Chinese medicine for cirrhotic ascites

  Cirrhotic ascites is familiar to all of us. Cirrhotic ascites is a chronic liver disease. Patients with cirrhotic ascites may experience loss of appetite, abdominal distention, gastrointestinal dysfunction, ascites and many other clinical symptoms. If cirrhotic ascites is not treated promptly, it may lead to cancer. Therefore, cirrhotic ascites is very harmful to patients.  It is important to provide timely treatment for cirrhotic ascites. Cirrhotic ascites is mainly treated by medication. The common treatment of cirrhotic ascites are liver-protecting and enzyme-lowering drugs. So can cirrhotic ascites be treated with Chinese medicine? Chinese medicine has a set of methods for the treatment of cirrhosis ascites. Here are a few recommended herbal remedies for cirrhotic ascites.  Chinese medicine formula one, liver activation soup. Drug composition: money grass, psyllium, poria bark, gunner’s nail, zelenium, big belly bark, salvia, yam, zedoary, astragalus. This formula is effective in promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis, benefiting Qi and strengthening the spleen, promoting water retention and reducing swelling. This formula is mainly used in the treatment of cirrhotic ascites caused by liver depression and qi stagnation.  Chinese herbal formula II, nourishing Yin and promoting water retention. Drug composition: tortoise shell, turtle nail, raw earth, cunningham, abdominal bark, poria, zedoary, thatch root, aconite, zelenium, white peony, loquat leaf, cui yi. This formula is effective in nourishing Yin and promoting water retention. This formula is mainly used in the treatment of ascites of liver cirrhosis caused by Yin deficiency of liver and kidney.  Chinese herbal formula III, Gui Bai Li Zhong Tang. Drug composition: Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria, Radix et Rhizoma Pilosulae, Cinnamomum cassiae, Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Plantago ovatae, Radix zedoariae, Radix et Rhizoma Dioscorea. This formula is effective in strengthening the spleen and warming the kidney, resolving blood stasis and promoting the flow of water. This formula is mainly used for the treatment of cirrhotic ascites caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang.  These are some of the herbal formulas commonly used in the treatment of cirrhotic ascites. Chinese medicine is about dialectical treatment, different symptoms require different treatment methods. Chinese medicine is much safer compared to western medicine, more suitable for patients to take for a long time, and the damage to the liver is relatively small. Of course the above herbal remedies are for your reference only. Patients should consult a pharmacist or physician when using them, and should not use them blindly.