Treatment of cholecystitis with traditional Chinese medicine

In fact, after suffering from cholecystitis, it is more appropriate to adopt the method of traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate slowly. So how does TCM treat cholecystitis? Let's take a look.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Cholecystitis (1) Stagnation of Liver Qi

Main symptoms: stagnation of liver qi and stagnation of gallbladder and fu organs, resulting in pain.

Main symptoms: stagnation of liver qi and stagnation of gallbladder and fu organs, resulting in pain. Patients with disharmony between gallbladder and stomach are mainly hypochondriac pain and epigastric pain, accompanied by anger and sighing, nausea and belching, thin white or yellow tongue coating, and thin or tight pulse. Pain is mainly epigastric pain, accompanied by anger and sighing, nausea and belching, thin white or yellow tongue coating, thin or tight pulse.

Treatment principle: soothing the liver and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and regulating stomach.

Prescription: Chaihu Shugan Decoction. Medicinal Bupleurum, Radix Curcumae, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Corydalis, Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Poria, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Curcuma Rhizome, Fructus Toosendan, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, etc.

(2) Damp-heat in liver and gallbladder

Main symptoms: damp-heat accumulates in the liver and gallbladder, and stagnates into fire; Burn body fluids can cause bitter taste, dry throat, nausea, constipation and red urine. Damp-heat stagnation will inevitably lead to blood stasis over time, so patients refuse to press on the grounds of hypochondriac pain, red tongue, yellow greasy fur and slippery pulse.

Treatment principle: clearing damp-heat in liver and gallbladder, and regulating spleen and stomach.

Prescription: Dachaihu decoction combined with Coix seed decoction. Medicinal Radix Bupleuri, Scutellariae Radix, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Fructus Gardeniae, Coicis Semen, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Herba Lysimachiae Christinae, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, Fructus Trichosanthis, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Caulis Bambusae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, etc. Patients with chronic cholecystitis who have not been cured for a long time still need to relieve gallbladder heat, enhance bile excretion and help digestion.

(3) Deficiency of both spleen and kidney

Main symptoms: Recurrent chronic cholecystitis, characterized by deficiency of both spleen and kidney for a long time. In addition, it is forbidden to eat at ordinary times, and vegetarian food is the mainstay all year round. Therefore, the symptoms are dull face, persistent pain in the right hypochondrium, preference for warm pressure, eating less loose stool, palpitation and dizziness, fatigue and insomnia, irregular menstruation, pale tongue with white or little fur, and thin and weak pulse.

Treatment principle: invigorating spleen and tonifying kidney.

Prescription: Shen Ling Baizhu Powder. Medicinal Radix Codonopsis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Fructus Corni, Poria, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Polygonati, Fructus Amomi and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae.

Chronic cholecystitis belongs to the category of hypochondriac pain, liver and gallbladder qi stagnation in traditional Chinese medicine, and can be divided into the following two types.

Chronic cholecystitis belongs to the category of hypochondriac pain, liver and gallbladder qi stagnation in traditional Chinese medicine, and can be divided into the following two types.

(D) Disharmony between gallbladder and stomach

Symptoms include fullness of chest and ribs, frequent fever, nausea, bitter taste, irregular ambassador, and dull pain in the right upper abdomen, and the symptoms get worse every time the patient fails to realize his ambition. The tongue is pale and white, with red fur and thin pulse.

Treatment: soothing the liver, benefiting the gallbladder and regulating the stomach.

Optional: Xiaoyao Pill, Jiawei Xiaoyao Pill, Sinisan, Baohe Pill, Muxiang Shunqi Pill, etc.

(V) Liver and gallbladder qi stagnation type

Symptoms are intermittent dull or dull pain in the right upper abdomen, radiating to the right back, often accompanied by bitter taste, nausea, loss of appetite, or loss of appetite after eating. After eating greasy food every time, the symptoms get worse, with pale tongue, red border, thin fur, white or yellowish, and thready pulse.

Treatment: Shugan Lidan Sanjie.

Optional: Xiaoyan Lidan Tablet, Shugan Zhitong Pill, Gan Yan Dan Tablet, Lidan Tablet, etc.

In addition, patients with stones can take Dan Shitong, Lidan Paishi tablets, etc.