Treatment of Anal Fistula Based on Syndrome Differentiation in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Treatment of Anal Fistula Based on Syndrome Differentiation in Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. The most commonly used method of TCM treatment of anal fistula is elimination method

The common method of TCM treatment of anal fistula is to use dissipative drugs to dissipate early perianal carbuncle and inflammatory external hemorrhoids to avoid ulceration and incision. This method is suitable for non-purulent diseases such as perianal carbuncle, inflammatory external hemorrhoids, thrombosed external hemorrhoids, and anal fissures. However, the specific usage is extremely flexible, because the causes of various diseases are different and the nature of the diseases is also different. The treatment method must vary according to the disease. If there is an external evil, it is necessary to dissipate the exterior, if the interior is solid, it is necessary to clear the interior, if the heat toxins are to be cleared, if the cold evil is condensed, it is necessary to warm and unblock, if the qi is stagnant, it is necessary to move the qi, and if the blood is stagnant, it is necessary to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. At the same time, it is also necessary to flexibly treat the different meridians to which the carbuncle belongs according to the strength of the patient's constitution. Those who have not formed pus can be internally eliminated. Even if they cannot be internally eliminated, they can be moved from deep to shallow, turning heavy to light; if the pus has formed, the internal elimination method cannot be used to avoid causing abscesses, toxic dispersion, blood and qi damage, and pus. Instead, it will erode the good meat and make it difficult to converge after ulceration.

2. TCM treatment of anal fistula

This is a medicine that replenishes qi and blood, which can help the positive qi, support the poison to escape, and prevent the evil poison from entering. This method is suitable for the deficiency syndrome of perianal abscess in the middle stage, when the positive qi is weak and the evil poison is strong, and the poison cannot be supported to escape. Perianal carbuncle is flat in shape, with loose roots, and it is difficult to ulcerate and rot. If the poison is strong and the positive qi is not weak, pus-penetrating medicine can be used to promote the discharge of pus as soon as possible, reduce swelling and pain, and prevent pus from spreading and causing trouble.

3. Tonic method is a common method used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat anal fistula

This is a tonic medicine that can restore the positive energy, help the affected area regenerate, and heal the ulcer and fistula as soon as possible. This method is suitable for patients with weak body, weak qi and blood, late ulcer or anorectal disease after surgery, heat toxins have been eliminated, lesions have been eliminated, mental weakness, weak vitality, scarce pus, ulcer mouth is difficult to converge, blood in the stool prolapse, etc. Those with weak qi and blood should replenish qi and blood, those with weak spleen and stomach should regulate the spleen and stomach, and those with liver and kidney deficiency should replenish the liver and kidney. But when the toxic evil is not exhausted, do not use the tonic method early, so as to avoid the pathogenic evil being contained and lasting for a long time.