Simple hemorrhoid treatment with fish mint and pagoda tree buds
Simple remedies made by steaming, washing the area and taking oral medication will help improve hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoids is a common chronic disease. The disease is caused by the rectal and anal veins being dilated and congested, forming a hemorrhoidal mass or multiple hemorrhoidal masses. Depending on the location of the rectal and anal veins, hemorrhoids are classified as internal or external hemorrhoids. Depending on the type and severity of the disease, there are appropriate treatment methods, including surgical intervention to remove hemorrhoids.
Internal hemorrhoids in the early stages, the hemorrhoidal mass has not yet protruded outside.external hemorrhoids, hemorrhoids often protrude and do not retract back to their original position, causing pain, bleeding and easily causing infection. People with hemorrhoids often feel restless and uncomfortable. In severe cases, long-term illness, fatigue and poor health.
The pathogenesis of the disease according to Oriental medicine is due to the lungs and large intestine being connected, and the anus belongs to the large intestine. If the lungs are strong, the qi will be full. If they are weak, the cold qi will not be able to be contained, causing the rectum to protrude, and the heat in the large intestine can also escape.
Another cause is irregular eating, excessive alcohol consumption, eating too much fat, sitting for long periods, and lack of exercise, which causes dampness to accumulate, urge to defecate but not go immediately, or constipation, straining too much, the Yangming and Ming organs are not in harmony, the channels are blocked, and wind and heat do not circulate, causing illness.
Here are some oriental medicine remedies to treat this disease:
Topical fumigation and washing
According to folk experience, use one of the following methods:
Crush 40g of gac seed (mốc miết tử) mixed with a little vinegar then wrap in cloth and apply to hemorrhoids.
Morning glory leaves, devil's claw leaves, add lemongrass, a little coconut shell, burn and use the smoke to fumigate the hemorrhoids.
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Gac seeds
Wash and crush 100g of young or semi-mature ivy leaves, mix with 10g of salt, add 300ml of distilled water, filter through gauze, then soak cotton, bandage on hemorrhoids after cleaning with potassium permanganate, 1-2 times a day, do this for a few days.
Boil 50g of fish mint, drink twice a day, use the remaining residue to apply on hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoid treatment 2
40g of soapberry, 40g of licorice, grind into powder and mix well, take 9g per day divided into 3 times. At the same time, boil soapberry water for steaming and washing.
Oral medication: In case of internal hemorrhoids, bleeding can sometimes be in drops, bright red in color, dry throat, thirsty mouth due to heat and blood stasis, must promote blood circulation, disperse blood stasis, cool blood, and stop bleeding.
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Sophora japonica buds
Recipe 1: Sophora japonica buds 50g, Sanchi ginseng 40g, Chinese clematis root 40g, Panax notoginseng 10g, Centella asiatica 40g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 3 times. Recipe 2: Rehmannia glutinosa 20g, Angelica sinensis 12g, Red peony root 12g, Scutellaria baicalensis 12g, Dipsacus asper 12g, Sophora japonica flower 12g, Perilla fructus 12g. Boil and drink one dose per day.
Recipe 3: 12g raw rehmannia, 12g white peony, 12g thuja leaves, 12g black sesame, 8g angelica, 8g ligusticum wallichii, 8g pagoda tree flower, 8g peach seed, 9g poria, 4g rhubarb. Boil and drink one dose per day.
Lesson 4: If it is due to heat in the blood, you must cool the blood, stop bleeding, disperse blood stasis and regulate qi. Use 10g of bitter melon, 10g of pagoda tree flower, 10g of small plantain, 10g of cardamom, 10g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of licorice, 10g of earthworm, 20g of dandelion, 10g of cardamom, 10g of fritillary, 10g of lotus leaf, 3g of powdered ginseng. Boil and drink one dose per day.
In case of external hemorrhoids infected by damp heat, the anus is red and swollen, painful, constipated, and the urine is red, it is necessary to clear heat, benefit dampness, promote blood circulation, and relieve pain.
Recipe 1: Coptis chinensis 12g, Phellodendron amurense 12g, Red peony root 12g, Alisma orientalis 12g, Rehmannia glutinosa 16g, Peach seed 8g, Angelica sinensis 8g, Rhubarb 8g. Boil and drink one dose per day.
Recipe 2: Sophora japonica flower 12g, Thuja orientalis leaf 12g, Dipsacus root 12g, charred gardenia fruit 12g, charred perilla 16g, honeysuckle 16g, Chinese clematis root 8g, red peony root 8g, licorice 4g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into two doses.
In the case of the elderly, long-term bleeding hemorrhoids cause anemia, dizziness, tinnitus, pale complexion, white and thin tongue coating, fatigue, shortness of breath, sweating, and deficiency of both qi and blood. It is necessary to replenish qi and blood, elevate and stop bleeding.
"Tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi" prescription: 12g ginseng, 10g angelica, 12g atractylodes, 10g licorice, 24g astragalus, 12g tangerine peel, 12g bupleurum, 12g cimicifuga. Boil and drink one dose per day.
Depending on the patient's condition and health, a combination of systemic oral medication and local treatment will give better results.
According to DSCKI. Pham Hinh - Health & Life