Herbal treatment of spinal cervical spondylosis

Traditional Chinese medicine treatments for spinal cord cervical spondylosis usually include warming the spleen and kidneys, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body), and so on, which need to be determined after identification by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners. Spinal cord cervical spondylosis mostly occurs in patients over 40 years old, usually with an insidious onset and clinical manifestations such as numbness and weakness of the limbs, inactivity, and the sensation of stepping on cotton when walking, etc. Chinese medicine practitioners believe that it usually belongs to the deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, accompanied by stagnation of qi and blood. 1. Spleen and Kidney Deficiency: The main focus is to regulate the spleen and kidney, tonifying yin and blood, and can take Zuo Gui Wan plus reduction, the main ingredients of which are Chinese yam, Chinese wolfberry, cornelian cherry, deer gum, and Dahuai Shuai, etc., which can replenish the deficiency of kidney water. Meanwhile, it can be used in conjunction with Gui Spleen Pill, the main ingredients of which are Codonopsis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica sinensis, Poria, Polygonatum odoratum, and Mucuna pruriens, which can strengthen the spleen, replenish the blood, and benefit the qi. 2. Kidney deficiency and phlegm stagnation: Gui Zhi Poria Pill and Jin Gui Ren Qi Pill can be used. The main ingredients of the former are Gui Zhi, Poria and Mudan Pi, which can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, while the latter is composed of Rhizoma Dioscorea, Chinese yam and Mudan Pi, which can warm and nourish kidney yang (warming and replenishing the kidney yang qi), and transform qi and move water (promoting the movement of gas, thus facilitating the movement of water and liquid). 3. Internal obstruction of internal obstruction of internal organs: the main therapeutic purpose is to dredge the liver and clear the channels, activate blood circulation to eliminate blood stasis, and relieve spasm through the internal organs, which can be done by resolving phlegm through the internal organs soup, the main ingredients of which are perilla, atractylodis Macrocephalae, Semenematodes, Chaihu, Citrus aurantium and so on, which have the efficacy of dredging the liver and regulating qi (regulating the liver qi stagnation), resolving phlegm and clearing the stasis of the internal organs. All of the above herbal formulas need to be used under the guidance of a professional physician, and patients are advised to seek medical treatment in a timely manner.