Postherpetic neuralgia

Speaking of sequelae, many people will unconsciously retract their necks. It can be seen that sequelae are even more frightening than the disease. I believe many people also know that the sequelae of some diseases are very difficult to cure. The disease of postherpetic neuralgia makes many people shudder. After this symptom occurs, it will not only have a serious impact on the patient's body, but also cause great harm to the patient's spirit.

Since postherpetic neuralgia is so disgusting to people, is there any effective way to fight it? This should be the common voice of many people. Experts tell us that if you want to cure this disease, the first thing you need to do is to understand and recognize postherpetic neuralgia. Let's learn about it together below.

Postherpetic neuralgia is the pain left over from herpes zoster and is a type of sequelae. To be more precise, if the patient still has pain and discomfort in the local skin after the shingles rash subsides and it persists for more than one month, it can be diagnosed as postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia often manifests as local paroxysmal or persistent burning pain, tingling, throbbing pain, and knife-like pain. It is a more severe and stubborn pain. A slight touch can cause unbearable severe pain, making it difficult for the patient to sleep and eat, and suffering greatly.

Postherpetic neuralgia is one of the intractable diseases that is difficult to cure with modern medicine and poses a potential threat to the health of middle-aged and elderly people. Western medicine believes that postherpetic neuralgia is caused by the neurotropic invasion of nerve endings by the herpes zoster virus. The herpes zoster virus grows and multiplies in large numbers in the invaded ganglia, causing acute inflammation, bleeding, and necrosis that cannot be suppressed. The longer the time, the more severe the pain and the more difficult it is to cure. Unfortunately, the nerve block therapy commonly used by Western medicine mainly relies on drugs or physical methods to anesthetize damaged nerves or the body's pain-conducting nerves, thereby giving patients the illusion that postherpetic neuralgia is cured in the short term. After a period of time, the effect of the anesthetic wears off and the pain remains the same as before.

Taoist Chinese medicine in my country believes that postherpetic neuralgia is caused by residual damp-heat toxins that have not been eliminated. Over time, they turn into heat and toxins, which block the collaterals. The metabolic waste products of internal organs and tissues cannot be discharged through the collaterals, and the accumulation of toxins further damages the collaterals. This increases the damage to nerve cells, so the pain persists. Furthermore, the patient's own low immunity is also an important factor that cannot be ignored in the occurrence of postherpetic neuralgia. Most patients of this disease are old and weak, with poor organ function. They also suffer from acute herpes zoster that cannot be cured for a long time, which further damages the yin and yang, qi and blood, resulting in yang losing warmth and yin losing moisture. Yang Qi deficiency, insufficient original Yang, and failure of Qing Yang to rise; insufficient Yin blood and tight blood vessels will lead to "pain due to lack of nourishment".

This is due to internal deficiency of vital energy, external invasion of evil toxins, stagnation of qi and blood, accumulation of dampness and heat, and obstruction of meridians. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine will be more advantageous than western medicine. According to the pathology of the disease, which is deficiency of vital energy, stasis of qi and blood, and obstruction of meridians, the treatment principle can be to strengthen the body and eliminate evil, that is, to eliminate evil to unblock the meridians and strengthen the body to nourish the body. By using the methods of nourishing yin and replenishing qi, activating blood circulation and removing toxins, unblocking meridians and relieving pain, we can achieve the goal of promoting the flow of qi and benefiting the body, so that the medicine can reach the diseased area, the disease can be eliminated and the body can be restored, and the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root cause can be achieved. In specific treatment, "Wuwei Qingzhao Mixture" can be used for both internal and external applications. Externally, you can apply blister-retaining analgesic solution, moisture-absorbing and muscle-regenerating ointment, and post-herpetic nerve repair analgesic ointment to the affected area to improve local blood circulation and promote the unblocked nerves; and at the same time, take detoxification and unblocking meridian capsules and deep-layer exorcism and strengthening gold internally to treat both inside and outside, so that qi and blood can flow smoothly, the meridians can be unblocked, and the damaged nerves can be repaired and dredged.

After the above professional introduction, I believe everyone should have a certain understanding of postherpetic neuralgia, because it is a sequelae. Therefore, we can start with the disease itself. After discovering that we are sick, we should go to a regular hospital in time to take effective methods for treatment to reduce the occurrence of sequelae such as postherpetic neuralgia.