I have been an obstetrician and gynaecologist for more than 20 years, witnessing the pain and struggle of countless infertility patients, and finding solutions for them. In this process, I continue to accumulate and explore the best path. By chance, I flipped through the relevant literature and saw the side of Zhang Zhongjing, a medical saint in the Han Dynasty, which subverted my understanding of fallopian tube blockage.
This recipe is called Seaweed Huoxue Soup, which is composed of more than a dozen traditional Chinese medicines such as seaweed, angelica, salvia, and white peony. This discovery gave me a great revelation that the blockage of the fallopian tubes is not as complicated as I imagined. Looking back at past cases, there was a patient with fallopian tube obstruction, which happened to meet the evidence of seaweed blood decoction.
This patient has a normal, moderate, bright red menstrual cycle, and sometimes a small amount of blood clots. I feel chest pain a week before each menstrual period, and I feel severe menstrual cramps during menstruation. In daily life, I often feel a dull pain in my lower abdomen, and I am irritable and irritable. After salpingography, the diagnosis was confirmed as bilateral tubal obstruction.
So, I corrected the seaweed blood decoction and asked the patient to take it according to the doctor's instructions. Soon, the patient came for a follow-up consultation and said that the chest tightness and pain and menstrual cramps had been significantly relieved, and his mood had become happy and comfortable. Based on this, I continued to adjust the dosage of my medication. Eventually, after a cycle of medication, the patient underwent another tubal examination and was pleasantly surprised to find that both fallopian tubes were completely open. Three months later, the patient successfully conceived. Tubal obstruction infertility is classified as "total non-delivery" and "broken thread" in traditional Chinese medicine theory.
The main reason for this is that the woman's righteous qi is weak, or the postoperative abortion is improperly adjusted, and the external evil takes advantage of the weakness to enter, hurting the Chong Ren vein, resulting in the loss of Chong Ren's nourishment. At this time, it is particularly important to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain, and loosen soft and firm knots. At the same time, qi stagnation, blood coagulation, and meridian obstruction are the root causes of less abdominal pain and irritability. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicines such as angelica, salvia, white peony, Yanhusuo, sumac, fried frankincense, and myrrh have the effects of promoting qi and invigorating blood, reducing swelling and fixing pain.
However, the grim truth is that due to the congestion of blood and blocking the meridians for a long time, it is difficult to completely remove them with these Chinese medicines alone. Therefore, we need to use medicinal materials such as fritillaria, kelp, oysters and other herbs with the function of soft and hard dispersion to achieve the effect of blood circulation and blood stasis. As for the pain caused by blocked meridians, the reason is that the veins are occluded. In this case, we need to use drugs such as Lulutong and turtle armor to achieve communication. In addition, women are congenitally dominated by the liver, so they should be combined with the menstrual cycle to take targeted medication, and strengthen the application of drugs to relieve the liver and regulate qi before and after menstruation.
After years of clinical practice, I know that modern Chinese medicine clinical practice must be based on individual differences, plus or minus prescriptions, and formulate targeted plans. Here I would like to remind you that no medicine can be taken at will, and must be increased or decreased according to your own condition.
Many people often have a fear of imaging and ask if I can tell if my fallopian tubes are open by taking my pulse. However, although TCM pulse diagnosis is miraculous, and some diseases can indeed be detected through pulse diagnosis, it is difficult to accurately determine diseases such as hydrosalpinx and blockage. For cysts and hydrops existing in the body, traditional Chinese medicine usually uses the ** to nourish the spleen qi, regulate water conservancy, and promote the transformation of blood activation. As the old saying goes: "Long-term illness will accumulate", and those who have accumulated for a long time can be identified by the pulse and tongue. However, the specific location of the "accumulation" still needs to be confirmed with the help of modern medical technology, which precisely reflects the progress and development of medical research.
Generally speaking, traditional Chinese medicine can not only assist in the first disease, but also play its unique advantages in the process of dealing with difficult diseases. Therefore, I always insist on recording medical records and carrying out popular science work every day, aiming to let the public better understand how TCM is the best disease, and let patients get good results on the premise of reducing their financial burden.