Lumbar spinal stenosis belongs to the category of lumbar and leg pain in Chinese medicine. Zuo Gui Wan is a proprietary Chinese medicine that can be used to treat lumbar spinal stenosis that is characterized by kidney yin deficiency.
The composition of Zuo Gui Wan includes Chinese yam, ripened rhubarb, cornelian cherry, wolfberry, cow’s knee, deer antler gum, tortoise board gum, cuscuta, and this drug has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys. It is used for true yin deficiency, lumbago and knee weakness, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up), god fatigue (mental weakness) and dry mouth.
The adverse effects of this product is not clear, pregnant women should not take, children are prohibited. Avoid greasy food during consumption. Not recommended for patients with colds.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lumbar spinal stenosis is mainly due to deficiency of kidney qi, labor injury, or external evil attack, so that the wind, cold and dampness stagnation is not dispersed. Kidney qi deficiency, the treatment should be tonifying the kidney and essence; partial kidney yang deficiency treatment should be warming the kidney yang, the available right angelica pills or tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendon soup with subtractions; partial kidney yin deficiency treatment should be nourishing the kidney yin, the available Zuo Gui Pills, the large tonic pill.
In addition, this disease is often treated with physical therapy in Chinese medicine, such as acupuncture, cupping, etc. Surgical treatment is also needed for severe symptoms.
Zuo Gui Wan should be taken under the guidance of a medical professional. If you have lumbar spinal stenosis, please seek medical advice promptly.