The orthopedics and traumatology department of traditional Chinese medicine has actually played a huge role in the history of our country. Especially in the war years, there is no western medicine in China. Although there are some methods of bone scraping and healing, most of them still treat bone injuries through non-surgical bonesetting.
However, with the introduction of western medicine, surgical methods such as fracture and plate fixation have gradually become popular. However, both of them have their own advantages and disadvantages in the treatment of bone injuries. The right choice will reduce the pain, reduce the cost and get better soon.
Treatment of bone injury with traditional Chinese medicine
The orthopedics and traumatology department of traditional Chinese medicine has continued since ancient times, and accumulated rich experience and passed it down. In particular, some bone-setting techniques and meridian massage, folk and even some big hospitals have bone-setting techniques of ancestral Chinese medicine. There are mainly four steps: manual reduction, fixation, oral and external drugs, and functional exercise.
Chinese medicine has great advantages in rehabilitation. Generally, patients can take Chinese medicine orally or externally for adjuvant treatment to help the bone injury recover quickly. Mainly uses some traditional Chinese medicines with the functions of relieving swelling and pain, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, stopping bleeding and promoting granulation, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as common medicines such as notoginseng, Ligusticum chuanxiong, peach kernel, safflower, red peony root, salvia miltiorrhiza, cattail pollen, frankincense, myrrh, etc. or their prescriptions. There is also a secret recipe like Yunnan Baiyao, which has a good therapeutic effect on traumatic injury, blood stasis, swelling and pain, internal injury and bleeding.
Western medicine treatment of bone injury
Western medicine relies more on instruments and surgery, so fixed reduction is accurate. In the past, the old Chinese doctor relied entirely on his hands, and the bone injury was in the skin, which may lead to deviation. Therefore, western medicine is slightly better than Chinese medicine in this respect. In the process of rehabilitation, there are obviously few drugs that western medicine can use, and only some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs can be used. Unlike traditional Chinese medicine, there are not so many drugs for promoting blood circulation, promoting granulation, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals and relieving pain. Regardless of the treatment of traditional Chinese and western medicine, bone injuries are basically self-healing after fixation. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment may recover relatively quickly.
With the development of modern medical technology, the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and advanced technology has improved the shortcomings of inaccurate reduction and fixation. Western medicine now often draws lessons from traditional Chinese medicine to treat limb fractures. Some Chinese patent medicines will also be prescribed for patients to recover. So in this era, there is not much difference between the two.
For patients,
The treatment of fracture injury by western bone surgery has great pain and long recovery period, especially for the elderly. If you don't need surgery, it is better to choose Chinese medicine first. Western medicine is more suitable for anatomical reduction or better functional reduction of fractures that cannot be reduced by manual reduction. Effective internal fixation (nails, etc.). ) can make patients get out of bed early and reduce complications such as muscle atrophy and joint stiffness.
Brief introduction of Dr. Yao
Doctors, licensed pharmacists, senior nutritionists, protect life and health, reject fake health, and personally care for a healthy you!