Brief description of the case
Wang, female, 45 years old, runs a fruit and vegetable business in a farmer’s market. Finger swelling and pain recur. The pain has been obvious in the past week, and the proliferated tissue cannot be touched by touching the skin, which has affected daily work and life.
Expert Recommendation
1. Shenjincao tea
Composition: 10 grams of Shenjincao
Preparation method: Put Shenjincao in In a clean cup, brew with boiling water.
Usage: Replace tea. Once a day, 7 times is a course of treatment.
Efficacy: dispel wind and cold, remove dampness and reduce swelling, relax muscles and activate collaterals.
Applicable people: patients with recurring finger swelling and pain.
Experts suggest that Shenjincao has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, removing dampness and swelling, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, and is used for diseases such as wind-cold-damp paralysis, tendon spasm and pain, carbuncle, bruises and sprains, and other diseases. "The Preparation of Herbs and Herbs" records: "Shenjincao...reduces swelling, removes rheumatism...relaxes muscles and activates collaterals. It can radically cure pain and injury of qi knots, internal injuries of sores, remove phlegm and relieve cough."
2. Mulberry branches and chicken feet soup
Composition: 500 grams of fresh chicken feet, 10 grams of mulberry branches
Preparation method: Wash the chicken feet, put them into the pot together with the mulberry branches, and add an appropriate amount Bring water to a boil over high heat, add appropriate amount of vinegar, cooking wine, pepper, aniseed and other seasonings, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 1 hour, add appropriate amount of salt to taste before serving.
Effects: dispelling rheumatism, benefiting joints and relieving pain.
Suitable for patients with finger swelling and pain.
Experts suggest that mulberry branches have the effect of dispelling rheumatism, benefiting joints and relieving pain. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Benefits joints, nourishes body fluids, circulates water and expels wind." It has a good effect on finger swelling and pain. Chicken feet are a kind of flesh and blood product that can replenish qi and blood and have a good effect on finger swelling and pain caused by deficiency of qi and blood.
Tips
How to brew herbal tea?
In people’s daily lives, people often use Chinese medicinal materials to soak in water for drinking. Using traditional Chinese medicine to make tea is "Chinese medicine instead of tea". It has a good effect on daily health care of the human body, and it saves the trouble of boiling traditional Chinese medicine. So, what is the best way to brew herbal tea? First, it should be brewed with boiling water and served warm. Secondly, use appropriate utensils, among which ceramic, sand, and glass teapots are the best. In addition, a thermos cup with a lid is also a good choice. Avoid using metal containers. Third, after brewing with boiling water, it is advisable to cover and simmer for 3 to 8 minutes to better promote the release of the medicinal power.
How to choose chicken feet?
Chicken feet, also known as chicken feet, are a commonly used ingredient in people's daily lives. So, how should you choose chicken feet? First of all, the skin should be slightly white and shiny, and there should be no residual yellow hard skin on the surface of the chicken feet. Secondly, when you touch it with your hands, the texture of the chicken feet feels tight and elastic, the surface is slightly dry or slightly moist, and it is not sticky. If the color of the chicken feet is dark and the surface is sticky, it means that the chicken feet have been stored for too long, and this type of chicken feet should not be purchased.
Extended popular science
Swelling and pain in fingers are more common in diseases such as tenosynovitis and osteoarthritis.
The tendon sheath refers to the double-layered sleeve-like closed synovial tube that covers the outside of the tendon. It has the function of protecting, fixing, and lubricating the tendon to protect it from friction or compression. If the tendon is excessively rubbed for a long time, it will cause damaging inflammation of the tendon and tendon sheath, causing swelling of the fingers, limited flexion and extension of the fingers, and accompanied by snapping. This is called digital flexor tenosynovitis, commonly known as "trigger finger". Finger osteoarthritis is a chronic disease with swelling and pain of finger joints as the main clinical manifestation. If not treated in time, it may cause permanent mobility impairment of the finger joints. Therefore, once swelling and pain in the fingers occur, it should be treated in time.
From the perspective of meridians circulation, the meridians circulating in the hands mainly include the Taiyin Lung Meridian of the Hand, the Pericardium Meridian of the Hand Jueyin, the Heart Meridian of the Hand Shaoyin, the Large Intestine Meridian of the Hand Yangming, the Triple Burner Meridian of the Hand Shaoyang, The six meridians of the hand include the Taiyang small intestine meridian. Finger swelling and pain are mainly caused by blocked meridians and lack of Qi and blood. Therefore, drugs that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, relax muscles and unblock meridians, and nourish Qi and blood are often used.
During the treatment process, it is necessary to avoid finger contusions and long-term strain, and to avoid the invasion of evil spirits such as wind, cold, and dampness. At the same time, attention should be paid to ruling out chronic diseases such as rheumatism and malnutrition.
Follow-up
The patient was very distressed and consulted me. After consultation and physical examination, I suggested that he choose the above-mentioned dietary therapy. After one month, the pain was relieved. Ms. Wang was very happy. Call to let me know.