TCM treatment of jaundice

I believe everyone is familiar with symptoms such as jaundice. Jaundice is a common symptom. The occurrence of jaundice will not only cause problems with the patient's skin, sclera and other tissues, but jaundice may also be accompanied by various symptoms. Therefore, we must pay attention to the symptom of jaundice. Once jaundice occurs, we must seek treatment in time to avoid worsening of symptoms. Below we will tell you how to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat jaundice.

1. Yin jaundice: The yellow color is not obvious, the lower body is yellow but the upper body is not yellow; urination is uncomfortable at night and smooth during the day. The cause of the disease is mild dampness, and the treatment should be 6-15 grams of "Quhuang San" plus Poria cocos, Alisma orchioides, Coix seeds, etc. or Wuling San. The symptoms will subside after taking several doses.

2. Yang jaundice: Yellow as gold, the upper body and eyes are all yellow, but the lower body is not yellow; urination is difficult during the day, either painful or not, and normal at night; the cause is mild dampness, and the treatment should be 15-18 grams of "Quhuangsan" plus Cimicifuga, Platycodon, Poria, Pollen, Ephedra Scutellaria, etc., and the disease will be cured after a few doses.

3. Heat jaundice: The mouth is very thirsty, but drinking more makes one feel uncomfortable, and the whole body is yellow; the eyes are pale yellow, urination is urgent, frequent and painful, and the urine is yellow juice. The cause is heat in the bladder. For treatment, it is advisable to use 15 grams of "Quhuang San" plus gentian, gardenia, white peony, poria, Alisma orientalis, etc., which can also eliminate jaundice caused by severe fever and diarrhea.

4. Cold jaundice: fear of cold, abdominal pain, relieved on time; jaundice all over the body, whites of the eyes, clear and long urine, especially at night. The cause of the disease is cold bladder. For treatment, it is advisable to use 3-6 grams of "Quhuang San" plus Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, yam, Euryale ferox, Coix seed, Aconitum, etc. to warm the Mingmen. 10-15 doses will cure the disease.

5. Damp-yellow: The whole body is yellow, including the eyes; the body is swollen and feels like mud when pressed; the cause of the disease is water-dampness. For treatment, it is advisable to use 12-15 grams of "Quhuang San" plus Cimicifuga, Pharbitis seed, Plantago seed, Alisma orientalis, etc., and slowly regulate the body to recover.

6. Dry and yellowish chest: The cause of yellowish chest is extreme dryness of lung metal, which occurs on the chest. For treatment, it is advisable to use 3 grams of "Quhuang San" plus Ophiopogon japonicus, Gardenia jasminoides, White Peony Root, Tangerine Peel, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Yuanshen, Pollen, White Sinapis, etc., and cure will occur after several doses.

7. Yellow blood: The whole body and eyes are yellow, with fever, irritability, and abdominal pain. The cause is blood stasis. For treatment, it is advisable to use 3-6 grams of "Quhuang San" plus moutan bark, Achyranthes bidentata, angelica, gardenia, chuanxiong, rhubarb, etc., and the disease will be cured after long-term use.

8. Yellow Qi: Yellowish color on the head and face, no fever, slight fatigue during movement, infrequent urination, and dry stool. The cause of the disease is qi deficiency and inability to transport and transform. For treatment, it is advisable to use 12 grams of "Quhuang San" plus ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Plantago seed, etc., and the disease will recover if the Qi is strong.

9. Neonatal jaundice: Jaundice may appear 2-3 days after birth and reach its peak around 10 days. The cause of the disease is that the fetus is affected by the mother's damp heat. The treatment should be to use 10 grams of "Quhuang San" plus 7 doses of gardenia, turmeric, white atractylodes, chicken gizzard lining, etc., and most patients will recover.

10. Yellow hands and feet: The body is not yellow, but the hands and feet are yellow. The cause of the disease is damp-heat stagnation in the middle burner. For treatment, it is advisable to use 15 grams of "Quhuang San" plus Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, dried tangerine peel, licorice, etc., and slowly regulate the body to cure the disease.

In the above article, we introduced a common symptom, that is, jaundice. We know that jaundice can cause many troubles to the patient's body, so we must do a good job of preventing jaundice in our daily life. Once the symptoms of jaundice appear, we can use the methods introduced above to treat it.