Is it better to treat epilepsy with Western medicine or Chinese medicine?

Epilepsy is recommended to be treated with Western medicine. Epilepsy is not a disease, but a group of clinically integrated in, and according to current research, the drugs that can effectively control epilepsy are all Western drugs. Anti-epileptic drugs follow the principle of individualization, according to the patient’s clinical symptoms, type of presentation and the form of seizures, to determine which drugs to use, and then adjust the dose of drugs according to the therapeutic effect, and to clarify whether a combination of drugs is needed. In western drug therapy, the commonly used broad-spectrum antiepileptic drugs are sodium valproate, carbamazepine, and phenytoin sodium, and the second-line drugs are lamotrigine and levetiracetam. All antiepileptic drugs require precise dose regulation and monitoring of blood concentrations to keep them in the effective range for better seizure control. Chinese medicine does not have a clear blood concentration, and the composition of the antiepileptic drug is not completely clear, and the therapeutic effect is not exact.