How to treat vertigo? Traditional Chinese medicine has methods to treat it

Vertigo is a common condition, but sometimes people confuse it with dizziness. In fact, there is a difference between vertigo and dizziness, and the symptoms of vertigo are more serious than those of dizziness. When vertigo occurs, you feel dizzy. So what is a good treatment for vertigo?

1: Recipe 1: Grind 50g each of Prunella Vulgaris, lotus leaves, bamboo leaves, dandelions and chrysanthemums into fine powder, put into a cloth bag and use as a pillow core for 1 to 2 months. Recipe 2: 500g wild chrysanthemum, 100g safflower, 200g mint, 50g each of winter mulberry leaves, magnolia and borneol, grind them into coarse powder and put them into pillow core. One course of treatment is 3 months. Both of these prescriptions can clear away heat and calm the liver, and are suitable for dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang.

Take a piece of borneol the size of a grain of rice, place it in the center of a 0.5cm×0.5cm piece of adhesive tape, and stick it on the acupoints on both ears (acupoints: Shenmen, brain, subcortical, sympathetic, bilaterally, 2 to 3 acupoints each time), change it every 3 days, and 4 times constitute a course of treatment. When using the medicine, the adhesive plaster should be tightly sealed around it to prevent the borneol from evaporating. Some people may feel drowsy after applying the medicine, but then become alert again, so there is no need to worry too much. This prescription can also treat insomnia.

Grind 10g of magnetite into fine powder, divide it into 2 parts, wrap them in gauze, and plug them into both ears, 1 to 2 times a day, each time for 1 hour, for 5 to 7 days. It can calm the liver and suppress yang, and is suitable for dizziness caused by kidney deficiency. People also use fresh Rehmannia to plug the affected ear to treat vertigo.

Take equal amounts of castor beans and raw pinellia, mash them into a paste, apply it to the Baihui acupoint, wrap it with a dressing, and secure it with adhesive tape. Change the dressing once a day for 2 to 3 days. It can eliminate phlegm and dampness, and is suitable for dizziness caused by phlegm and dampness. Generally, the dizziness can be significantly relieved 30 minutes after taking the medicine.

Grind 10g each of Astragalus and Schisandra into fine powder, add appropriate amount of water to make a thin paste, apply to the navel, bandage with dressing, and secure with adhesive tape. Change the dressing once a day for 3 to 5 days. It can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and is suitable for dizziness caused by qi and blood deficiency.

1: 50g each of medicinal angelica, smilax glabra, rhizoma smilacis miltiorrhizae, 20g each of siler and polyphylla, 10g of angelica dahurica flower, and 15g of frankincense. Mash and mix evenly, put into cloth bags, soak in water for about 20 minutes, put into a steamer and heat for 20 minutes, take out and cool to about 50℃, then place on the neck for hot ironing. 30 minutes each time, reheat if it gets cold, twice a day, 10 days as a course of treatment. If conditions permit, the above-mentioned drugs can be boiled in water, and the concentrated liquid can be taken to 100 ml. Two pieces of flannel, 8cm×12cm and 12cm×12cm, are soaked with the juice and placed on the neck. Two electrode plates of equal size are added, and a direct current of 15mA is passed for ion penetration. This method is an expanded application of traditional Chinese medicine wet compress therapy, using direct current to introduce drug ions into the body through the skin and mucous membranes to achieve the purpose of treatment.

It is caused by hyperactivity of Yang, deficiency of Qi and blood, insufficient kidney essence, and obstruction of the middle body by phlegm and turbidity. It should be treated by calming the liver and suppressing Yang, replenishing Qi and blood, tonifying the liver and kidneys, and drying dampness and resolving phlegm. Clinical observations have found that external treatment can effectively prevent and treat vertigo.