Chinese medicine patches and decoctions for the treatment of chocolate cysts

Chinese medicine patches and decoctions for the treatment of chocolate cysts

According to TCM syndrome differentiation theory, the treatment of chocolate cysts should start with soothing the liver and regulating qi, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, softening and dispersing hard masses, and strengthening the body to fully regulate the endocrine system, activate qi and blood, and activate the internal organs. TCM believes that chocolate cysts are caused by weak internal organs, strained qi and blood, excessive emotions, invasion of wind, cold and dampness, blood stasis, and kidney yang deficiency, condensation and qi stagnation, loss of branches in the distribution of yin fluid, phlegm and fluid with blood stasis, or phlegm and fluid with qi stagnation, or paralysis.

The methods of TCM treatment of chocolate cysts are as follows:

1. Treatment with Chinese medicine patches

Ingredients: Aconite, Panicum, Prunella Vulgaris, Bupleurum, Arisaema, Trillium, Red Peony Root, Peach Kernel, Cyperus, White Mustard, Seaweed, Frankincense, Herba Lycopodii, Cinnamon, Ginger, and Onion.

Usage: Warm and soften, apply one patch each on the lower abdomen and lower back, remove it after 3 days, rest for 1-2 days and replace with a new plaster. Apply ten times as a course of treatment.

Function: Remove blood stasis and relieve nodules, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, regulate qi and soothe the liver.

Main indications: Used for female ovarian cysts.

Explanation of the prescription: The Trillium, Red Peony Root, Peach Kernel and Cyperus rotundus in the prescription can soothe the liver and regulate qi, and unblock stagnation; Prunella Vulgaris, Sargassum and White Mustard can eliminate phlegm, disperse nodules and reduce swelling, among which the combination of White Mustard and Sargassum can also eliminate sticky Yin evil; Aconite, Cinnamon Bark and Arisaema can dispel cold and dampness, warm the meridians and relieve pain; Frankincense, Atractylodes Macrocephala and Panicum Croton can relieve pain and resolve blood stasis; Panicum Croton, Ginger and Scallion White can guide the drugs to penetrate the acupoints, and then Bupleurum is introduced into the Liver Meridian to reach the diseased area directly.

2. Treatment with Chinese herbal decoction

Ingredients: 12g seaweed, 10g white mustard, 10g Trillium, 20g coix seeds, 10g peach kernel, 20g selfheal, 6g Arisaema, 12g red peony root.

Usage: decoction, 600 ml of liquid medicine, 300 ml each time, twice a day, 10 days as a course of treatment, 1 to 2 courses of treatment B more than once, if there is an effect, the medicine can be taken until the tumor disappears. After 3 courses of treatment, if the tumor continues to grow and is ineffective, a CT scan can be performed to further clarify the diagnosis and other treatments.

Function: Regulating Qi and relieving stagnation, promoting blood circulation and removing phlegm, removing blood stasis and dispersing nodules, softening hard masses and reducing swelling.

Indications: Suitable for various cysts, especially ovarian cysts. It also has certain effects on ovarian cysts, teratomas, liver and kidney cysts, etc.

Explanation of the prescription: The three-edged sword, peach kernel, and red peony root in the prescription can regulate qi and relieve stagnation, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Seaweed, selfheal, and white mustard can remove phlegm, disperse nodules and reduce swelling. Arisaema and coix seed can remove dampness and eliminate phlegm. The combination of white mustard and seaweed can eliminate sticky yin evil. The above drugs can moisten phlegm, qi and blood, and cysts.