Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a very common chronic complication of diabetes mellitus. Its prominent clinical manifestations are numbness, pain, hypesthesia or sensory abnormalities in the extremities, which range from very mild discomfort and superficial “skin pain” to unbearable “pain”.
Typical manifestations are.
Pain: Pain can be burning, dull, crushing, stabbing, cramping or tearing pain, often heavier in the lower extremities than in the upper extremities, and heavier at night than during the day. Patients may suffer from pain and even have suicidal thoughts.
②Abnormal sensation: Most patients will have abnormal sensation, such as numbness and coldness, in addition to pain; the lower limbs are insensitive to temperature and the pain sensation is dull, so they are prone to various traumas or infections. Sometimes there is a feeling of ants crawling or thickening of the skin; mild to severe discomfort on the soles of the feet is a characteristic symptom of the disease.
These abnormal sensations mostly start from the extremities and gradually develop upward over months or years, with a “sock” or “glove”-like distribution. Neurophysiological examination is the most sensitive indicator for early diagnosis of polyneuropathy.
Once the diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is confirmed, it should be actively treated. The treatment should be “multi-strike”, that is, using a variety of methods of integrated treatment. Auntie Zhang has been diabetic for more than 10 years, and in the past two years, he has experienced numbness and pain in his toes, and it has gradually increased, and now his feet are cold, and he has to wear thick socks in summer, and he has pins and needles pain in his toes. Because of the pain, he couldn’t walk and often couldn’t sleep at night. He went to the hospital for an electromyogram, which showed neurogenic damage. After a combination of intravenous drip, oral Chinese medicine, massage, hand clapping, meditation, drug fumigation, Chinese medicine foot soaking, and Chinese frequency therapy, his condition improved significantly and his symptoms improved a lot.
The following is a set of commonly used Chinese medicine methods for health care.
The first move clapping hands to improve circulation
Hand clapping and meditation help improve blood circulation to peripheral nerves, thus improving symptoms. The key points of hand clapping are.
① hands clap each other, to clap loudly and evenly, from the fingertips to the heart of the hand, the back of the hand, and then gradually upward to the arm; can also be extended around the center of the obvious parts of the pain;
② Clap your hands to feel the skin pain and redness. The main points of meditation are: sit cross-legged, you can naturally sit on the bed or sofa; hands palms up, placed at the root of the thighs;
③ shoulders naturally dropping, posture completely in a relaxed state. At first do 20 to 30 minutes at a time, later can gradually extend the time to legs feel numb or even senseless as well. Then release the legs to restore blood flow. However, some patients with heavy neuropathy, in the first few days of meditation, the pain is not only not relieved, but may increase, which is due to the aggravation of ischemia during meditation, which requires gradual progress.
The 2nd move acupressure and gua sha
You can massage with your bare hands or choose one end is round and blunt and the other end is cone massager. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have been in the business for a long time, and they’ve been in the business for a long time. Back Yu point scraping or massage is beneficial to improve the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the body, which is beneficial to the recovery of neuropathy.
The third trick Chinese medicine treatment
Chinese herbal medicine is often used internally, such as Huangqi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Wu Tang and Yang Yang Hui Wu Tang. The main symptom is numbness of the limbs.
The main symptoms are: numbness and pain in the limbs, weakness in lifting, thinness of the muscles, yellowish face, pale white lips and nails, sweating or less sweating, fatigue, lazy speech, panic, shortness of breath, dizziness, pale tongue with white fur and weak pulse.
Treatment】Transferring Qi and Blood.
[Remedy]: Astragalus, Gui Zhi Wu Wu Wu Tang with Addition: Astragalus 30g, Gui Zhi 10g, Bai Shao 15g, Angelica 12g, Gentiana 10g, Mulberry 10g, Leech 3g, Niubizi 15g.
Chinese herbal external cleansing then has the characteristic external cleansing or soaking hands and feet under the same formula: for diabetic complications of peripheral neuropathy caused by numbness of the extremities, coldness of the extremities, skin plaques, pigmentation; or for diabetic peripheral neuropathy caused by redness, swelling, heat, numbness and pain of the extremities. Both recipes can be decocted with water. The key points are: to wait until the water temperature is appropriate, then wash and soak to avoid burns, soak feet with water not over the ankle is good, and you can use a towel dipped in liquid medicine hot compress calf. Generally 30 minutes each time, 2 times a day.
Chinese medicine fumigation is conducive to improving the effectiveness of treatment. The fumigation can be done by using a fully computerized multi-functional medicine and chemotherapy machine, which allows the patient to lie in the medicine and chemotherapy machine, put the prepared medicine (Chuanxiong 30g, Turbinicarpus 30g, Shengmahuang 30g, Chuan Guizhi 30g, Chicken Blood Vine 30g) in the medicine box, turn on the power for heating, and when the medicine boils and gas comes out of the gas outlet, move the position of the treatment device and gas mask according to the specific part of the patient’s pain.
Tip 4 Acupuncture cupping and IF treatment
There are many methods of acupuncture, such as plum acupuncture, water acupuncture, and electroacupuncture. The more familiar fire cupping therapy is easier. Patients can use traditional glass jars or pumping type of fire cans to cupping in the painful area. It is important to avoid burns when using traditional cupping. Medium frequency therapy can be used in combination with Chinese herbal postings at specific points to improve symptoms safely and feasibly.
Of course, in addition to the above-mentioned Chinese health care, attention should be paid to the basic treatment of diabetes, such as controlling the metabolic disorders of diabetes (elevated blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, blood uric acid), reducing blood viscosity, improving blood circulation, etc.