Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
for thyroid disease
The
hyperthyroidism, which commonly called as ¡°enlargement of the thyroid gland¡±,
is a usual and frequently- occurring disease, and it can be clinically divided
into tow kinds: the primary hyperthyroidism and the secondary hyperthyroidism.
The former one is more common, and belongs to a kind of autoimmune disease, while
the later one is rare, and comes from the nodular goiter. Though it is not the
chronic and stubborn disease, it is still a kind of disease that difficult to
cure and could cause some of high metabolic disease.
There
are five clinical manifestations:
1,The thyroid gland is swelling;
2,
The sympathetic nerve is excessively excited. The patient tends to be more talkative,
edgy, irritable and hard to sleep. The eyes even the tongue and feet quiver, it is apt to sweat, often feel hot ;
3, Exophthalmos: the eyeballs protuberate,
papebral fissure widen, the pupils enlarge, and even hard to close the eyes;
4,
Circulatory system problems: The patient often gets palpitation, the chest feels
uncomfortable, and the pulse rate is accelerated, the arrhythmia appears with
the passing of time, the atria quivers, and finally cause the heart failure;
5,The
basic metabolism rate increases notably, and the degree is as serious as the clinical
symptom ¡®s .
The patient with hyperthyroidism looks tired and weak, but the appetite
increases instead, besides that it can also cause the menolipsis, impotence, and
some of the patients suffers from diarrhoea , periodic muscle paralysis, pretibial
myxedema ,etc. The disease could occur at any age, and especially caused by young
women . At present the percentage of female patient is 2%, and this number has
the tendency to increase year by year.
Because of the inadequate unawareness of
the prevention, the disease often be ignored so that it could suddenly aggravate
and change into a more critical state (mainly manifest as high fever , profuse
sweating , extreme tachycardia , vomiting , diarrhoea , fidget, the heavy one
go into a coma, if does not rescue in time, it could cause the death . )So, it
has already been a very important thing to introduce general knowledge of prevention
about hyperthyroidism and seek the effective treatment method.
The pathogeny
of the hyperthyroidism has close relations with one's autoimmune, heredity and
environment etc, among them the autoimmune factor is the most important. Unfortunately,
the emergence and the evolution of autoimmune of hyperthyroidism is unknown, therefore
it is very difficult to find the prevent method.
The genetic factor is
also very important, but the hereditary background and the mode of heredity have
not been expounded, so it is also very difficult to prevent from the hereditary
respect.
The environmental factor includes various kinds of factors that
could cause the disease break out, for example the wound, spirit stimulation,
infection etc.. Though the pathogenic factors of hyperthyroidism are mainly related
with autoimmune and the heredity, as refers to the outbreak of the disease it
has close relations with the environmental factors. That means when the patient
stimulates by them, the disease will occcur, vice versa.
Therefore some
patient could be prevented from the disease by avoiding the stimulating factors.
The patient's diet is especially important in the course of recuperation.
Because the hyperactivity of the metabolism, the nutriment demand obviously increases,
if nutrition supplement is insufficient, the emaciation will be more obvious,
the symptom is similar to the cancer¡¯s in later period, so the importance of the
proper diet should be paid close attention to.
Patient's diet should
be paid attention to from the following respects: The man should take 2400 kilocalories
at least per day, the women should take 2000 kilocalories at least per day. The
high protein diet should be taken more. The young patient need another more fat,
the fruit vegetables with abundant vitamin should diet more, the pungent food
such as hot pepper, Chinese onions, ginger, garlic etc. should take little. The
food with high iodine such as kelp, sea shrimp, ocean fishes etc. should take
little. Try not to smoke, drink alcohol, take few strong teas and coffee. The
patient should pay special attention to psychology and spirit , keep happy and
easeful mood, and avoid the wind cold, overwork, and high fever.
The patient
should not ignore the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine during the course
of the treatment. In accordance with our many years clinical experience and the
further research of the thyroid gland disease, we have mastered the etiology and
pathogenesis of the thyroid gland disease.
The outbreak of the hyperthyroidism
has the most closest relation with the spiritual factor. The uneasy emotion, stagnation
of the liver-qi and deficiency of the spleen could cause the disease. If it in
the eye, the exophthalmos may occur; if the liver fire is hyperactive, the patient
is easy to be irascible and angry; if the fire is superfluous, the Qi will be
consumed and the Yin will be damaged; if it in spleen and stomach, the stomach
fire will be hyperactive ; if the heart-yin is deficient ,the patient will be
afraid of hot and begin to palpitation; if it in the kidney-yin, the deficiency
of the kidney-yin will be emerge on later stage .
After our 20 years
research, we summarize tens of thousands of successful experience, and successfully
develops special medicine to cure the hyperthyroidism which contains more than
20 kinds of famous and precious pure traditional Chinese medicine. It could regulate
the Qi and scatters the stagnation, reduce phlegm and intenerate the hard core,strengthening
the body resistance and agglomerate Yin,adjust body¡¯s immunity, and could cure
the thyroid gland diseases such as hyperthyroidism, thyroid cyst , adenoma , tubercle
etc. without any operation. The medicine has succeeded in curing the big necks
and exophthalmos caused by hyperthyroidism, and in detumescence , scattering the
stagnation, soothing the nerves and in reducing the basic metabolism notably.
The
advantages of TCM treatment for thyroid disease such as thyroiditis,hypothyroidism.
Both the traditional Chinese medicines and the Western medicines have their
own advantages in treating the thyroid disease, so the integrated therapy of combining
these two methods has become the one of important tasks in the world. From many
cases we could find that this integrated therapy has become the general trend
of the treatment for thyroid disease in the world. The replacement therapy can
supply thyroxin and the TCM dialectic therapy can renew the function of the Thyroid
gland. This therapy has been widely accepted by majority patients and has been
proved by many cases. The curative effect is obviously superior to the single
Western medicine¡¯s.
The integrated therapy slashes the dosage of the
thyroxin and the harmful side effect of western medicine , at the same time the
traditional medicine improves the clinical symptom, furthermore, it dose effect
a radical cure of the thyroid disease such as thyroiditis,hypothyroidism and brings
the hope to the patients. The suffering patients especially the ones who are in
the vital state do need to take this treatment actively to enhance the curative
effect and the chance of living.
In the past, the most of patients merely
took the western medicine treatment¡ª the lifelong replacement therapy. The pure
TCM treatment or integrated therapy can mitigate the symptom until it disappears,
and reduce the dosage of the western medicine to zero gradually and stabilitify
the curative effect by taking the TCM, after the function of the thyroid gland
is normal, can also reduce the traditional Chinese medicine to zero gradually.
In a word, the integrated therapy is an ideal method to cure the thyroid disease
at present. It is the hope for patients to conquer the disease.
Now most
patients with thyroid diseases such as Hashimotos disease ,thyroiditis,hypothyroidism
adapt the thyroid tablets replacement therapy, they has to take the medicines
like Euthyrox,LevoThyroxine Sodium,Thyroxine Tablets for long time even the life
time .This kind of method though can prevent the decline of the thyroid function,
but it can neither cure the abnormity of the immunity nor reduce the antithyroid
antibody in the blood serum. The operation and the radioiodin treatment may accelerate
the development of hypothyroidism, so they are usually forbidden to use.
The specialists use the integrated method to treat the thyroid disease and have
accumulated a wealth of experience in clinical treatment. They summarize the experience
and institute the role of TCM treatment¡ªsoothe the liver and relieve mental depression,eliminate
phlegm and remove obstruction,ease the sprit and clear away fire,remove blood
stasis by promoting blood circulation, soften stiffness and remove obstruction,nourish
the spleen and kidney,replenish Qi and blood. It has been achieved good effect.
The result represents that the integrated therapy is more effective than merely
taking the thyroxine tablets to cure the disease.
The traditional Chinese medicine
can ease the symptoms, lessen swollen part of thyroid, decrease the excessive
antithyroid antibody and improve the thyroid function and the immunity. The reduction
of throxine tablets avoids the side effect effectively and counteracts the deficiency
of the western medicine. The experts select many precious herbal medicines and
develop series of prescriptions to cure the Hashimoto¡¯s disease ,thyroiditis,hypothyroidism
etc .The prescription not only improves the curative effect, but also brings the
opportunity to the patients.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment of subacute thyroiditis
The incidence of subacute
thyroiditis, sometimes referred to as granulomatous or De Quervain's thyroiditis,
has a tendency to increase in recent years. The main symptoms of subacute thyroiditis
are a painful swelling of the thyroid gland and symptoms of fever. The wrong or
negative treatment of it may cause the permanent hopothyoidism.
There
is evidence that subacute thyroiditis is an abacterial inflammation without specific
etiopathogenesis. The traditional method is using the glucocorticoid that has
the non-specific anti-inflammation function to control the disease, such as oral
Prednisone or intravenous hydrocortisone. The symptoms usually subside with the
medicine, but the disease a tendency to recur and aggravate or the painful swelling
transfers from one side to another one when reducing the doses of the hormone.
All of these conditions will prolong the course of disease and threat the life
of patients. Approximately there are 20%-30% of patients suffer from the recurrence
when they stop taking the hormone medicines, and the long-term taking of that
kind of medicine will bring about many harmful side effects like plenilune-like
face, water buffalo back,osteoporosis etc. Besides, the medicine also has the
probability of causing the hypertension,diabetes,tuberculosis or alimentary canal
ulcer to happen.
Traditional
Chinese Medicine has some advantage of anti-virus, and there is evidence that
subacute thyroiditis is caused by a viral infection since many patients have had
a cold before the subacute thyroiditis. The experts do not adapt the hormone medicines
but traditional Chinese medicine to cure the disease, which can ease the painful
swelling and renew the shape and functions of injured thyroid gland. This method
can effectively avoid the side effect of hormone medicines and recurrence of the
disease, and brings the hope to the patients especially the one who has the long
course of the disease and has the difficulty in getting rid of the hormone medicines.
The cure rate is over 98%.
In
the acute state of the subacute thyroiditis, the thyroid gland swells suddenly
with great pain, and the symptoms also includes the headache,face ache,fever.
The traditional Chinese medicine prescription, ¡±Jia Nei prescription¡±, can clear
away heat and detoxicate the organs and remove the obstruction. The patient who
is in high fever could use the prescription and anti-virus traditional Chinese
medicine intravenous drip or febrifuge to low the temperature, usually the temperature
can be normal and the pain of the thyroid gland will become lightened. Because
the thyroid follicles are damaged and a large amount of thyroxin enter the blood,
there will be a transient hyperthydidim period with the symptoms of weight loosing,nervosity,tremor,palpitations,heat
intolerance and desudation. This condition will last 1-3 months.
To
the patient who has the signs of hyperthyroidism, the prescription and the additional
medicines can clear away heat,remove the obstruction, calm the liver. The thyroid
function will become normal after one-month medicines. The medicine can also eliminate
the pathological changes. Because the thyroid gland is damaged, 25%-50% of patients
will get the transient hopothyoidism, and it will last 1-6 months. In this state,
the patient has the poor appetite and feels weakness, as well as the coldness
intolerance and limbs swelling. The experts will the dialect method to treat the
disease and adjust the immune system to promote the recovery of the thyroid function
and prevent the occurrence of the permanent hopothyroidism.
The
most of the patients will recover after 2 months TCM treatment. The patient who
has had the hormone medicines could reduce the dosage of the hormone medicines
gradually until get rid of them without any worry of recurrence or aggravation
of the disease. Among the patients we see, the longest courses of this disease
is ten year, and the recurrence of the disease and the side effect have totally
damaged the thyroid function, but after a period of taking traditional Chinese
medicines, the thyroid function renews and the he totally gets rid of the hormone
medicines, furthermore it never recurs.
The
merits of the TCM treatment , the obvious curative effect,low recurrence,few side
effect. In accordance with the different clinical symptoms, the subacute thyroiditis
can be divided into 3 courses. The first stage is represented by the symptoms
of fever and pain, there is a swollen part emerges in the front part of the neck,
the ache is obvious when touch. The traditional Chinese medicine has the function
of clearing away heat,removing the obstruction and easing the pain of the thyroid
gland£»In the second stage, the pain is lightened, and the painful swollen part
of the neck becomes hard, and the traditional Chinese medicine¡¯s which has the
function of cooling the blood,removing the obstruction,easing the pain and detumescence
can treat the symptoms effectively£»The last stage of the disease usually accompany
with the hopothyroidism, the main symptoms are coldness intolerance,edema,distention
of the abdomen, the prescription can worm the kidney strengthen spleen, remove
the obstruction and smooth the swollen part then finally cure the disease.
The
experts of thyroid department use the traditional Chinese medicine to cure the
subacute thyroiditis have achieved outstanding achievements and the curative effect
is remarkable and reliable. They avoid and correct many misdiagnosis and wrong
treatment, bring the hope to the patients with subacute thyroiditis.
What is the most optimistic method to cure the Thyroid tumors?
The hyperthyroidism is a complicated pathological process. The morbid part
is neck but more than one internal organs suffering from the disease and the multi-pathogenesis
coexist. The clinical symptoms are neck tumefaction,sweating ,heat fearing,palpitation,impatience,eliminate
valley and easy to feel hungry,easy to get angry,the shiver of fingers and tongue,emaciated
physique. So in order to balance the inner environment and eliminate these symptoms,
the doctors use many methods to soothe the liver and regulate the Qi,clear away
liver-fire,strengthen the spleen and reduce phlegm,nourish Yin and clear away
heat,nourish the liver and kidney,smooth the nerve, reduce the phlegm to remove
obstruction in the collaterals,invigorate the circulation of blood to smooth the
collaterals, eliminate the virus. People study the materials at home and abroad
and integrate the modern technology then summarize the essence of hyperthyroidism
treatment that is (1) improve the immunity; (2) adjust the function activities
of nerve and body fluid; (3) depress the energy metabolism; (4) restrain the thyroxin
secretion.
The small-sized benign thyroid tumor can receive conservative
treatment¡ªthe traditional Chinese medicine treatment. If the size of tumor exceeds
5cm or it has the tendency of being malignant, the patient must undergo the operation
as soon as possible, and examine the section whether it is benign or not. After
the operation, the TCM should be taken to solidify the treatment and prevent the
recurrence. Because a tumor just exists in part of body and only represents the
systemic disease partially, so to the most tumor patients a partial treatment
merely alleviates the symptoms but cannot solve the problem essentially. And many
recurrence cases show us the partial treatment cannot cure the disease thoroughly.
When people are diagnosed with thyroid tumor by a Western Medical Doctor,
they are advised to take an operation to cure the disease, because most Western
Medical doctors consider the operation is the best way to eliminate the tumor,
but the fact shows that the patients who undergo the operation may suffer from
the disease again easily, the recurrence rate reach up to 88.2%. Though the thyroid
tumor is in the neck, it is only the representative of the systemic illness, so
to the most tumor patients a partial treatment merely alleviates the symptoms
but cannot solve the problem essentially. And many recurrence cases show us the
partial treatment cannot cure the disease thoroughly. If the patients neglect
the treatment (there is no obvious symptom of benign thyroid tumor at the first
stage. Patients can talk, eat, sleep, work and study normally without any pain
or itch.), the illness will become a complicated disease even the vital one, because
the long-term illness can injure the Qi and Yin, and finally result in the inter-injury
of Yin and Yang.
On the contrary, the traditional Chinese medicine mainly
uses the dialect therapy to treat the tumor on the basis of the whole body. It
not only gives the patient partial treatment but also the systemic adjustment.
It can reduce the pathogenic factor, strengthens the vial Qi thereby to cure the
disease thoroughly and prevent the recurrence of the disease.
Does traditional
Chinese medicine can cure thyroid tumor?
In
the ancient time of China, the thyroid diseases including simple goiter,thyroid
nodules, thyroid chyst,thyrophyma are common diseases, especially in the place
where lacks of iodine. The doctors such as Zhang Zhongjing,HuaTuo adapted herbal
medicine to treat this kind of disease conservatively from generation to generation.
According to ¡°HuaTuo Surgery¡±, he used herbal medicine to cure many patients.
According with the research of the medicine, some of the traditional Chinese
medicines such as oyster,pangolin,turtle,Zhejiang fritillary bulb,Nanxing have
the function of soften the stiffness and remove the node, invigorate the circulation
of blood to eliminate the obstruction in it,soothe the liver and regulate the
Qi,smooth Qi and reduce phlegm which can cure the thyroid tumor. After the experts¡¯
research and thousands of experimental treatment, they finally develop the TCM
therapy, which can soften and eliminate the tumor quickly and also balance incretion
to improve immunity. This method both treats the illness symptomatically and essentially.
It is hardly for patient to attack by the disease again, and it also avoids the
risk and the sequela of the operation, besides, it is more economical than operation.
But to the patient who has been ill for a long time or the tumor tends to
being larger or malignant, it is better to take the operation as quickly as possible
and examine the section whether it is benign or not. After the operation, the
TCM should be taken to solidify the treatment and prevent the recurrence of the
disease. Because a tumor just exists in part of body and only represents the systemic
disease partially, so to the most tumor patients a partial treatment merely alleviates
the symptoms but cannot solve the problem essentially. And many recurrence cases
show us the partial treatment cannot cure the disease thoroughly.
The
traditional Chinese medicine mainly uses the dialect therapy to treat the tumor
on the basis of the whole body. It not only gives the patient partial treatment
but also the systemic adjustment. It can reduce the pathogenic factor, strengthens
the vial Qi thereby to cure the disease thoroughly and prevent the recurrence
of the disease.
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