How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat pelvic effusion?

We still lack the attention to gynecological diseases, mainly because we always think that we can cure them by taking medicine. This is a big mistake. It is not easy to treat and it is easy to cause great harm to women's bodies. The treatment method is very critical. So, how does traditional Chinese medicine treat pelvic effusion?

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Pelvic Effusion 1. Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment of pelvic effusion uses sweet and warm whole angelica, pungent and warm Corydalis yanhusuo and Curcuma zedoaria, bitter and slightly cold Salvia miltiorrhiza and red peony root to nourish blood, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain; uses pungent and warm Amomum villosum and bitter, pungent and slightly cold Citrus aurantium to transform dampness, break up qi and eliminate accumulation; uses Alisma orientalis and raw Coix seed to promote diuresis and eliminate dampness, and guide the effusion to be discharged from below.

TCM treatment of pelvic effusion 2. Prescription: Danshen 18g, red peony root 15g, costus root 12g, peach kernel 9g, honeysuckle 30g, dandelion 30g, Poria 12g, moutan bark 9g, raw earth 9g. When the pain is severe, add Yanhusuo 9g. Some patients are cold stagnation and qi stagnation type, and the treatment principle is to warm the meridians and dispel cold, promote qi and activate blood circulation. Guizhi Fuling Decoction is often used with modifications. For those with qi deficiency, add Codonopsis pilosula 15g, Atractylodes macrocephala 9g, and Astragalus 15g.

Moreover, most chronic pelvic effusions are of damp-heat type, and the treatment principle is to clear away heat and dampness. The main treatment is to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. The prescription is: 18g of Danshen, 15g of Red Peony Root, 12g of Aucklandia Root, 9g of Peach Kernel, 30g of Honeysuckle, 30g of Taraxacum, 12g of Poria, 9g of Cortex Moutan, and 9g of Radix Rehmanniae. When the pain is severe, add 9g of Corydalis. Some patients are of cold stagnation and qi stagnation type, and the treatment principle is to warm the meridians and dispel cold, promote qi and activate blood circulation. For those with qi deficiency, add 15g of Codonopsis pilosula, 9g of Atractylodes macrocephala, and 15g of Astragalus.

In clinical practice, for patients with pelvic effusion, gynecological hospitals not only use traditional Chinese medicine as the main method for comprehensive treatment, but also require patients to cooperate with one or more traditional Chinese medicine physical therapy treatments that suit them. This combines traditional Chinese medicine treatment and conditioning, which complement each other and can achieve twice the result with half the effort in clinical practice.