Oriental medicine treats and prevents cervical spondylosis

Traditional medicine believes that cervical spondylosis is caused by external wind, cold, and dampness invading, causing blockage of blood and energy in the body's meridians.

Traditional medicine divides diseases into many types and also has different treatments. Here are some treatment methods.

Some remedies

Lesson 1:15g of Sand root, cinnamon, white peony, angelica, ligusticum wallichii, atractylodes, and aquilaria (each 9g), 6g of licorice, 3g of notoginseng, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 3 jujubes. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 3 doses, drink during the day, each course lasts 10 days.

This medicine is suitable for the cold disease with symptoms including: pain in the head, neck, shoulders and upper back, stiff neck, many painful points in the neck, feeling like a pulse in the neck, difficulty moving, numb, painful, tired limbs, heavy feeling in the upper limbs, no strength, liking warmth, fear of cold, pale white tongue...

Sand root

Lesson 2:Achyranthes, rehmannia glutinosa, red salvia miltiorrhiza each 12g, angelica, white peony, toa yang, anemarrhena, phellodendron, tortoise shell, cistanche, and chicken blood vine each 9g. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 3 times a day. 1 course of treatment for 10 days. This medicine is suitable for the body with yin deficiency of the liver and kidney with the following symptoms: neck, shoulder, shoulder - back pain, sometimes pain spreading to the head, numbness in the hands and feet, loss of sensation, lower back pain, knee fatigue, dizziness,

Lesson 3:Cinnamon twig, rehmannia root (9g each), red peony root, white peony root (12g each), astragalus root 18g, blood vine 15g, ginger 6g, and 4 jujubes. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 3 doses, drink during the day. Use for 10 days for one course.

This medicine is suitable for people with both qi and blood deficiency, blood stasis with the following symptoms: pain in the head, neck, shoulders, shoulders - back, numbness, dull pain, pain in certain areas, less pain during the day, more pain at night, pain when pressed, numb and tired limbs, contractions (more at night than during the day), dry mouth...

Peony

Acupressure method

Selected acupoints include:

Acupoint (points):This point may overlap with some other points. When finding the point, use your fingertips to gently massage or press to accurately detect the pain point. The painful location is the location of the acupoint. Once the pain point is detected, press each point for 1-2 minutes.

Fengchi point:Place 2 fingers on 2 acupoints (in the depression on both sides from the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper part of the trapezius muscle). The other 4 fingers hug the head, apply force to the acupoints for 1-2 minutes until there is a feeling of heat.

Acupressure point:Use the index finger or middle finger to press the acupoint on the opposite side for 1 - 2 minutes (the acupoint is in the hollow of the shoulder tip, when raising the arm horizontally).

Houxi point:Use your thumb to press the acupoint on the opposite side and vice versa for 1 - 2 minutes (acupoint at the beginning of the 2nd horizontal crease (back) of the metacarpal joint - little finger when the hand is slightly clenched).

NoteWhen pressing acupoints, you need to perform the pressing action well, using the tip of your thumb or thumb, index finger to press the acupoints, you need to press perpendicular to the acupoints to create a strong pressing force.

According to Health and Life