Can red peony and raw licorice cure varicose veins?

Varicose veins are equivalent to the category of “tendon tumor” in Chinese medicine, and varicose veins cannot be treated with Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae alone. Varicose veins caused by stagnation can be treated with Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae. Radix Paeoniae Alba can clear heat and cool blood (relieve blood heat by clearing heat), disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. It is used in treating heat entering the camp and blood (the degree of invasion of heat into the body is deep and the symptoms are more serious), warm-heat spots (warm-heat poison invading the body resulting in spots and plaques on the skin), vomiting and epistaxis, swelling and pain in the red eyes and redness of the eyes, liver depression and dystocia (pain in the area of dystocia and ribcage), menstrual cramps and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain in the mass in the abdomen, injuries from falling and thrashing and carbuncle, swelling, and ulcers. Glycyrrhiza glabra can replenish the spleen and benefit the qi, clear heat and detoxification (removing heat and toxicity from the body), expel phlegm and relieve cough, relieve pain (relieving urgent pain symptoms), and harmonize all medicines (harmonizing the medicinal properties of different Chinese medicines). It is used for weak spleen and stomach, tiredness (fatigue), palpitation (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), shortness of breath, cough and phlegm, contractile pain in the epigastrium (abdomen) and limbs, carbuncle, swelling and sores, and relieving the toxicity and virulence of medicines. Tiredness and injury to qi evidence see tumor enlargement when standing for a long time or exertion, often accompanied by shortness of breath, fatigue, etc., can be used to tonify the middle and benefit the qi (treating qi deficiency by means of tonifying the spleen) soup. In the case of Cold-Dampness Stagnation syndrome, the tumor is purple in color, preferring warmth, and the swelling of the lower limbs is not obvious, accompanied by long and clear urine and fear of cold, etc., Warming Liver Decoction combined with Angelica Si-Reversal Soup can be used. For traumatic stagnation syndrome, the tumor is purple-black in color, like earthworms, with pain in the affected limbs, etc., the patient can use Blood Promoting and Stasis Dispersing Soup to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis in the body. Patients are advised to follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.