This syndrome refers to the spasm of the gastrocnemius muscle caused by cold or sudden change of posture on one or both calves, resulting in local pain and inability to move.
Gastrocnemius muscle spasm, known in Chinese medicine as “turn tendon”, refers to the calf belly tendon pulling and constricting, pain like twisting, is the most common type of painful muscle spasm. It is the most common type of painful muscle spasm. It is common among women, old and young, and often occurs at night when they are sleeping, at all times of the day. The pain can be relieved only after massage, and can last for a few minutes in mild cases or more than half an hour in severe cases.
Chinese medicine believes that the cause of the disease, mostly due to liver and blood deficiency, tendons and veins, or by the invasion of wind, cold, cold and damp evil, such as the “Source of Diseases” cloud: “turn tendons, by the Rongwei Qi deficiency, wind and cold gas fight in the tendons.” The “Su Wen” also contains: “outside the cold and the coup closed, Yang Qi depression, heat within the work, heat dry in the tendons, is also turned tendons.” Ling Su. Yin and Yang twenty-five people” said: “under the foot sun …… The blood and energy are less then like to turn tendons, the heel pain. “When the onset of the leg stomach muscles protrude, the legs and feet can not be flexed and extended. This disease attack is not fixed, more likely to attack at night after sleep or exertion. The onset of the disease is most frequent in those who have a deficient spleen and kidney yang constitution or are stimulated by cold, followed by episodes during labor or exercise, and episodes of gastrocnemius muscle spasm can also be caused by summer dampness, cholera, vomiting and diarrhea, or varicose veins in the lower limbs.
According to the etiological analysis, gastrocnemius spasm can be divided into the following types. Most often, several types are mixed together. Such as Yang deficiency patients are prone to feel wind-cold-damp evil, while Yang deficiency and weakness of Qi can lead to insufficient generation of Qi and blood and cause the disease.
1, wind-cold-damp type: for external wind-cold-damp evil caused by the patient manifested as fear of wind, cold, sneezing and runny, head and body pain, cold limbs, calf cramps, and can even be accompanied by whole body muscle trembling, muscle hair shrugging, lips and sound purple, white coating, tight or late pulse. However, the patient’s mental state is normal, usually there is no fear of cold lying down, less breath and lazy speech, the symptoms of syncope of the limbs, the cold evil is heavy, the vicious cold is heavy, the pain is obvious, the limbs are curled up, the muscle trembling is intense, the pain is reduced when warm, the damp evil is heavy, the body is sore, the limbs are heavy and even numb, the moss is slippery, the pulse is slow or slippery.
2, liver and blood deficiency type: the patient shows symptoms of liver and blood deficiency, such as blurred vision, pale face, dizziness, tinnitus, dark eyes and other evidence, physical wasting, motor weakness, sensory disorders or constriction pain, confusion and forgetfulness, women may also have irregular menstruation or amenorrhea, light tongue, weak pulse. Severe cases may have dull complexion, pale claw nails and other manifestations.
3, Yang Qi deficiency type: The patient mainly shows the pathological reaction of low function, slow metabolism and lack of heat, such as fear of cold and lying down, cold extremities, easy to muscle contraction when cold, essence design and atrophy, less breath and lazy speech, long urine and loose stools, even men’s Yang fistula, women’s uterine cold and infertility, pale white tongue, weak or sunken pulse.
Chinese medicine treatment method 1, blood and qi deficiency type: 30 grams each of white peony, chicken blood vine, rehmannia, Dan Shen 15 grams, Chuanxiong, Yu Jin, Dan Pi, papaya, Wu Jia Pi, Chuan Niu Kne 10 grams each. Decoction with water, generally take 3 doses, you can see the effect; 2, summer injury summer dampness type: 50 grams of tiger scepter, 50 grams of white peony, 10 grams of licorice, pig’s feet 1 (wash), add water 2000ML, stewed with a gentle fire for 2 hours, the soup and pig’s feet together. Generally 1 dose is effective, and 2 doses can be cured in severe cases; 3. Yang deficiency cold dampness type: 24 grams of cooked sliced peony, 12 grams of dried ginger, 18 grams of roasted licorice, 20 grams of papaya, 30 grams of coix seeds, 12 grams of white hyssop. Decoction with water, 2 doses can be cured.