Can herbal medicine really cure a herniated lumbar disc?

Taking traditional Chinese medicine can improve the effect of lumbar disc herniation, but whether it can be cured depends on the degree of the patient’s condition and whether the patient cooperates with the physician’s treatment and other factors. You can choose to use the Chinese medicines such as Shujin and Xuebao tablets, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendons, and so on, and you need to take them under the guidance of the doctor. Shujin and blood-vitalizing tablets are composed of safflower, fragrant adder and other medicines, and their efficacy is shujin and blood-vitalizing (stretching the tendons and bones, dredging the meridians), blood-vitalizing and blood-stasis dispersal (promoting the operation of the blood, eliminating the stasis of blood in the body). It is used for treating tendon and bone pain, limb contracture, lumbar and back pain. In the acute stage of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, treatment should be to activate Blood and relieve tendons, and this formula can be used. Its adverse effects are not clear. Pregnant women and menstruating women should not take. This formula is composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, and its effect is to nourish the liver and kidney and strengthen the tendons and bones. It is used to treat kidney meridian deficiency and frequent dislocation of chin. People with chronic lumbar intervertebral disc herniation or those with a long course of the disease have a weak constitution, and the treatment is to nourish the liver and kidney, promote paralysis and activate the collaterals, so this formula can be used. Its contraindications and adverse reactions are not clear for the time being. If you have a herniated lumbar disc or need to take medication, it is recommended to go to the hospital and take the medication under the guidance of a professional physician.