Chinese medicine treatment for low back pain, two Chinese medicine external treatments are worth choosing

Low back pain is a common symptom among men, and when it comes to treatment, most men prefer traditional Chinese medicine. So, what is the best way to treat low back pain with traditional Chinese medicine?

1. Chinese medicine ironing method

1. Take equal amounts of Duhuo, Fangfeng, Duzhong, Niuxi, Clemati, Cyperus, Angelica, Corydalis and Viscum album. Heat the above medicines together and wrap them with cloth for several layers. Stick the medicine pack on the affected area and iron it for half an hour. Reheat it when the medicine cools down. It can be used 1-2 times a day, and each dose can be taken continuously for 3-5 days. This method has a good effect on cold and damp type low back pain.

2. Take equal amounts of Rehmannia root, Chinese yam, Cuscuta australis, Achyranthes bidentata, Chinese angelica root and black beans.

Heat the above medicines together and wrap them in several layers of cloth. Stick the medicine pack on the affected area and iron it 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.

Soak 2-3 pieces of white cloth in 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 the treatment ends. 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.

2. Chinese medicine wet compress method

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