Crohn’s disease belongs to the category of “abdominal pain” and “diarrhea” in Chinese medicine, which usually refers to an increase in the number of stools, loose stools or undigested food in the stools, or even diarrhea like water. It is mainly caused by the prevalence of dampness and the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, and can be treated with medication and acupuncture.
1. Medication: For Crohn’s disease caused by cold and dampness trapping the spleen, the treatment is to remove dampness and dispel cold, strengthen the spleen and regulate the center, using Gastro-ling Tang with additional subtractions. If the disease is caused by dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, the treatment is to remove dampness and clear away heat, using Ge Ge Gen Scutellaria Lian Lian Tang with additions and subtractions. If heat toxins hurt the intestines, use Wuwei Sterilizing Drink combined with Xiao Chengqi Tang to add and subtract.
For Crohn’s disease caused by liver depression and spleen deficiency, use Painful Diarrhea Essentials Formula with additions and subtractions to relieve the liver and strengthen the spleen. If the disease is caused by spleen deficiency and subsidence, tonify the spleen and lift up the subsidence by adding and subtracting tonifying Zhong Yi Qi Tang; if there is obvious Qi subsidence, add Citrus aurantium and Pueraria lobata; if there is dampness, add Poria.
In addition, you can also use the commonly used Chinese medicine preparation Yunnan Baiyao, the effect is to activate the blood to stop bleeding, can be used for blood stasis within the stopping blood in the stool.
2. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment: the large intestine meridian collection points, back Yu points and the lower meridian points are the main points, cold and dampness with Guan Yuan, water; dampness and heat injuries with Nei Ting, Quchi; food stagnation of the stomach and intestines with the middle and stomach, Jian Li; spleen and stomach weakness with the spleen Yu, stomach Yu. Local selection of Shen Que, with moxibustion can not only warm yang and dispel cold and dampness, but also clear the dampness and heat, for the treatment of diarrhea of the key points.
The above symptoms, need to follow the doctor’s advice to identify and use medication, acupuncture should also be carried out under the guidance of a professional physician, acupuncture should be operated by a professional physician, do not take unauthorized treatment and medication, if there is serious discomfort, we recommend that you consult a doctor for a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medical treatment.