Swollen legs and feet usually refers to edema of the lower limbs, a single Chinese medicine can play a limited role, it is recommended that under the guidance of the physician to take the solid spleen drink, Zhenwu Tang, Taohong Siwu Tang combined with Wu Ling San and other prescriptions for the treatment of the specific should be in the physician’s clinic under the identification of the evidence of the use of medication.
1. Spleen-Yang deficiency: oedema for a long time, below the waist is very serious, and it is not easy to recover by pressing the depression. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen, warm the yang, dissolve the dampness and promote water retention, and can be used with the addition or subtraction of the Solid Spleen Drink. This formula is composed of Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Radix et Rhizoma Ginger.
2. Kidney-Yang Weakening and Weakness Certificate: The symptoms include repeated edema, swelling of the face and body, and swelling below the waist. The treatment should be warming the kidney and assisting yang, transforming qi to move water (promoting the operation of gas, thus promoting the operation of water), and can be treated with the addition of Zhenwu Tang. It mainly contains herbs such as Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria and Radix Paeoniae Alba. For those with dysuria (irregular urination) and severe edema, combining with Wu Ling San can be used.
3. Stagnant water and stagnant water syndrome: edema that does not go away for a long time, with swelling of varying degrees of severity and swelling of the limbs or the whole body, with the lower limbs being the mainstay. The treatment is to activate blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis, dissolve qi and move water, and can be treated by combining Tao Hong Si Wu Wu Tang and Wu Ling San with additions and subtractions. The former formula activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis, mainly composed of Angelica sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata and Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong; the latter formula passes yang and promotes water circulation, composed of Poria, Poria, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma Zedoariae and so on.
If the legs and feet are swollen, one should seek prompt medical treatment and should not take medication without authorization.