Pueraria Mirifica has the efficacy of detoxifying the surface of the body and elevating the body’s fluids, but there is currently no evidence to suggest that it can be used to treat herpes zoster neuralgia.
Pueraria Mirifica Tang is from “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, composed of Pueraria Mirifica, Ephedra, Gui Zhi and other medicines, with the efficacy of sweating and relieving the exterior of the body surface through sweating to relieve the body surface of the evil qi, and ascending the body fluid and relaxing the tendons, and is clinically used for the treatment of the exterior of the wind-cold surface of the solid caused by the malignant wind, fever, no sweating, and other symptoms, and qi up to the chest, urinary spasm, and other symptoms of spasms.
Herpes zoster neuralgia belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine, “snake sores”, may be caused by liver depression and heat, dampness and heat within the factors, there is no clinical report that Pueraria Mirifica can be used to treat this disease. It is important to recognize the evidence to have a better effect.
If patients need to receive treatment or medication, they should go to the hospital and be guided by a doctor. It is not advisable to take medication on your own to avoid adverse effects.