traditional Chinese medicine. So, what are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine for lumbago?

1. Low back pain due to kidney deficiency

The kidneys are responsible for storing essence, water, and receiving qi. Low back pain due to kidney deficiency is caused by excessive fatigue that damages the kidney's essence and qi. It is aggravated by fatigue or sexual intercourse. It is also the most common low back pain in women. The pain is a throbbing pain, dull pain, soreness, weakness, and weakness in the entire waist.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the waist is the viscera of the kidneys, responsible for reproduction and female menstruation. Symptoms of kidney deficiency include: forgetfulness and insomnia, loss of appetite, bone and joint pain, soreness of the waist and knees, fatigue intolerance, weakness, vision loss, hearing loss, etc. The most common is low back pain caused by kidney yang deficiency, which manifests as cold pain in the waist, soreness of the waist and knees. Women lose too much blood every month during menstruation, and pregnancy and childbirth will damage the kidney qi. Women who have given birth and women who have repeated artificial abortions are more likely to experience this type of low back pain.

If you have kidney deficiency and low back pain, you can use Chinese medicine diet therapy. For example:

Gorgon fruit and walnut porridge: 30 grams of Gorgon fruit, 20 grams of walnut, 10 red dates, 50 grams of rice, cook porridge and take it regularly. It is mainly used to nourish the kidney, absorb qi and calm asthma.

Egg and three-flavor soup: 1 egg, 9 grams each of cored lotus seeds, water chestnuts, and Chinese yam, appropriate amount of white sugar, decocted into a medicinal soup, eat the egg and drink the soup, it is mainly used to treat kidney deficiency.

2. Cold and damp low back pain

Low back pain caused by cold and dampness is mainly caused by the invasion of wind and cold in the waist. The clinical manifestations are low back pain, chills and heaviness, difficulty in flexion, extension and rotation. It occurs or worsens on rainy days or when the waist is exposed to cold and dampness. The painful area prefers warmth and hates cold, or the limbs are cold, the abdomen is bloated and the appetite is poor, the tongue is pale and the body is fat, the tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is slow or tight.

The treatment principle for low back pain caused by cold and dampness is to dispel cold and dampness, warm the meridians and relieve pain.

Prescription: Shenshi Decoction (Danxi's Heart Method) with added ingredients: dried ginger, cloves, atractylodes, atractylodes, tangerine peel, pinch, and licorice.

Meaning of the prescription: Dried ginger, cloves, and licorice dispel cold and warm the middle; Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes macrocephala, and Red yam remove dampness and purify the spleen; Flower moss strengthens the spleen and penetrates moisture.

Add or subtract: If the cold pain is more severe, the limbs are more cold, and the stiffness is not good, add aconite and cinnamon bark to warm the yang and dispel the cold; if the joints are swollen and heavy due to dampness, add patchouli and purgative, and use more Poria and Atractylodes to remove dampness and promote diuresis; if accompanied by wind evil (the pain is wandering), add Angelica dahurica, Notopterygium wilfordii, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and cinnamon twig to dispel wind and evil; if the patient has kidney yang deficiency, use Angelica dahurica and Sangsheng decoction with modifications, or add Codonopsis pilosula, Psoralea corylifolia, Cornus officinalis, Morinda officinalis, etc.