How to treat typical absence seizures in children?

In our country, traditional Chinese medicine is an extremely special treatment method. The reason why it is special is that in addition to its efficacy, traditional Chinese medicine also has more advantages in terms of cost and the degree of harm to the body. Therefore, many friends start to try Chinese medicine treatment after they become ill and give up Western medicine treatment. So the question is, can typical absence seizures in children be treated with Chinese medicine, and is the effect good?

Chinese medicine treatment

As early as more than 2,000 years ago, ancient China had known about epilepsy. The word epilepsy is given a precise definition in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine: "epilepsy" means madness, indicating the disorder of consciousness during an attack; "epilepsy" means convulsion, indicating the convulsive state during an attack. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating epilepsy. During the epileptic seizure period, the first thing to do is to treat the symptoms, control the seizure, and relieve the patient's critical state of fainting and convulsions as soon as possible. The treatment method should be to clear phlegm and open the orifices, extinguish wind and stop convulsions. Choose the treatment with fast and strong effects, and adopt different treatment approaches.

During the dormant or remission period, the condition tends to ease. At this time, we should follow the principle of treating the root cause when the condition eases, carefully and meticulously differentiate the symptoms, identify the location and nature of the disease, and treat them accordingly. The overall treatment method is to strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm, nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish the heart and calm the mind, eliminate the source of phlegm and wind, treat the root cause, and prevent the recurrence of the disease. At the same time, we will make a diagnosis and treatment based on the comprehensive clinical manifestations. If the evil is real, we will mainly attack it; if the evil is weak, we will strengthen the body. To attack evil, methods often used include extinguishing wind, purging fire, activating blood circulation, and clearing phlegm. To strengthen the body, methods often used include nourishing the liver, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the heart, and replenishing the body. However, when the evil is real and the body is weak, we should focus on strengthening the body while attacking the evil. When the body is weak and there is external evil, we should focus on strengthening the body while eliminating the evil to achieve the ultimate goal of eliminating the evil and calming the epilepsy. Common methods of treating epilepsy with traditional Chinese medicine are based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine:

1. To calm epilepsy and extinguish wind: use Wuxian Shenying Pills, Dingxian Pills, Wendan Decoction, Fengyin Decoction, Cizhu Pills, etc.

2. Clearing phlegm and opening the orifices: such as modified purple quartz powder, Wubusan, Huangwuhua, morning glory seeds, realgar stone, alum, Acorus calamus, etc.

3. Clear the heart and reduce fire: such as bezoar, olive, borax, etc.

4. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis: such as Huangqi Chifeng Decoction, Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction, etc.

5. Nourishing Yin and suppressing Yang: such as modified Chaihu Longgu Muli Decoction, modified Fengyin Decoction, etc.

6. Strengthen the body and consolidate the foundation: such as Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction, Ginseng Yangrong Pills, Heche Dazao Pills, etc.