How to treat swollen inguinal lymph nodes? Traditional Chinese medicine is the first choice

Western medicine has great advantages in quickly treating diseases, but its biggest disadvantage is that it cannot treat diseases fundamentally and diseases often recur. Therefore, chronic diseases such as swollen inguinal lymph nodes are best treated with traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect is better when combined with diet therapy.

Western medicine treatment

Western medicine can first use broad-spectrum antibiotics such as penicillin and streptomycin. For those who are allergic to penicillin and streptomycin, erythromycin or metronidazole can be used. The treatment cycle of Western medicine is shorter, the effect is faster, and it can relieve symptoms, but it cannot completely cure the disease.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Swollen lymph nodes should be treated promptly and must be applied externally with Chinese medicine: it can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, relax muscles and tendons, and relieve inflammation and pain, thereby achieving the purpose of treating both the symptoms and the root cause. During the treatment period, pay attention to rest and avoid spicy food.

Folk remedies

1. Take an appropriate amount of fresh chrysanthemum leaves, add a little brown sugar, mash them, apply to the affected area, change them twice a day.

2. Grind 50 grams of Garcinia into powder, put it in a bottle, add 300 ml of 75% alcohol, cover tightly, shake it, and apply the liquid to the affected area with a cotton ball 3 to 4 times. This is used when there is no suppuration.

Food therapy

Recipe 1: Purslane, Chrysanthemum, Mung Bean Porridge

Soak mung beans for half a day, wash and chop purslane, dry and grind chrysanthemum, add purslane and japonica rice after the mung beans are half cooked, simmer until it becomes porridge, add chrysanthemum powder and cook for a while, take twice a day. This method has the medicinal effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing dampness, and can be used to treat acute lymphangitis, in which one or several thread-like red lines appear on the wound of the lower limbs, which are hard and tender.

Recipe 2: Water Chestnut Porridge

Peel and slice the water chestnuts, put them into the pot together with the cleaned glutinous rice, add water and simmer for porridge. Take it twice a day. It is effective in clearing away heat and promoting the production of body fluids, and is mainly used to treat acute lymphangitis. Note: Water chestnut extract has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus.

Recipe 3: Snow Soup

50-100 grams each of water chestnuts and jellyfish (soaked and salted), boil them into a soup and drink it in 2-3 times. This is the "Xue Geng Soup" by Wang Shixiong, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty. It has the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, eliminating accumulation and softening hard masses, and lowering blood pressure. It can be used to treat phlegm-heat cough, lymph tuberculosis, and primary hypertension.

1. It is advisable to eat foods that are antibacterial and anti-inflammatory; 2. It is advisable to eat foods that reduce swelling and relieve pain; 3. It is advisable to eat foods rich in high-quality protein.

[Dietary taboos] 1. Avoid spicy foods, such as chili peppers, ginger, and peppercorns; 2. Avoid fried foods, such as French fries and twisted dough sticks; 3. Avoid foods that easily produce gas, such as sweet potatoes, onions, and taro.

[Foods to eat] Lemon, mushrooms (fresh), kelp (fresh), lychee

[Foods to avoid] Chili peppers (red, pointed, dry), onions, fennel, bayberry