Ovarian cysts can be treated with reference to categories such as obstruction in the abdomen (lumps in women’s lower abdomen) in Chinese medicine, which can improve the symptoms but is difficult to eliminate. Common prescriptions include Xiangling Pill, Guizhi Poria Pill, Sanju Tang and Yinhua Houttuynia Drink.
1. Xiangling Pill. Identified as Qi stagnation syndrome, with symptoms such as abdominal mass, pain in no fixed place, chest tightness, mental depression, etc. The treatment is based on dispersing the liver, relieving depression, and promoting the flow of qi to disperse knots, and can be treated with Xiangling Pill, with common medicines such as Mullein, Clove, Curcuma longa, Trigonella sativa, Hedera citriodora, Qingpi, Neem seed, and Fennel.
2. Gui Zhi Poria Pill. Identified as blood stasis syndrome, with symptoms such as abdominal mass pain, refusing to be pressed, fixed and immovable, and menstrual dribbling, the treatment is based on activating blood circulation, eliminating blood stasis and eliminating the symptoms (eliminating abdominal mass), and Gui Zhi Poria Pill can be chosen to treat the problem, and the common medicines are Gui Zhi, Poria, Mudan Pi, Red Peony, Peach Kernel, and so on.
3. Dispersing Gathering Tang. The diagnosis is phlegm-dampness syndrome, with symptoms such as abdominal masses, excessive discharge, chest and diaphragm fullness, vomiting, etc. The treatment mainly focuses on removing dampness, resolving phlegm and dispersing knots, and can be treated with Sanju Tang, with common drugs such as Pinellia, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, almonds and licorice.
4. Silver flower houttuynia drink. Identified as heat-toxin syndrome, with symptoms such as pain and refusal to press in the abdomen, irregular menstruation, fever and thirst, irritability, etc. The treatment mainly focuses on clearing heat and removing toxins, breaking blood stasis and eliminating the symptoms, and this drug can be chosen, and the composition of the drug includes honeysuckle, Poria cocos, thorns, licorice, and houttuynia cordata.
The adverse reactions of the above drugs are not clear. Patients with discomfort are recommended to consult a doctor in time, and need to use the correct medication under the guidance of a professional physician.