What Constitutes the Comprehensive Medical Case Studies of Sanren Decoction?

There is no clear distinction between medicinal herbs and food. Many medicinal herbs have health-preserving effects and are rich in nutrients, which can help supplement the body's nutritional needs and, in some cases, assist in the treatment of diseases. Therefore, it is important to learn more about health-preserving methods in daily life. Sanren Decoction is one such recipe, and below is an introduction to the complete medical cases related to Sanren Decoction.

Complete Medical Cases of Sanren Decoction Include:

1. Refractory Urinary Tract Infection - Case of Lao

Female, 42 years old, initial diagnosis on September 5, 1998. The patient had recurrent symptoms of frequent urination, urgency, and urination pain for over 10 years. She had previously used various antibiotics and Chinese patent medicines, which temporarily improved her symptoms but often relapsed after discontinuation. One day before, her symptoms worsened, accompanied by mild coughing, sticky and uncomfortable mucus, gastric discomfort, nausea, red tongue with slightly yellow and greasy coating, and thin and taut pulses. The diagnosis was disharmony of the Triple Energizer with damp-heat descending. The treatment principle was to disperse the upper, smoothen the middle, and drain the lower. The prescribed medication was Sanren Decoction plus mulberry leaves (15g), shiwei (15g), and tufuling (15g). After taking three doses of the medicine, the patient's urinary irritation symptoms disappeared, and her appetite improved. She continued to take the original formula for one month to consolidate the treatment effect. After one year of follow-up, no recurrence was observed.

The abuse of antibiotics cannot be ignored, and urinary tract infections are no exception. Long-term and blind use of antibiotics in urinary tract infection patients is a major factor leading to bacterial resistance. The pathogenesis of L-form bacterial urinary tract infection is related to long-term and excessive use of antibiotics. In clinical treatment, it is often found that acute urinary tract infections often turn chronic or recurrent after long-term antibiotic treatment, which may be related to the transformation of some bacteria into L-form bacteria. Improper use of antibiotics can not only fail to kill bacteria but also induce the formation of L-form bacteria, leading to the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria, which is one of the reasons for the persistent urinary tract infection in clinical practice.

Chronic urinary tract infections should be treated with antibiotics based on the type of bacteria and drug sensitivity test results, and the medication should be used according to the prescribed course until the bacteria are negative. Blind and long-term use of antibiotics to prevent recurrence or improper dosage can easily lead to bacterial resistance, waste of drugs, and adverse drug reactions, including kidney toxicity. Therefore, long-term blind medication has many disadvantages, and clinical attention should be paid to this point.

Chinese medicine treatment of urinary tract infections has the advantages of rapid symptom control, definite curative effect, and no drug resistance, and it is increasingly valued by the medical community. In traditional Chinese medicine treatment of urinary tract infections, it is important to identify the虚实 of syndromes, examine the urgency of the underlying and manifest conditions, and on the basis of syndrome differentiation, add 2-3 herbs with the function of clearing heat and detoxifying to achieve better efficacy in eliminating pyuria and converting bacterial urine to negative.

The patient's symptoms matched the prescribed medication, leading to satisfactory results.

2. Rheumatoid Arthritis - Case of Ji

Female, 36 years old, farmer. Initial diagnosis on October 18, 1997. The patient complained of pain in the knee joints of both lower limbs for over two years. Recently, due to continuous rainy weather, she felt swelling and pain in the joints of both lower limbs, accompanied by low fever, general fatigue, soreness and heaviness, coldness at the painful areas, difficulty in walking and bending the knees, poor appetite, pale tongue with purple edges, yellow and greasy coating, and slippery pulses. The diagnosis was damp-heat obstruction with impaired circulation of qi and blood.

The treatment principle was to clear heat and resolve dampness, promote circulation and relieve pain. The prescribed medication was Sanren Decoction plus haifengteng (10g), qingfengteng (10g), luoshiteng (10g), jixueteng (15g), and weilingxian (10g). After taking the medicine for one week, the patient's lower limb pain was