Strong neck and back pain, that is, often feeling stiffness, soreness or obvious pain in the back or neck muscles, is a common symptom, often due to long-term poor sitting posture, overwork or external wind and other reasons, it is easy to appear symptoms of neck and back pain, which seriously affects daily life and work.
Soreness and pain in the back or neck, symptoms may also radiate to the shoulders or upper arms, or accompanied by symptoms such as sensitivity to cold, wind, headache, dizziness, etc., the cause is mainly related to cervical spondylosis, or muscle fatigue, local blood circulation after wind and cold, etc.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, wind-cold-damp paralysis type neck back pain is the most common, the main pathogenesis is the invasion of wind-cold and damp-damp evil into the meridians, the combination of wind and cold, paralysis of the meridians, and poor flow of qi and blood, thus causing soreness and pain.
For the treatment of wind-cold-damp and paralyzed neck and back pain, kudzu root soup is the most famous prescription, including kudzu, ephedra, cinnamon branch, white peony, licorice, ginger and jujube, which has the effect of sweating, dissipating cold, lifting jin and soothing tendons, and is very suitable for the pathogenesis of strong neck and back pain.
According to the comprehensive analysis of specific symptoms, kudzu root soup can be appropriately added or subtracted, including:
1. Heavy wind chill: add Qianghuo, Duhuo, windproof, etc., to dispel wind chill and relieve strong pain in the neck.
2. Wet weight: add coix seed, atractylodes, self-defense, etc., to remove dampness.
3. Qi and blood stasis: add angelica, Chuanxiong, Yanhusuo, clematis, etc., to dredge the meridians with qi and blood.
4. Weakness of qi and blood: add astragalus, codonopsis, etc., to enhance qi and blood and resist wind and cold.
In addition, you can also use traditional Chinese medicine such as mugwort leaves, ginger, and cinnamon sticks, or moxibustion, acupuncture, massage and other therapies, pay attention to avoid cold, greasy, raw and cold foods, keep warm, and avoid wind and cold, so as to help the symptoms recover better.
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