How to treat dry beriberi?

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Dry beriberi is caused by vitamin B1 deficiency. The main symptom of dry beriberi is multiple peripheral neuritis. Ascending peripheral neuritis occurs, which is characterized by numbness of finger (toe), muscle soreness and tenderness, especially gastrocnemius. The knee jerk reflex increased in the early stage of the disease and decreased or even disappeared in the later stage. Upward development involved leg extensors and flexors, arm muscles, and the symptoms of foot drop and wrist drop. How to treat patients with dry beriberi?, Now let's take a concrete look.

How to treat dry beriberi?

First: vinegar can be mixed into thick and light. The thick one is mixed with half of vinegar and half of water to wipe the thicker parts of the skin, such as the foot board, foot surface and heel. The light one is mixed with two fifths of vinegar and three fifths of water to wipe the toes and the tender parts of the skin. Before wiping medicine, you should wash your feet first, add 20 ml of pure vinegar into the foot washing water, mix well, immerse your feet for about four or five minutes, dry your feet, wait for one or two minutes, then dip cotton in the water and apply it to the affected area, once in the morning and once in the evening every day, until the white skin of your toes is stripped off, turns yellow, does not itch, and the sole and heel are no longer peeling. In order to prevent recurrence, we should continue to wipe for a week or two to ensure that the root is broken.

Second: according to the compendium of materia medica: Zanthoxylum, dispelling cold and dehumidification, promoting Sanjiao, warming the spleen and stomach, helping the deficiency of Yuanyang, promoting qi and water. Now science has proved that the water extract of Zanthoxylum bungeanum pericarp has obvious inhibitory effect on some pathogens; The volatile oil from the pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the effect of anesthesia and pain relief, and has the inhibitory effect on diphtheria, anthrax, Diplococcus pneumoniae and some skin fungi.

Third: beriberi is a fungal infection. Salt water is known to have anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects in daily life.

matters needing attention

People with beriberi should pay more attention to the air permeability of shoes and try to wear leather shoes and cloth shoes. People with beriberi should pay more attention to the cleaning of feet