Restless leg syndrome is equivalent to “paralysis” in traditional Chinese medicine, and commonly used remedies for treating paralysis include Duhu parasitic soup, Xuanpai Tang, Wu Tou Tang, etc. Restless leg syndrome is a common sensory-motor disorder that mainly affects the legs.
Restless leg syndrome is a common sensory-motor disorder mainly involving the legs. The patient manifests indescribable sensory abnormalities and discomfort in both lower limbs at rest, with a strong desire to move the legs, and the patient is constantly forced to tap the lower limbs to alleviate the pain, which is often aggravated at night when resting. It is often aggravated at night when resting. It can be treated with the formula of Duhuo Sheng Tang (独活寄生汤).
1. Duhuo Sheng Tang: This formula is composed of Duhuo, Sangsheng, Cortex Eucommiae, Achyranthes Bidentatae, Cortex Eucommiae, Cortex Poriae, Cortex Gentianae and Poria, etc. It has the function of dispelling wind-dampness, benefiting the liver and kidney, relieving paralyzing pain and replenishing the qi and blood, and it can treat the prolonged paralysis, the deficiency of the liver and kidney, and the deficiency of qi and blood.
2. Xuanpao Tang: this prescription is composed of Fangji, Job’s tears, almonds, talc, forsythia, gardenia, half-summer, etc. It has the effect of hard work and passes the yang, and mainly treats dampness paralysis, which can be seen as embedded in the meridians and collaterals, dampness and heat, impotence of the face and eyes, and the color of the tongue is grey and stagnant.
3. Body Pain and Blood Stasis Expelling Tang: This formula is composed of gentiana, chuanxiong, peach kernel, safflower, licorice, qiangwu, etc. It has the efficacy of invigorating blood and promoting circulation of qi, eliminating blood stasis and clearing up the collaterals, and relieving palsy and pain, and is mainly used for treating the syndrome of stasis and blood paralysis that obstructs the meridians and collaterals.
When discomfort occurs, one should consult a doctor in time, and should choose the medication under the doctor’s guidance, not self-medication.