Previously, I had a patient, Ms. Yang, who had a 3-month menstrual disorder, gynecological inflammation recurred, increased discharge and discomfort such as itching in the intimate area.
She tried to see many Western medicine specialists, and each doctor would arrange various examinations, and then prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs and some topical detergents, and she also took a lot of Chinese medicine, but the condition always came and went, and once she stopped taking the medicine, the symptoms would worsen again.
She herself was so depressed that she was on the verge of losing faith. I was asked about by a friend at a party, so I came from my hometown of Jilin for a consultation.
At the initial visit, I observed that her tongue was red, the coating was thin and white, and her pulse was slow. Based on her detailed medical history, I judged that her illness was caused by spleen deficiency and liver depression and dampness, so the focus of treatment was to relieve the liver and spleen, remove dampness and stop the band.
In response to her condition, the prescription was completed with the decoction for addition and subtraction adjustments: atractylodes, yam, ginseng, white peony, psyllium, atractylodes, licorice, tangerine peel, black mustard, bupleurum and other medicinal materials.
In addition, I also advise her to maintain a relaxed and happy mood, avoid excessive anxiety, and minimize the consumption of spicy and irritating foods.
After less than 3 weeks of conditioning, Ms. Yang told me at her first follow-up visit that the color of her vaginal discharge gradually returned to normal, and her vulvar itching and loose stools had also improved significantly.
According to the changes in her condition, I adjusted the prescription appropriately and instructed her to continue taking the medication for 2 months. At the last follow-up visit, she happily told me that all the discomfort was almost completely gone, and the follow-up results showed that the vaginal pH was acidic, with a value between 4-4.5, indicating that her vaginitis had been cured.
The reason why Ms. Yang's condition is so serious is closely related to her lifestyle, eating habits and living environment. She works in an air-conditioned room for a long time, often stays up late, and likes to eat spicy and cold food, all of which may cause moisture to accumulate in the body and fail to excrete it, thus triggering gynecological inflammation.
So, why is this prescription I prescribed so effective? Let's take a look at the group's ideas.
First of all, ginseng, yam, and atractylodes have the effect of replenishing qi.
Atractylodes is a good medicine specially used to tonify the spleen, not only to replenish the spleen, but also to dispel dampness and strengthen the spleen, and it is inseparable from many famous prescriptions.
Yam is good at tonifying the lungs, spleen and kidneys, especially for tonifying the spleen, its medicinal properties are mild, the two are combined, tonifying the spleen and kidney, dispelling dampness and turbidity, about the belt pulse, so that the belt stops.
Ginseng is responsible for tonifying the body and invigorating qi, helping atractylodes and yam to replenish the spleen.
Atractylodes atractylodes and tangerine peel are one dry and damp to strengthen the spleen, and the other is to strengthen the spleen and stomach, the purpose is to help the spleen and stomach unload the heavy burden, and without restraint, the spleen and stomach can show their strength.
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the liver belongs to wood, the spleen and stomach belong to the soil, and the liver wood is the spleen and soil. Therefore, when there is a problem with the spleen and stomach, it is necessary to prevent the liver from taking advantage of the deficiency. To solve this problem, we need to send emissaries to ease the tension between the liver and spleen.
Bupleurum has the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi, which can make the liver qi flow smoothly and is not easy to stagnate. When people are in a good mood, are they less likely to get angry?
White peony has the effect of nourishing yin and softening the liver, helping to calm the liver and reduce its irritability. Although the direction of action of the two is different, the ultimate goal is to alleviate the contradiction between the liver and spleen.
In order to make the damp evil disperse faster, the nepeta spike blew a gust of wind in the body, and blew the damp evil out of the body surface with the method of wind defeating dampness.
Dehumidity alone is not enough to solve all the problems, and it is also necessary to consider the path of dampness throughout the body. Psyllium has a dehydrating effect, which can channel moisture from the whole body into the bladder and finally be excreted from the body with the help of urine.
Finally, licorice can be added to reconcile various medicines, which maximizes the medicinal properties of the compatible herbs, plays the role of soothing the liver and invigorating the spleen, removing dampness and stopping the band, and finally achieves the purpose of curing vaginitis.
The recipe of finishing the soup is essentially a recipe for removing moisture, and if the moisture is removed, the leucorrhoea will be fine; The moisture is gone, and the mold and fungus are gone; When the mold fungus disappears, it will naturally stop itching.
There is nothing special about the composition of the formula, at first glance it seems to be an ordinary prescription for strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness, and the medication is also very peaceful.
But in fact, this is enough, because in the eyes of traditional Chinese medicine, it is not a big problem, but later generations put the cart before the horse, get the direction wrong, and finally complicate the simple problem.
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