Taking traditional Chinese medicine may improve the symptoms caused by tuberculosis, but it is more difficult to completely cure tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis belongs to the category of Chinese medicine “consumption” and other diseases, the treatment is mainly based on the principle of nourishing the deficiency and cultivating the vitality, anti-TB and killing worms, and the treatment method varies according to different types of evidence.
For example, the treatment of lung yin deficiency is mainly based on nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, killing worms and stopping coughs, and the formula can choose Yuehua Pill for addition and subtraction; for those who have burnt the lungs with deficiency fire, the formula Lily Solid Gold Soup and Gentile Macrophyllum Tropical Pellet Soup for addition and subtraction to nourish yin and clear away heat; for those who have depleted qi and yin, Baozhen Soup for addition and subtraction to nourish yin and nourish qi and nourish yin; and for those who have deficiencies of yin and yang, the formula of Tonifying Heavenly Dazhou Pill for addition and subtraction to nourish yin and replenish yang.
Most of the patients’ symptoms can be improved after the diagnosis and treatment according to their specific manifestations, but it is more difficult to completely cure tuberculosis with Chinese medicine.
Tuberculosis is due to the infection of tuberculosis bacillus, there is no evidence that traditional Chinese medicine has the effect of killing tuberculosis bacillus, clinical treatment of tuberculosis is mainly based on the use of anti-tuberculosis drugs, such as isoniazid, rifampicin and so on.
The selection and use of the above formulas and the specific composition of drugs should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor. It is recommended that people with tuberculosis should consult a professional doctor in time to avoid delaying their condition by using drugs blindly.