What traditional Chinese medicine can treat epilepsy
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Traditional Chinese medicine has thousands of history in China. In the process of fighting against diseases, traditional Chinese medicine plays a particularly important role. Can Chinese medicine be used to treat epilepsy? The answer is yes, now we will introduce the main kinds of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of epilepsy, and what problems we need to pay attention to
What traditional Chinese medicine can treat epilepsy
The first, scorpion: pungent, slightly warm, into the liver meridian, can put out the wind, stop spasm, Tongluo pain, detoxification Sanjie, suitable for wind evil caused by convulsion, seizures when the disease, known as "spasm of the drug.". Scorpion contains scorpion toxin, which is a kind of toxic protein. It can paralyze the respiratory center and has hemolytic effect. Experiments have proved that it has anticonvulsant effect. It should be noted that scorpion is poisonous, so pay attention to the dosage. The common dosage is 2-5g (or 1-3 pieces) and 1-2g for scorpion tail.
The second, earthworm: salty, cold, into the liver, spleen, bladder. It can quench wind and dredge collaterals, clear away heat and shock, relieve asthma and diuresis. It is suitable for epilepsy such as warm heat, dizziness, convulsion or stasis. "Materia medica notes" said: "treatment of febrile disease is too hot, raving, the main line of the hot days, children fever epilepsy.". Earthworm contains earthworm antipyretic base, earthwormin, earthworm toxin, cholesterol, choline, amino acids, etc. Pharmacological experiments showed that hot extract and alcohol extract of earthworm had sedative and anticonvulsant effects. Common dosage: Decoction 5 ~ 15g, fresh 10 ~ 20g, grind powder 1 ~ 2G.
Third, centipede: taste salty, warm, into the liver, can put out the wind, stop spasm, Tongluo pain, attack poison Sanjie. It is suitable for convulsion, convulsion and mouth eye deviation caused by epilepsy. Centipede contains two toxic components, histamine like substance and hemolytic protein, which are similar to bee venom. Antispasmodic effect is stronger than scorpion. The commonly used dosage is 1-3 g (1-3 strips), the dosage of pills and powder is reduced by half, and it is swallowed after grinding, 0.6-1 g each time.
matters needing attention
For the above three kinds of medicinal materials, some patients may not have heard of the other two kinds of medicinal materials except centipede, which are common drugs for traditional Chinese medicine. But whether it is helpful to your condition still needs to see how the clinical effect is. Although traditional Chinese medicine is precious, it is suggested that patients should not try it easily, and should be treated reasonably under the cooperation of regular treatment.
