How to Treat Nervous Debility with Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Neuralgia mainly occurs in young people due to factors such as long-term depression, busy work, and irregular work and rest. Patients need to rest more, relax their brains, perform brain massage, and go out for a walk to relieve brain nerve pressure. Then they can choose traditional Chinese medicine conditioning methods in their daily lives. Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning selects drugs such as Polygonum multiflorum, Schisandra chinensis, Albizia julibraissin, Ziziphus jujube, etc. for conditioning, which can help treat insomnia and strengthen bones and muscles.

1. For patients with severe neuralgia, the following methods can be tried: Polygonum multiflorum 30g, Schisandra chinensis 15g, Albizia julibraissin 15g, Ganoderma lucidum 30g (boiled first), Ziziphus jujube 15g, Poria cocos 15g, Angelica sinensis 15g, Prepared rehmannia 15g, Acanthopanax senticosus 30g, Magnetite 40g, decocted in water. Taking Acanthopanax senticosus for a period of time can help treat insomnia, lower blood pressure, and enhance the body's defense capabilities. It is worth noting that Acanthopanax senticosus, also known as Cortex Acanthopanacis Senticosi, is divided into three different medicinal materials: Acanthopanax senticosus, Cortex Acanthopanacis, and Cortex Cinnamomi, which are easily confused. Among them, Cortex Cinnamomi has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, tonifying the liver and kidney, and strengthening bones and muscles, but it is toxic and can easily cause damage to the heart and kidney functions. In addition, it should not be used by those with yin deficiency and excessive fire.

2. For dietary therapy methods, liver fire ascending type symptoms include palpitations and annoyance, irritability and impatience, insomnia and dreams, and thin and rapid pulse. These patients can choose foods that have the effects of clearing liver fire and nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, such as spinach, rape, shepherd's purse, winter melon, bitter gourd, bamboo shoots, fresh lotus root, celery, water spinach, day lily, wheat, mulberry, pear, peach, sunflower seeds, mung bean, longan, egg, mutton, duck meat, black-boned chicken, honey, etc. Symptoms of qi and blood deficiency type include palpitations, insomnia, easy waking with many dreams, dizziness and forgetfulness, poor appetite, mental fatigue, and thin and weak pulse. These patients can choose foods that have the effects of invigorating the spleen and qi, nourishing blood and nourishing the heart, such as japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, soybeans and their products, barley, carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, milk, ginseng, carp, mandarin fish, pig liver, pig stomach, beef, sheep heart, rabbit meat, pigeon eggs, etc. Symptoms of disharmony between the heart and kidney include restless heart palpitations, insomnia with irritation, forgetfulness, night sweats, sore waist and knees, spermatorrhea, and thin and rapid pulse. These patients can choose foods that have the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, and harmonizing the heart and kidney, such as glutinous rice, red dates, lily bulbs, Ziziphus jujube, wolfberry, white fungus, goose meat, pig lungs, pig pancreas, winter melon, bitter gourd, eggplant, crucian carp, etc. From a clinical application perspective, the above therapies can be regarded as good adjunctive treatments for patients with mild neuralgia. Additionally, patients should cultivate good living habits, such as taking walks after dinner and exercising regularly, which can greatly help with the recovery of symptoms.