Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of hydrocele in children

The phenomenon of hydrocele in children is not uncommon, and it will naturally have a greater impact on their health. Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods are relatively common, including moxibustion therapy or plaster therapy. Of course, we should also pay attention to a reasonable and healthy diet.

(1) Moxibustion therapy: Use moxa sticks to apply moxibustion to the Sanyinjiao acupoint for 20 minutes each time. Take once a day, 7 days as a course of treatment.

(2) Patching therapy: Grind 40 grams of mother clove into very fine powder. Wash and dry the child's navel and the surrounding area, put 2 grams of medicine powder into the Shenque point of the navel, 2 mm above the skin, and fix it with gauze. Change the dressing every 2 days, and one course of treatment is 20 days.

(3) Jiawei Siling Decoction [Ingredients] 10g each of Poria cocos, Poria cocos and Alisma orientalis. 5 grams of cinnamon, 15 grams of litchi kernel, 5 grams each of orange kernel, Toosendan fruit, Evodia rutaecarpa, and fennel, 15 grams of Herba Cyperi, and 10 grams of seaweed.

(4) Decoction of Polygonum multiflorum and Coix seeds [Ingredients] 30g each of Polygonum multiflorum and raw Coix seeds. 【Preparation method】Decoction in water to obtain the medicinal juice. 【Effects】Clears away heat and removes dampness. Promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. [Use] Suitable for testicular hydrocele, which belongs to the spleen deficiency and damp-heat type. Symptoms include swelling of the scrotum, which may be as big as a bucket in severe cases. The skin is shiny and painless or slightly painful when touched. The tongue is normal with a slightly yellow and greasy tongue coating and a slippery and rapid pulse. Laboratory examination: Transillumination test was positive. [Usage] Oral administration, 1 dose per day.

(5) Modified Ling Gui Zhu Gan Decoction [Ingredients] 12g of Poria cocos, 9g each of cinnamon twig and Atractylodes macrocephala, 6g of licorice, 10g each of peach kernel, safflower, kelp, seaweed, litchi kernel and Toosendan fruit. [Preparation] Decoction in water to obtain the medicinal juice. 【Effects】Warms and transforms dampness, activates blood circulation and dredges meridians. [Use] It is suitable for testicular hydrosthenia, which belongs to the type of yang deficiency, cold and dampness stagnation. Symptoms include scrotal swelling, cold body and limbs, white and slippery tongue coating, and stringy and slippery pulse. The light transmission test was positive. [Usage] Oral administration, 1 dose per mouthful.