What kind of soup (agent) to drink for lumbar disc herniation needs to be determined after diagnosis and typing. At present, the common typing includes blood stasis and Qi stagnation (using Taohong Siwu Tang), cold and damp paralysis (using Duhong Sansheng Tang), dampness-heat paralysis (using Daqin Gentian Soup), and deficiency of the liver and kidney (using Hu Qian Pill), and so on.
1. Blood stasis and Qi stagnation syndrome: pain in the lower back and legs is like a thorn, the pain is fixed, mild in the morning and severe in the evening, limitation of pitching and rotating, and refusal to be pressed at the place of pain. The formula is Taohong Siwu Tang plus subtractions. Its adverse effects, precautions and contraindications are not clear.
2. Cold-dampness paralysis obstruction: heavy cold pain in the waist and legs, cold limbs, unfavorable rotation, light in the day and heavy in the night, pain increases in the presence of cold, and decreases in the presence of heat. The formula is Duhuo Sheng Tang plus subtractions. Its adverse effects are not clear, need to pay attention to the paralysis of damp-heat syndrome of the real evidence should be avoided.
3. Damp-heat paralytic obstruction syndrome: pain in the lumbar region, weakness of legs, burning pain, aggravated by heat, pain relieved by activity, malignant heat and thirst. The formula is Macrophyllae Macrophyllae Soup plus subtractions. Its adverse effects are not clear, and it should not be used if it is caused by internal wind (wind evil caused by abnormal function of internal organs).
4. Liver and kidney deficiency: lingering low back pain, worse with exertion, recurrent, relieved by lying down. Use Right Angelica Pill plus or minus for Yang deficiency, and Tiger Dive Pill plus or minus for Yin deficiency. The adverse reactions and contraindications of the above two prescriptions are not clear.
If you need to use the drug, you need to use it under the guidance of a Chinese doctor, do not use it blindly, so as not to cause adverse consequences.