Varicose veins belong to the category of tendon tumors in Chinese medicine, which can be divided into labor and tiredness, cold and dampness, trauma and stagnation, and fire and blood dryness, and can be treated with tonifying the middle and benefiting the vital energy, warming the liver, combining with Angelica Si-reverse soup, activating blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, and clearing the liver and reeds pills, respectively.
1. Exhaustion and Qi Injury Certificate: the tumor increases in size when standing and walking for a long time or exerting oneself, the discomfort of falling down is aggravated, often accompanied by shortness of breath and fatigue, distension of the epigastrium (gastric and abdominal areas), lumbago, pale tongue, thin white moss, and slow and feeble pulse, etc., and it can be treated with tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi soup with additions.
2. Cold-dampness condensation of tendons: tumor color is purple and dark, warmth is preferred, lower limbs are mildly swollen, accompanied by coldness (cold body), cold limbs, pale mouth, no thirst, long and clear urine, pale and dark tongue, white and greasy moss, and thin and stringy pulse, etc., which can be treated by adding and subtracting Warming Liver Decoction Combined with Angelica Si-Reversal Soup.
3. Traumatic stasis: coiled tendons, like earthworms, blue and purple surface, swelling and pain in the affected limbs, petechiae on the tongue, fine and astringent pulse, etc., and can be treated with the addition and subtraction of the Tang of Promoting Blood and Dispersing Blood Stasis.
4. Fire-exuberant and blood-drying evidence: lower limb tendon curls, tumor body burning, accompanied by five heart-heat (the heart of two hands and two feet are hot, and consciously heart and chest is hot (irritable and stuffy)), dry mouth, red tongue, yellow moss, pulse is fine (the pulse is becoming narrower and finer, and the rate is accelerated), etc., can take liver-cleansing Aloe Vera Pill plus or minus to carry on the treatment.
The above traditional Chinese medicines can treat tendon tumor, but note that the taking of traditional Chinese medicines must be in accordance with the doctor’s prescription, as well as once the diagnosis of tendon tumor is confirmed, it is also necessary to consult a doctor in time for symptomatic treatment.