Chinese medicine treatment for lumbar disc herniation includes acupuncture, internal and external application of traditional Chinese medicine, and massage.
The clinical manifestation of lumbar disc herniation is lumbar pain and lower extremity sciatic nerve radiating pain, which belongs to the category of “lumbar pain disease” in Chinese medicine. It is mainly caused by trauma, strain injury and wind, cold and damp attack.
1. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment: the main kidney Yu, large intestine Yu, A is the point (acid numbness and swelling pain feeling obvious points), the commission of the main points, and recognize the evidence to choose the corresponding points. Cold-damp type with lumbar Yangguan; blood stasis type with Diaphragm Yu; kidney deficiency type with Dazhong; lumbar vertebrae lesions with lumbar spine, and so on.
2. Traditional Chinese medicine: in the acute stage or the early stage of the treatment of blood and tendon, can be used to relieve the tendon and blood soup with subtraction; chronic stage or long duration of the disease, the body is weak, the treatment of nourishing the liver and kidneys, promote paralysis and activation of collaterals, internal tonifying kidney and strengthening the tendon soup, etc.; both wind-cold and dampness, it is appropriate to warm the meridians and pass through the collaterals, the formula for the large living collaterals, such as Dan.
3. External application of traditional Chinese medicine: place the warm medicine bag on the waist, through the role of drugs and warmth to achieve the purpose of eliminating cold and dampness, paralysis and pain relief, can promote the body’s coupling (pores) open, blood and Qi smooth, and the veins and channels, to achieve the effect of swelling and pain relief.
4. Tui na massage: the use of massage, kneading, rolling, wrenching and other massage techniques to relieve and regulate muscle spasms in the lumbar and hip regions, regulate the joint space, loosen the adhesion of the nerve root, or make the protruding discs to return to the body and other effects.
Note that patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation need absolute bed rest. Surgical treatment is recommended for patients who are not effective in formal non-surgical treatment.
Patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation are advised to seek timely medical treatment to avoid delaying the condition, and should not blindly use medication and operation on their own.