Deep vein thrombosis belongs to the category of “pulse paralysis” and “femoral swelling” in Chinese medicine, and the Chinese medicine prescriptions needed for treatment include the external treatment formula of Blood Alleviation and Pain Relief, as well as the internal treatment formula of Si-Miao Yong-An Tang and Blood Alleviation and Vessel Opening Tang, etc., which need to be used under the guidance of a professional physician for identification of the symptoms.
1. Internal treatment prescription:
Damp-Heat Underflow (Dampness and heat evils invading the intestines, bladder, pubic area, lower limbs, etc.) Certificate: acute onset, coarse swelling of the affected limbs, heat, redness, pain, and limitation of movement. Treatment is to clear away heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Take Si Miao Yong An Tang plus reduction.
Blood stasis: Swelling of the affected limb, dark purple color of the skin, fixed pressure pain, and angry veins in the limb. The treatment is to activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, clear the channels and relieve pain, and add or subtract from Activating Blood and Clearing the Veins Tang.
Qi deficiency and dampness obstruction: swelling of the affected limbs for a long time, light and heavy, aggravated by activities, alleviated after resting and elevating the lower limbs, tendons and tortuous, or accompanied by calf hyperpigmentation, stagnant dermatitis, eczema, or ulcers. The treatment should benefit the qi and strengthen the spleen, dispel dampness and clear the channels, and take ginseng ling baizhu san with additions and subtractions.
2. External treatment: Decoction of blood circulation and pain relief, fumigation of patient’s limbs while it is hot, which can activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, move qi and relieve pain (relieve pain by regulating the body’s qi).
The Chinese medicine treatment of DVT should be taken internally or externally under the guidance of doctor, do not prepare and use it by yourself to avoid ineffective treatment and adverse effects.