Can endometriosis be cured by traditional Chinese medicine?

Endometriosis is a common disease among girls. Clinically, it can be treated through certain surgeries, and Chinese traditional medicine can also have a certain alleviating effect. Girls can try it, but during the treatment period, they must pay attention to a light diet, avoid spicy and greasy foods, and have a certain regularity in their lifestyle habits. So, can endometriosis be cured by traditional Chinese medicine?

1. Clinical manifestations: Medical history: Any woman of childbearing age with progressively worsening secondary dysmenorrhea or a history of infertility, and pelvic examination revealing tender nodules in the pelvis or inactive cystic masses beside the uterus, should be considered to have endometriosis. Symptoms may vary depending on the location of the lesion. About 25% of patients have no obvious discomfort.

1. Dysmenorrhea and lower abdominal pain. 2. Menstrual disorders. 3. Infertility. 4. Pain during sexual intercourse. 5. Other special symptoms. When endometriosis implants and grows in any other part of the body, it can cause periodic pain, bleeding, or enlargement of the lesion site.

2. Diagnosis: The diagnosis can be confirmed based on medical history, gynecological examination, B-ultrasound, laparoscopic surgery, pathological examination, etc.

3. Treatment: The purpose is to reduce and eliminate lesions, relieve and relieve pain, improve and promote fertility, and reduce and avoid recurrence. The basic considerations for treatment are age, fertility requirements, severity of symptoms, extent of lesions, previous treatment history, and the patient's wishes. Treatment measures should be standardized and individualized, and the treatment of pelvic pain, infertility, pelvic mass and recurrence should be treated separately.

Modern medical treatments include drug therapy, surgical treatment, assisted reproductive treatment, etc.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood stasis is the key to this disease, and the treatment principle is mainly to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. On this basis, syndrome differentiation and treatment are carried out. According to different syndrome types, including qi stagnation and blood stasis, cold stagnation and blood stasis, damp-heat stasis, phlegm and blood stasis, qi deficiency and blood stasis, kidney deficiency and blood stasis, etc., combined with the treatment of different main symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, masses, irregular menstruation, and infertility. Because the occurrence of this disease is closely related to the menstrual cycle, treatment must be based on different periods of the menstrual cycle and different physical conditions. Generally, before menstruation, the main focus is on regulating qi and removing blood stasis; during menstruation, the main focus is on promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain; after menstruation, the main focus is on strengthening the body and eliminating evil.

Commonly used oral prescriptions include Gexia Zhuyu Decoction, Shaofu Zhuyu Decoction, Qingre Tiaoxue Decoction, Danggui Shaoyao San, Taohong Siwu Decoction, Lichong Decoction, etc. External treatments mainly include Chinese medicine retention enema, plaster application, acupuncture therapy, etc.