Is it better to see a Chinese doctor or a Western doctor for varicose veins?

The treatment of varicose veins has its own characteristics in Chinese and Western medicine. The disease is usually caused by prolonged standing, or spleen and stomach injury after the birth of dampness blocking the flow of qi and blood, resulting in poor local blood circulation resulting in stasis. According to Chinese medicine, the heart is the main blood vessel, and if the qi moves, the blood moves; if the yang is deficient, the blood coagulates, and the long-term disease affects the kidneys. Therefore, the disease is generally localized in the heart, spleen and kidney. Insufficient heart qi or deficiency of heart yang pushing weakness, spleen and stomach dampness affects blood flow, TCM treatment is generally water and blood together, stasis is only one factor, can use pig ling soup plus blood house and blood stasis pill to diuretic and activate blood. The twisted blood vessels are susceptible to external cold, and are usually treated with Douhu to remove cold and dampness. Western medicine treatment for this disease is usually surgery to peel off the twisted blood vessels, if found early and with mild symptoms you can wear elastic stockings.