Chinese medicine treatment for cerebral palsy

  Treatment principles: adjusting yin and yang, supporting the righteousness and eliminating the evil (mostly focusing on deficiency), treating the symptoms and the root cause (grasping the main contradiction in treatment), applying both acupuncture and medicine, and treating multiple methods together. The pathogenesis of pediatric cerebral palsy is “the empty medulla, the stagnation of the Governor’s Vessel, and the closure of the orifice.” Therefore, the treatment should be to supplement the brain marrow, regulate the Governor’s Vessel, and awaken the brain and open the orifice. Zhang Jegu cloud: “The Governor is also the capital of the Yang Vessel.” The Governor Vessel is the sea of Yang Vessel, and is closely related to the brain and the viscera, and regulating the Governor Vessel has a certain effect on the brain and the function of the viscera. The “Difficult Jing – Twenty-eight Difficult” records that “the Governor’s Vessel starts from the lower pole of the Yu, and in the spine, up to the Fengfu, into the brain.” Su Wen – Bone and Space Theory” records the branch of the Governor’s Vessel “on the forehead to cross the top, into the brain.” Not only does the main trunk of the Governor’s Vessel enter the brain directly, but its branches are also connected to the brain, and have direct and indirect connections with the brain. The liver is the main blood collection, in the body and tendons, the liver blood collection is normal, the qi and blood and regulation, the meridians and channels to facilitate the activities of the internal organs and tendons normal. The kidney is the master of bone and marrow, and its flower is in the hair. Insufficient innate endowment and deficiency of essence in the kidney will lead to delayed development of movement, speech, teeth and hair in children, and failure to nourish the marrow will lead to brain underdevelopment and mental retardation. The heart is the source of wisdom. The Suwen says: “The heart is the official of the sovereign, and the gods come out of it.” When the heart is nourished, the spirit is invigorated, the mind is clear, the mind is agile, and the response to external information is sensitive and normal. Insufficient heart qi, deficiency of heart blood, loss of nourishment of the mind can lead to mental retardation, delayed language development, mental restlessness, easy to be frightened and alert, or slow to react and depressed. The spleen is the main organ of transportation and transformation, and it is the basis of the postnatal period. The “Su Wen – Five Organs Generation” says: “The spleen is the master of transporting the essence of water and grain to produce and nourish the muscles, so it is the master of internal”. Therefore, if the spleen is healthy, the body’s muscles and limbs are healthy and can maintain their normal functional activities; if the spleen is not healthy, the clear yang does not rise, the distribution is weak, the muscles are thin, the limbs are weak, even atrophy.