What are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for sciatica?

Nowadays, many people who stay in the office sit all day long. Over time, they develop cervical spondylosis and sciatica. In fact, these two diseases are closely related. Most of them are caused by the invasion of cold air and the body being too weak. So, in the opinion of old Chinese medicine practitioners, how should they be adjusted and how should they be explained? Let's take a look at the Chinese medicine treatment methods for sciatica.

TCM treatment of sciatica is based on the patient's condition. The internal cause of arthralgia is insufficient vital energy, and the external cause is the invasion of wind, cold and dampness. Arthralgia is caused by internal deficiency and external infection. The disease is in the tendons and bones. Because the liver stores blood and governs the tendons, and the kidney stores essence and governs the bones, liver and kidney deficiency, insufficient essence and blood, malnutrition of tendons and bones, and empty pores are prone to wind, cold and dampness.

Liver and kidney deficiency is the primary condition for the formation of arthritis. This disease often occurs after middle age. The Neijing has descriptions such as "Men in their 60s and 80s and women in their 60s and 70s, signs of weakness gradually appear", "Liver qi declines, tendons cannot move", "Kidney declines, body shape is extremely weak", etc., which shows that liver and kidney deficiency is a natural physiological decline, which can lead to weak tendons and bones, making it easy for wind, cold and dampness to invade and cause this disease.

Liver and kidney deficiency is the root of the disease. Therefore, sciatica should be paralysis first and then paralysis, or at least paralysis and paralysis occur at the same time. Regarding the disease of sciatica, orthopedic experts believe that the disease process combines important links such as spleen deficiency, blood stasis, phlegm and dampness. The treatment method should be to replenish the deficiency first and eliminate the evil. The main principle of traditional Chinese medicine in treating sciatica is to replenish the yin and yang of the liver and kidney, strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and regulate the stomach, soften the liver, relax the tendons and activate blood circulation. The replenishment should be slow to prevent the deficiency from not being replenished; the replenishment should be long to achieve lasting effect. Oral medication is the main method, and external use is also used. Comprehensive treatment can achieve good results.

In clinical practice, Chinese medicine also treats sciatica with blood production and calcium supplementation to regulate bone metabolism disorders. It can inhibit degeneration, enhance muscle strength, stabilize joints, eliminate inflammatory changes, congestion, edema, and hypertrophy of synovial tissue, and relieve pain by dredging meridians and activating collaterals.