Autoimmune encephalitis is a Western medical condition, but in Chinese medicine, it can be categorized as “epilepsy”. To treat this disease, prescriptions can be used according to the patient’s specific pattern, such as Shun Qi and Phlegm Conducting Tang for those with phlegm-heat accumulation, or Nourishing Heart Tang for those with deficiency of the heart and spleen.
Shun Qi and Phlegm Conducting Soup can dissolve phlegm and clear heat, benefit the qi and replenish the deficiency, treating epilepsy with phlegm-heat accumulation and qi stagnation, resulting in apathy, depression, dementia, accompanied by muttering, and inability to think about food and drink. However, it should not be used by those who are weak with diarrhea and pregnant women.
Nourishing Heart Soup has the effect of tonifying qi and blood, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind, and is used for treating epilepsy with deficiency of qi and blood and evidence of restlessness of the heart and mind for a long period of time, with trance, palpitation of the heart, easy to be startled, disturbing sleep with many dreams, sleepiness of the limbs, sadness and joyfulness, and scanty stools.
This formula should not be used in patients with deficiency of Yin and blood heat (symptoms of heartburn and dry heat, red tongue and dry mouth, night sweating, etc.).
The above prescription is for reference only, autoimmune encephalitis patients please actively seek medical treatment, so as not to delay the condition, do not blindly use medication, if you need to take traditional Chinese medicine, please go to a formal medical place by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the evidence and then prescribed.