1. Curing deficiency and removing stagnation
Curing deficiency and removing phlegm stagnation and blood stasis are the two major therapeutic methods of rehabilitation with oral medication. The differences among qi, blood, yin and yang should be differentiated in curing deficiency. For the patients with qi deficiency, Sijunzi Decoction (Decoction of Four Noble Drugs), Buzhong Yiqi Decoction (Decoction for Strengthening the Middle Energizer and Supplementing Qi), etc. may be selected and modified according to the symptoms; for the patients with blood deficiency, Siwu Decoction (Decoction of Four Ingredients), Guipi Decoction (Decoction for Invigorating the Spleen and Nourishing the Heart), etc. are accordingly modified; for the patients with deficiency of both qi and blood, qi and blood should be both tonified, and Bazhen Decoction (Decoction of Eight Precious Ingredients). Learn more information, please read TCM Diagnosis for Enlarged Spleen.
Prescriptions such as Renshen Yangrong Pill (Ginseng Pill for Nourishing the Face) and the like may be selected; for the patients with deficiency of body fluids, Maimendong Decoction (Ophiopogon Decoction), and Yangyin Qingfei Decoction (Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Clearing away Heat from the Lung), etc. are accordingly selected; for the patients with yin deficiency, prescriptions such as Liuwei Dihuang Bolus (Six-Ingredient Bolus with Rehmanni) and Dabuyin Bolus (Bolus for Replenishing Yin) may be selected and modified; for the patients with yang deficiency, Jingui Shenqi Bolus (Bolus for Tonifying the kidney Qi), Yougui Bolus (Bolus for Strengthening the Kidney Yang) and the like may be selected. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Radix Ginseng (Renshen).
The patients with obstruction should be differently treated based on differentiating the differences between phlegm stagnation and blood stasis. Besides, timely and Corresponding treatment should be given to the patients by paying attention to the pathogenic phlegm stagnation intermingled with blood stasis. Moreover, it is of vital importance to analyze and determine the location of the disease, determine the viscera, meridians and collaterals which deficiency and stagnation pertain to no matter whether the doctor is to cure deficiency or to remove stagnation.
Only when the cause, nature and location of the disease are determined can satisfactory therapeutic effects be achieved. The indications of rehabilitation are marked by long course and slow development of disease. Therefore, it is generally hard to gain quick therapeutic effects. Moreover, prolonged administration of decoction of drugs makes the patients bored and it is also inconvenient in many aspects. Accordingly, rehabilitation with oral medication should be various in the selection of dosage forms. For instance, pill, powder, plaster, oral liquid, etc. all can be accordingly selected. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui).
2. Combination of treatment with recuperation
The nourishment in the principle of combination of treatment with recuperation in rehabilitation with oral medication has two senses, the first one means that during the treatment, attention should always be paid to curing deficiency and protecting healthy qi; the second one denotes that importance should be attached to the recuperation in daily life as well. TCM pays full attention to the important roles which pathogenic factors play in the occurrence and development of diseases. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Radix Glehniae (Beishashen).
Meanwhile, it emphasizes even more the leading role of healthy qi in the struggle between the organism and diseases. Basically speaking, all the rehabilitation measures in TCM are to strengthen healthy qi, the self regulatory ability, adaptive capacity and resistance against diseases of the organism. Therefore, the principle of combination of treatment with recuperation should be always followed during rehabilitation. For patients with weakness due to prolonged diseases, it is natural to supplement qi mainly in the presence of deficiency of qi, blood and body fluids. Pathogenic factors should be eliminated for the patients with marked phlegm stagnation and blood stasis, or for the patients with additional new diseases besides the old ones, while healthy qi should be strengthened at the same time. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Radix Codonopsis (Dangshen)
In this case, the patients should not ignore the weakness of the body only to eradicate pathogenic factors rashly. It is not enough to aim at treatment with oral medication only in TCM rehabilitation. In order to achieve good rehabilitation effects, it is also of vital importance for the doctors to ask the patients to pay attention to their recuperation in daily life. The formation of numerous TCM rehabilitation indications is closely related to the daily life habits. It is difficult to recover from diseases if attention is not paid to the correction of unfavorable life habits for the organism and the elimination of harmful factors while the dependence is only on treatment with oral medication. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Radix Panacis Quinquefolii (Xiyangshen).
3. Following the therapeutic methods and prescriptions
The indications of TCM rehabilitation have the characteristic of longer course of disease in most cases. Besides, there are no great changes in the pathogenesis while the basic types of syndromes are relatively stable. Thus, the principle of no changes in syndromes, no changes in therapeutic methods should be generally followed as long as the syndrome differentiation is precise during rehabilitation with oral medication. The therapeutic methods and prescriptions should be followed and the drug actions patiently waited for. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Radix Astragali (Huangqi).
If the therapeutic methods and prescriptions are changed as soon as no therapeutic effects can be seen, the therapeutic steps will be disturbed, and more sufferings and burdens will be added to the patients. The therapeutic methods should be meticulously established and prescriptions carefully selected. Meanwhile, both the patients and doctors should wait patiently without the desire for quick success. In these circumstances, good therapeutic effects can be achieved in the patients with rehabilitation indications. This has been proved correct by practice. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Baizhu).
Nevertheless, no satisfactory therapeutic effects can be mostly achieved in the patients with frequent changes in the prescriptions. In addition, careful observation is needed to synthesize the local and general pathological changes. On the one hand, attention should be paid to the discovery and analysis of the ordinary improvement of local symptoms to enhance the confidence in treatment. On the other hand, it is necessary to prepare mentally for the protracted and complex nature of the diseases. The doctors should not be satisfied with the remission of local symptoms to ignore the analysis and judgment of the whole development of the disease. Learn more Chinese herbs, please read Rhizoma Dioscoreae (Shanyao).