Chinese medicine for cervical spondylosis

  Cervical spondylosis is a clinical syndrome mainly due to long-term strain and osteophytes of the cervical spine, or prolapsed discs and thickened ligaments, resulting in compression of the cervical spinal cord, nerve roots or vertebral arteries, and a series of dysfunctions.  Cervical spondylosis can involve the whole body. The posterior foramen of each cervical vertebra forms a hollow spinal canal, which houses the delicate nerve center, the spinal cord. Since the cervical spine is in such a special position in the body, the manifestation of cervical spondylosis is not limited to the head and neck, but can involve the whole body.  1.Vertebral artery type: Patients will have vertigo, tinnitus, deafness, and some manifestations are dizziness and dizziness. When looking up, walking, turning sharply, turning sharply or overbending and extending the neck, it is easy to induce vertigo attacks or aggravate the original symptoms.  2. Nerve root type: Increased tension or spasm in the neck and shoulder muscles. When the neck is stiff, there is a pulling pain when turning from side to side, and the movement is limited, and many patients can only turn the neck in one direction. The range of radiological pain usually involves the upper arm, forearm and fingers along the area of nerve root innervation.  3.Spinal cord type: the thoracic and lumbar areas are felt to be bound by a belt, the muscles are stiff and tight, and walking is unstable, like stepping on cotton, which may develop into lower limb paralysis or quadriplegia, loss of control of urination and defecation, and bed-ridden. This type only accounts for 10% to 15% of cervical spondylosis, but it has a greater impact on patients.  The effect of drug treatment for cervical spondylosis is not obvious, and physical treatment methods such as acupuncture and massage are often applied, but acupuncture and massage are mostly for temporary relief of symptoms, and long-term treatment requires multiple visits to the hospital. At present, China has developed minimally invasive buried wire treatment technology for cervical spondylosis can achieve the therapeutic effect of long-lasting acupuncture, requiring only one treatment per week, which is convenient and suitable for treatment of busy patients, and the efficacy is significantly improved, making it an ideal treatment choice for many patients with cervical spondylosis.