Viral Hepatitis
Viral hepatitis is caused by hepatitis virus infection of common infectious
diseases, contagious, and transmission complex, a wide range of popular,
higher prevalence and so on.
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Viral hepatitis is a common infectious
disease caused by hepatitis virus infection. It is contagious, and
it transmits in a complex, popular and high prevalence.
The main symptoms of this disease are fatigue, fever, jaundice,
vomiting, loss of appetite, hypochondriac stomach pain, liver pain,
hepatomegaly and tenderness, etc. Without proper treatment and good
living habits, it is easy to become cirrhosis, worse still, can
lead to liver cancer
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The following common types of viral hepatitis
(A) Acute hepatitis B
(B) Chronic hepatitis B
(C) Severe hepatitis
(D) Cholestatic hepatitis
How TCM treat hepatitis
For acute hepatitis, it is recommended to seek treatment from western
medicine as they can prescribe antibiotic medication for quick recovery.
Chronic hepatitis can be successfully treated by TCM's treatment approach
and no side effect. It may take about three or six months as a treatment
cycle
This ailment, according to TCM, has the following different syndromes:
Syndrome (a)
Dampness and Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder
Chest stuffiness, dysphoria with feverish sensation, pain in the hypochondrium,
adominal distension, lassitude and weakness, anorexia with aversion to
greasy food, bitter taste and dry mouth, scanty dark urine, dry stools,
reddened tongue with yellow and greasy fur, taut and rapid or smooth and
rapid pulse.
Syndrome (b)
Stagnation of the Liver-Qi with Deficiency of the Spleen
Dull pain in the right-sided hypochondrium, general debility, anorexia,
loose stools, thin and whitish fur of the tongue, deep and taut pulse.
Syndrome (c)
Stagnation of Qi and Blood Stasis
Gloomy complexion, stabbing pain in the right hypochondrium, hepatomegaly
or splenomegaly, abdominal distension, anorexia, some telangiectases in
the skin of face and neck with vascular spiders, liver palms, dark purple
tongue sometimes marked with ecchymoses, taut and uneven pulse..
TCM employs syndrome differentiation, depending on the situation and
condition of the patient, physical, sub-type, use different methods to
treat hepatitis effectively.
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