Chinese medicine can be used to treat cerebral infarction and hemiplegia, including traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and massage.
1. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: The diagnosis can be categorized into qi deficiency and blood stasis type, as well as yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang (deficiency of yin fluid and hyperactivity of yang), and wind and yang upward disturbance (liver fire, upward disturbance of the head and face and other parts of the body) type, and so on.
(1) Qi deficiency and blood stasis type: manifested by symptoms such as crooked eyes and mouth, unfavorable speech, parchedness, or numbness of limbs, lack of color, shortness of breath and weakness. The treatment is to benefit qi and activate blood (replenish qi and blood to make the body full of qi and blood, and the blood veins smooth), expel blood stasis and open the collaterals, and use the treatment of tonifying yang and restoring the five soup with additional subtractions.
This formula should not be used if post-stroke hemiplegia (inability to move one side of the limb) is due to yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, phlegm obstruction and blood stasis.
(2) Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, wind and yang upward disturbance type: manifested as tinnitus, hemiplegia, dizziness, crookedness of the mouth and eyes, and difficulty in speech. The treatment is to cultivate yin and submerge yang, activate blood circulation, and use Tianma Hook Teng Drink with additions and subtractions. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this formula are not clear.
2. Acupuncture treatment: according to the specific different hemiplegic limbs, acupuncture points such as shoulder, Quchi, Waiguan, Hegu and Zhongzhu can be used.
3. Massage: Pressure can be put on Tianzong, Liver Yu, Gallbladder Yu, Diaphragm Yu, Kidney Yu, Chibian and other acupoints on the back, and pressure can also be put on Zhizhong, Chengshan, Fubu, Knees Eye, Fengshi, Xiexi and other acupoints.
Drugs need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the evidence, acupuncture and massage should be operated under the guidance of a physician.