Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis of Lumbar Muscle Strain

Lumbar muscle strain belongs to the category of lumbar pain in traditional Chinese medicine, which can be divided into cold and damp lumbago, damp-heat lumbago and so on. 1. Cold-dampness lumbago: cold pain in the lumbar region, heavy, unfavorable, lying down, pain does not decrease, aggravated by cold or cloudy and rainy days. 2. Damp-heat lumbago: lumbar pain, heavy and hot, aggravated by summer damp and rainy weather, or may be alleviated after activities, heavy body fatigue, short and red urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow color), and so on. 3. Blood stasis lumbago: lumbar pain like stabbing, pain in a fixed place, pain in a place that refuses to be pressed, light day and heavy night, inconvenient to bend down and up in the light cases, unable to turn to the side in the heavy cases. 4. Kidney deficiency lumbago, kidney yin deficiency: lumbar pain, soreness, weakness, lingering, upset, sleeplessness, dry mouth and throat, red face, hot hands and feet. Kidney yang deficiency: lumbar pain, soreness, weakness, lingering, localized cold, like warmth, like to press, more severe in the event of labor, lying down to alleviate, often recurring episodes and so on. If the patient has symptoms of lumbar muscle strain, please go to the regular hospital.