Closure plus herbal fumigation for tendovaginitis

Jinan Military General Hospital Wang Weiguo Keywords: closure therapy; traditional Chinese medicine fumigation; tendovaginitis, tendovaginitis, although many treatment methods, and most of the simple closure or symptomatic treatment, but the efficacy of the treatment is often not obvious. 2000-2008, we used local closure and traditional Chinese medicine fumigation treatment of tendovaginitis, 86 cases, the efficacy of the treatment is satisfied. Wang Weiguo, Department of Orthopedic and Traumatologic Surgery, Jinan General Hospital, Jinan Military Region, China.1 Clinical data111 General information86 cases were outpatients, 25 men and 61 women, aged 24-72 years old, 46 years old on average. Duration of disease: 9 days to 2 years, average 52 days. There were 67 cases of flexor tenosynovitis and 19 cases of stenosing tenosynovitis of the radial tuberosity.112 Treatment (1) Local closure: 10 mg of Trenbolone Acetate A injection and 2% lidocaine 2 ml were used for local closure injection once a week. (2) Traditional Chinese medicine fumigation: start traditional Chinese medicine fumigation on the second day after local closure. Composition: 30g of Bone-setting herb, 30g of Cordyceps Sinensis, 20g of Sambucus, 15g of Safflower, 10g of Thornybush, 10g of Fenghuang, 15g of Papaya, 25g of Mugwort, 20g of Sichuan peppercorns, 15g of Neem Ziziphi, 25 min of boiling water, fumigation and then washing, each time for 30 min, twice a day, 7 days as a course of treatment.113 Efficacy standard Refer to the 1995 edition of the Diagnosis and Efficacy Standard of Chinese Medicine by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and take into consideration the results of the treatment. Referring to the 1995 edition of the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Effect Criteria of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the cure: no local pain, pressure and swelling disappear, normal activity, no signs of strangulation; the improvement: the local swelling and pain is reduced, but there is still a slight pain in activity, no signs of strangulation; the ineffectiveness: the symptoms have not been improved by the time of termination of the treatment.114 Results: After 3 courses of treatment, the efficacy of the treatment was observed, with 61 cases being cured, 20 cases being improved, 5 cases being ineffective, and a total effective rate of 93.95%. Among the 5 invalid cases, 3 of them were cured by surgical release. There was no recurrence in 6 months of follow-up.2 Discussion Due to the excessive activities of wrist and finger joints, frequent tendon activities, long-term wear and tear, as well as cold stimulation, the tendon and tendon sheath inflammatory edema occurs, and the tendon sheath is mechanized, the sheath wall is thickened and the lumen is narrowed, the tendon swells and thickens, and the tendon sheath is embedded by narrowing, or even strangulation. This evidence of the motherland medicine belongs to the “tendon paralysis” category, mostly due to the body is weak, wind, cold, dampness and evil guest in the tendons, resulting in blockage of the tendons, qi and blood run poorly, and ultimately the tendons are not moistened, the tendons are anxious and strong, tension, activity is unfavorable and the onset of the disease. As the “Classical Evidence Treatment” cloud: “paralysis… good by the Yingwei gas deficiency, coupled with the coupling is not dense, wind, cold and humidity to take advantage of the weakness of the internal invasion. The positive qi is blocked by the evil qi and cannot be propagated, thus it stagnates and the qi and blood are stagnant, resulting in paralysis over time.” Triamcinolone acetonide A injection has the effect of anti-inflammatory, inhibiting the proliferation of fibroblasts, preventing the excessive proliferation of colloid fibers, and reducing fibrosis. In the formula of fumigation, Thornywort, Fenghuang, Turbinaria, Elongation herb, Papaya, expel wind and remove dampness, soothe tendons and collaterals and relieve paralytic pain; Safflower, Sapindus, invigorate blood circulation and promote menstruation to eliminate blood stasis and relieve pain; raw mugwort leaves, Sichuan pepper warm the menstruation to dissipate cold and relieve pain. According to the theory of transdermal absorption of drugs, the heated drugs activate and atomize into molecular particles, move to the surface and deep layers of the body, produce a series of thermal and drug effects, promote local metabolism, rapidly remove edema and aseptic inflammation in the lesion area, reduce the excitability of the peripheral nerves, relieve muscle spasm, alleviate pain, and achieve the therapeutic purpose. To summarize, the treatment of tenosynovitis with local closure and traditional Chinese medicine fumigation can achieve satisfactory therapeutic effect as the medicinal effect directly reaches the lesion.