Chinese medicine experience in the treatment of stroke

  After the liver wind moves inside, the meridians and channels are stagnant, and the blood cannot fill the limbs, thus the upper limbs cannot be lifted, the palms cannot be held, the lower limbs cannot walk, and the feet cannot walk, which is the main symptom of hemiplegia. The treatment is based on the method of activating the meridians and channels, using mulberry branches, mulberry parasites, tianxian vine, lonicera vine, chicken blood vine, sea breeze vine, green breeze vine, luo shi vine, whole scorpion and centipede. Among them, mulberry branch is good at opening joints and meridians of the upper limbs, and also has the function of dispelling wind and clearing heat. Mulberry is good at nourishing the blood and clearing the channels and veins of the lower limbs, and also has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidney. Tian Xian Vine, Dong Dong Vine, Chicken Blood Vine, Hai Feng Vine mainly used to open the meridians and activate the channels, where Tian Xian Vine can still regulate the blood and joints; Chicken Blood Vine and blood, blood, tendons and channels, especially for the elderly, deficient people, blood does not nourish the tendons of the meridians; Dong Dong Vine both clear heat and channels, for the meridian occlusion, rheumatism paralysis and pain is better; Luo Shi Vine specializes in soothing the tendons and activating the channels, for the tendons and veins constricted, not easy to flex and extend the more appropriate. Centipede has the ability to calm the liver, quench the wind and calm the panic, and also has the ability to relax the tendons and channels, search the meridians and channels. Centipede, whole scorpion and small white flower snake are effective for spasms and convulsions in the acute stage of stroke.  The use of liver and yin medicines can moisten liver blood, fill kidney essence, restore vital energy, and eliminate all diseases. The liver can be moistened and nourished, so that the liver and yang will not become hyperactive and harmful, and the source of internal wind can be clarified; the kidney essence can be filled, so that the liver and wood can be nourished and the essence and blood can be produced. The use of prince’s ginseng and northern ginseng is beneficial to nourish the vital energy for the evidence of deficiency of qi and blood, prince’s ginseng is the same as ginseng but weak, this medicine is beneficial to qi but not dry, nourishing yin but not greasy, no harm to help Yang move wind; northern ginseng nourishes lung qi, benefits the spleen and nourishes the kidneys, the two used together, has the function of nourishing blood while nourishing qi, nourishing yin and controlling Yang. The author experiences that clinically, the combination of prince’s ginseng and northern ginseng is better than astragalus, without the disadvantage of astragalus raising Yang and helping fire, which can be considered a good medicine for stroke Qi deficiency.  The method of benefitting the qi and fixing the deficiency is used for the treatment of emergency, using American ginseng, angelica, sage, wolfberry, steamed shouwu and aconite. Among them, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Radix Salviae Sinensis are good at nourishing the vital energy, restoring the true energy, generating fluid and consolidating the essence, nourishing Yin and nurturing Yang, meaning that those who are good at nourishing Yang seek Yang in Yin. Angelica sinensis is good at nourishing blood, nourishing the blood and in the guard, so that the camp blood smoothly; Chinese wolfberry, steamed shouwu liver and kidney, benefit essence and blood, “Jing Yue Quan Shu” said “Chinese wolfberry taste heavy and pure, so it can nourish yin, yin in the yang, so it can nourish the qi. So nourish the yin and does not cause the yin to decline, help the yang and can make the yang prosperous”, it can be seen that the wolfberry can solidify the root of the yin and yang, so that the yin and yang interaction and not separated from each other; Colla Corii Asini nourishes the yin and tonifies the blood, but also good at stopping bleeding, for various reasons caused by bleeding evidence better, “the herb seeking truth” that Colla Corii Asini “smell all yin… …that it enters the liver meridian to nourish blood, and then enters the kidney meridian to nourish water”, which shows that Colla Corii Asini has the effect of nourishing true yin and restoring vitality. The combination of these medicines can save the reversal of yin and yang from the syncope, and consolidate the potential of the yuan qi to be removed, and then combined with the method of waking up the brain, there is still hope that the dangerous disease can be turned into a success, and the evidence of extinction can be turned into safety.