People often ask, “Are there precursors to stroke? How to prevent and intervene in stroke aura? Also, why do people have stroke aura symptoms when there is no obvious brain abnormality on CT scan or only fluctuations in blood pressure? All these questions boil down to one point: how to recognize and prevent stroke aura?
In fact, the recognition and prevention of stroke aura is of great importance to significantly reduce and control the occurrence of stroke. Clinical manifestations include a combination of multiple symptoms, plus the performance of blood pressure, which is also one of the indicators for capturing and diagnosing the extension of clinical manifestations. Elevated or unstable blood pressure is the basis for reoccurrence of stroke. Therefore, it is important to be very vigilant for the re-elevation of their blood pressure. Stroke has not yet occurred formally, but there are some precursory clinical symptoms, which is an important basis for the possible occurrence of stroke, referred to as “stroke aura”.
CT and MRI examinations are only positive when there are obvious abnormalities in brain morphology and structure, such as brain hemorrhage, and clinical self-perception often precedes the positive results of CT and other imaging examinations. This indicates that a series of clinical symptoms have already appeared before the onset of stroke, i.e., the onset of stroke aura is earlier than the formal onset of stroke.
Ancient medicine has long used this observation to determine whether a patient is likely to suffer from a stroke.
Stroke, with its increasing incidence, is one of the most common critical illnesses in the middle-aged and elderly, and its high incidence, high mortality and high disability rate is one of the diseases to which the medical profession attaches importance.
For first-time patients, the disease does not occur suddenly. Generally, before a stroke, a large percentage of people, even up to 80 percent, will experience “warning signs”, which are called stroke aura.
This is the so-called stroke aura. The six books of the wind commandments” cloud “scratch everything, there is no disease on the wind, some of the shallow, stay in the skin, dry the deep, up to the bone marrow, cover the machine of disaster, hidden in the subtle, very human foresight, and its arrival, although the wise can not be good after, so the sage’s teaching, are said to be false evil thief wind, to avoid the time, so the stroke, all have the evidence of the aura, where people feel numbness of the thumb and the second finger, or hands and feet, or muscle writhing. Or hands and feet, or muscle writhing, within three years there will be a big wind to, by the cloud ‘muscle writhing, the name is called breeze’, the sage treats the disease, not the disease.”
Zhang Sanxi “medical standard? The six important” cloud “disease of the birth of its machine is also very little, its change is very fast, up to know the machine think about the problem and prevention, so that not to the vitals, that is, stroke disease, there must be aura, middle-aged people but feel the thumb time to time for numbness, or insensitive, or hands and feet less force, or muscle micro-relaxation, within three years there will be a violent disease, urgent screen to remove all the thick taste, goose meat noodles wine, fat and sweet phlegm moving fire things …… more far from sex and abstain from sex, clear and quiet regimen, is to be prepared for the wonderful, fat people more intentional cautious mouth to abstain from desire side is.”
Qing Dynasty famous doctor Wang Qingren authored the “Medical Lin Correction” has detailed a list of thirty-four kinds of stroke aura symptoms; Qing Dynasty “evidence of treatment Huixin” has a detailed record of “flat people finger numbness. Dizziness from time to time. This is the aura of stroke that must be prevented”.
For patients who are about to have a “recurrent stroke” or “three strokes”, the proportion of self-sensory abnormalities in advance is even higher, and according to clinical experience, almost everyone will have discomfort different from usual. The main focus is on fatigue, insomnia, irritability, numbness of hands and feet, unfavorable speech, stiffness of tongue, and significant increase or fluctuation of blood pressure.
In terms of stroke precognition or clinical appearance of aura, the incidence is higher for people with a history of other diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, endocrine diseases such as diabetes, and obesity, especially for people with high blood lipids, hypertension, and high blood viscosity, or for people at high risk or monitoring.
In addition to the common symptoms mentioned above, there are also other clinical symptoms, mainly in sensation, vision, hearing, and balance, such as mood swings, headache, dizziness, dizziness, visual blurredness, feeling of mosquitoes and flies in front of the eyes, spitting and salivating, frequent aspiration, sudden muscle throbbing and jerking in one part of the body or on the lateral side, insomnia or drowsiness, easy to walk on the lateral side or unstable feet, or easy to fall. etc.
The time of appearance or duration of various clinical symptoms of stroke aura varies significantly depending on the underlying disease, severity of the disease, physical and therapeutic status.
There are three general categories.
In mild cases, the symptoms are often instantaneous or short-lived and last for a relatively short period of time, usually a few hours to a week. Most of these patients can recover themselves and their clinical symptoms disappear after self-adjustment in life, diet, rest and emotion.
In the more severe cases, the duration is often longer, usually a week to a month or less. In addition to self-care as in the case of milder patients, these patients should take necessary preventive and therapeutic measures, such as early acupuncture, moxibustion, and taking some compound salvia tablets, Panax notoginseng powder and tianma powder.
In severe cases, the symptoms tend to last longer, usually in a season or even longer. In these patients, therapeutic intervention is necessary. They can be treated and prevented with Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and, if necessary, western medicine.
In conclusion, the longer the duration of symptoms and the more pronounced the symptoms of stroke aura, the higher the incidence of stroke and the more vigilance and necessary interventions should be carried out.
In addition, it is important to be aware of the illusion that some of the patients with severe stroke aura symptoms sometimes or at a certain stage suddenly their aura symptoms reduce or disappear, which is not a good sign, but on the contrary, the occurrence or recurrence of stroke disease will soon arrive.
According to the literature, the clinical manifestations of the aura of stroke, and I did not make the diet, emotions, rest, blood pressure, drugs, acupuncture and other interventions, within three to five years, then about one-third of patients have a stroke, and about one-tenth or even two-tenth of the people in a period of three months to six months of stroke.
According to Chinese medicine, the basic pathogenesis of the disease is: the basic deficiency and the symptoms are real. This deficiency is mainly due to liver and kidney deficiency, while the symptomatic reality is due to liver wind disturbance, liver-yang hyperactivity, phlegm stagnation, poor meridians, or lack of qi and blood.
The monitoring and prevention of the aura symptoms of stroke belongs to the scope of “treating the disease before it happens” in Chinese medicine.
For thousands of years, ancient Chinese physicians have accumulated rich experience in Chinese medicine and acupuncture intervention and treatment of stroke aura symptoms, and there are many medical writings.
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the aura of stroke was recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, which has been continuously supplemented, enriched and improved by successive generations of physicians.
How to prevent and treat the aura of stroke? The basic principles of Chinese medicine are: tonifying the liver and kidney, pacifying the liver and submerging the yang, resolving phlegm and quenching the wind, stasis and clearing the ligaments, or also regulating the qi and blood.
In terms of specific methods, with reference to the experience of ancient medical practitioners, combined with the scientific research of today, the following ten desirable things should be noted.
1.It is advisable to be cautious in starting and living
To be regular, sometimes. The natural world of spring, summer growth, autumn harvest, winter storage. The human body should adapt to this law changes to develop a living schedule. From one day to another, the morning is spring, noon is summer, the afternoon is autumn, the night is winter, so for a day of living arrangements, also pay attention to living sometimes, to prevent cold and keep warm. Nei Jing? Suwen (Su Wen): “There is a time to avoid the evil and thieving wind.” The Spiritual Pivot “The sage avoids evil, like avoiding yagashi, the good worker knows to forbid it, the sage knows to avoid it.” Therefore, avoid wind and cold, appropriate early rise and early rest, do not stay up excessively late or continuous irregular living, in order to nourish the internal organs, in order to regulate the qi and blood. Clinical research found that the incidence of this disease rises when the weather is cold. This means that the prevention of this disease is important to the living regimen.
2, appropriate diet
Diet in moderation, but not full and hunger, but fatty and sweet, but thick taste, but thick salt, but spicy, etc., to ensure that the internal organs transport function, in order to reduce the production of phlegm and fire to brew wind to stasis for the pathological basis of stroke.
3, it is advisable to far room apartment
Moderate sexual life, protect the kidney spirit is sufficient, not to kidney spirit deficiency, deficiency Yang hyper-reverse and the formation of stroke, more conducive to prolonging the anti-aging. Because the kidney essence is the material basis for the formation and activities of human life, is also the root of resistance to decline and prolong life.
4, it is appropriate to prevent labor and leisure
Combination of work and rest. Do not work too hard, do not work overtime for a long time; do not over rest, do not over relaxation. In order to avoid overwork and blood consumption, false wind or false Yang hyper-reverse; to avoid excessive leisure and blood stagnation, phlegm and stasis, blocking the meridians.
5, it is appropriate to regulate the mood
Regulate the emotions and keep the mood open. The liver is the main drainage, mood is not smooth, then liver qi stagnation, liver depression is qi stagnation, qi stagnation is not smooth qi and blood, the internal organs are not in order, phlegm and internal fire, etc. easily born. Therefore, the liver is smooth, the mood is comfortable, qi and blood, disease can be prevented. To develop a good mood and a relaxed state of mind, can effectively prevent the occurrence of stroke disease.
6, it is advisable to monitor blood pressure
Elevated blood pressure, blood pressure fluctuations, are an important basis for the occurrence of stroke. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the habit of monitoring blood pressure. Especially for people who already have high blood pressure, be sure to measure blood pressure every day. Given the daily rhythmic fluctuations of blood pressure, it is also important to monitor blood pressure at different times to ensure that it is in a more stable state. In addition, when you feel dizziness, headache, numbness in the limbs and tongue, you should also increase the frequency of blood pressure monitoring.
7, it is appropriate to control weight
Weight gain is a common phenomenon after middle age, and is also an important factor in the formation of hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Therefore, to constantly control the weight gain. For people who have been obese, is the focus of attention. From many aspects to maintain normal weight efforts.
8, it is advisable to reduce blood lipids
Elevated blood lipids, is a very alarming problem of today’s population. The exact research shows that high blood lipid is the pathological basis for the formation of hypertension and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but also the onset of stroke disease related. Therefore, for people with hyperlipidemia, it is necessary to lower blood lipids. At present, there are many methods to lower blood lipids, but chemical drugs have many side effects, and some of them are not effective in lowering blood lipids. The basic mechanism is to adjust the function of the internal organs, to remove phlegm and eliminate stasis and turbidity, and to achieve the effect, and it has the effect of curing the root. In the past 20 years, we have published a series of research results in this area, especially in the application of moxibustion to reduce blood lipids, and published more academic research articles and related moxibustion health care publications, and in my website there are “moxibustion to reduce blood lipids project ten advantages of the introduction”, CCTV Chinese medicine program dedicated to our application There is a program (video) on CCTV Chinese medicine program about our application of moxibustion to reduce blood lipids. All these can be referred to by friends who have the tendency of stroke.
9, it is appropriate to make exercise
Modern lifestyle, people’s work pace and conditions improve, the time to exercise less and less, sedentary in front of the TV, computer time more and more to come longer, so that many systems of the human body lack the necessary functional exercise, functional decline, related to the pathological factors associated with the occurrence of stroke disease continue to form. Therefore, it is important to arrange the necessary physical exercise.
10, it is appropriate to treat all diseases
The formation of stroke disease is more complex and is related to many diseases, that is, many diseases can become the pathogenic factors of stroke disease, resulting in the appearance of stroke aura symptoms. Therefore, it is very important to treat the relevant diseases to reduce the formation of stroke disease onset. Among these diseases, the most closely related ones, such as diabetes and its peripheral neurovascular lesions, arteriosclerosis, vascular inflammation, etc. In the treatment, attention should be paid to the diagnosis and treatment of TCM, that is, to strive to cure the root cause and eliminate the pathological factors such as phlegm, stasis, wind and fire that produce the onset of stroke aura. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have always been the best treatment methods, as well as an important and effective method to prevent stroke aura and reduce the occurrence of stroke disease.