Can chronic appendicitis be cured with traditional Chinese medicine?

There are no studies showing that herbal medicine can cure chronic appendicitis. As an adjunctive treatment, Chinese herbs can relieve abdominal pain and other symptoms caused by chronic appendicitis. Chronic appendicitis belongs to the category of “abdominal pain” in Chinese medicine, which is usually characterized by cold internal obstruction, dampness-heat congestion, dietary stagnation, liver stagnation, stagnation of blood stasis and internal stagnation of blood stasis, and deficiency and coldness in the middle of the body. Cold internal obstruction is often treated by combining Liang Fu Wan with Zheng Qi Tian Xiang San, which is used to warm the middle Jiao and disperse the cold (using medicines to warm the spleen and stomach to disperse the cold), regulate the qi and stop the pain, and commonly used medicines include Gaoliang Jiang, Xiang Fu, Wu Yao, Chen Pi, and so on. Damp-heat congestion syndrome is often used in the treatment of Dachengqi Tang plus subtractions, the role of diarrhea and heat through the abdomen, qi stagnation, commonly used medicines are rhubarb, Citrus aurantium, thick Park, etc.. Dietary stagnation is often used to treat Hovenia Citrus Conducting Stagnation Pill, the role of food stagnation (to promote food digestion), regulating qi to relieve pain, commonly used drugs are rhubarb, Hovenia Citrus, Huanglian, and so on. Liver depression and Qi stagnation is often treated with the addition or subtraction of Muxiang Shunqi San, which serves to relieve liver depression, regulate Qi and relieve pain, with commonly used medicines such as Muxiang, Qingpi, licorice, and so on. In the case of blood stasis and internal stagnation, it is often treated with the addition or subtraction of Shaohuayuyu Tang (少腹逐瘀汤), which is used to activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, clear the channels and relieve pain, and the commonly used medicines are fennel, dried ginger, and Yanhusuo. The effect is to warm the middle and replenish the deficiency, ease the pain (relieve the urgent pain symptoms), commonly used medicines include Sichuan pepper, ginseng, dry ginger, etc. Chronic appendicitis patients who need to receive Chinese medicine as an adjunctive therapy are recommended to go to a regular medical institution and follow the doctor’s instructions.