Varicose veins are called tendon tumor in Chinese medicine. The Chinese medicine treatment is mainly to identify the symptoms and select the prescription, mainly including the evidence of labor and fatigue, cold and dampness condensation and trauma and stagnation.
1. Tiredness and injury of qi syndrome: the symptoms of tumor enlargement appear when standing for a long time, walking for a long time or exerting activities, and the discomfort of dropping is aggravated and relieved when resting, which is often accompanied by fatigue, shortness of breath, fatigue, discomfort of abdominal distension, pale tongue, thin white moss, and fine and weak pulse, etc. The treatment should be based on tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi.
Treatment should be based on the principle of tonifying the middle Jiao Qi (treating Qi deficiency by tonifying the spleen), promoting Blood circulation and relaxing the tendons, and the formula should be tonifying the middle Jiao Qi Tang plus subtractions.
2. Cold-dampness condensation of tendons: the tumor is purplish in color, preferring warmth, mild swelling of lower limbs, often accompanied by coldness of the form (cold body), cold limbs, pale mouth, no thirst, long and clear urine, pale and dark tongue, white and greasy moss, thin and stringy pulse, etc. The treatment should be warming the liver and dispersing cold, benefiting the spleen and treating Qi deficiency. Treatment should be warming the liver and dispersing cold, benefiting qi and clearing the veins. The formula should be Warming Liver Decoction combined with Angelica Si-Reverse Soup with additions and subtractions.
3. Traumatic stasis syndrome: bruises and coils in the area, shaped like earthworms, the surface color of the tumor is greenish-purple, accompanied by swelling and pain, the tongue is dark with petechiae and ecchymosis, and the pulse is fine and astringent. Treatment should be based on the principle of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body), harmonizing the camp and eliminating swelling, and the formula should choose the addition of Activating Blood Circulation and Removing Blood Stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body) Soup.
The specific treatment of varicose veins in Chinese medicine should be consulted with clinicians and should not be used blindly.