TCM Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation:
Spleen Deficiency With Damp Accumulation
Symptoms: Chronic, white tubid discharge, painful urnary tract, fatigue, poor appetite, irregular stools, nausea.
Herbal Formula: Wu Ling San + Yi Yi Ren, Shi Chang Po, Yi Zhi Ren
Qi and Blood Stasis
Symptoms: Chronic - lower jiao spasming pain, irritability, sadness, depression
Herbal Formula: Chai Hu Shi Gan San + Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Essence Deficiency
Symptoms: chronic, reproductive disorders, lower back ache, knee weakness, dizziness, tinnitus,, poor memory, fatigue.
Herbal Formula: Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan + Niu Xi, Chi Qian Zi
Toxic Damp Heat Invasion
Symptoms: In The Lower Jiao Pusy green thick discharge with swollen, painful, red local area and spasms in the lower jiao.
Herbal Formula: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang + Ba Zheng San + Bei Xie Feng Qi Yin
Excessive Heart Fire
Symptoms: Urinary symptoms and palpitations, insomnia, dry mouth, dry throat and ulceration in the oral cavity, yellow dry coat of the tongue
Herbal Formula: Dao Chi San + Huang Lian, Huang Bai, Lian Xi Xin
Treatment in Western Medicine:
Gonorrhea
Antibiotics: ceftriaxone, cefixime, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Antibiotics: clindamycin plus gentamicin, ofloxacin plus metronidazole, cefotetan or cefoxitin plus doxycycline
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Topical Preparations: fluorouracil (5-FU), trichloroacetic acid (TCA), interferon, imiquimod, podophyllin, podofilox
Genital Herpes
Antivirals: acyclovir, famciclovir, valacyclovir
Syphilis
Antibiotics: penicillin-doxycycline or tetracycline only if allergic to penicillin
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
stavudine (d4T), zalcitabine (ddC), zidovudine (ZDV), abacavir, didanosine (ddl), lamivudine (3TC)
Protease Inhibitors
ritonavir, saquinavir, lopinavir plus ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir
Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
delavirdine, efavirenz, nevirapine
Chlamydia
Antibiotics: azithromycin,erythromycin,doxycycline