With red root sage against stroke

Chinese medicine helps with stroke prevention and recovery

02/09/2012

Each year, 200,000 Germans receive the horror diagnosis Stroke, which causes not only affected people, but also with family members and friends at the first moment often stark horror. Many are immediately thinking of lengthy rehab measures or long-term damage ranging from paralysis to speech problems to immobilization. Precisely because diseases of the blood vessels increase more and more, conventional medicine offers innumerable treatment approaches. However, few people know that even gentle alternatives such as Chinese medicine have powerful effects on prevention and recovery.

Physicians always talk about a stroke when it comes to a reduced blood flow to the brain. As a result, the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the cells no longer works properly, brain and nerve functions diminish. Malefactors of under-circulation are usually „congested“ Blood vessels. Dr. Christian Schmincke, TCM expert, general practitioner and director of the Steigerwald Clinic, explains the therapeutic goals of Chinese medicine: „Chinese treatment approaches improve the permeability of the blood vessels and reduce inflammation. To do this, we activate the body's self-healing powers, so that it independently deposits deposited metabolic end products and improves microcirculation. In principle, it is about getting the supply and disposal back under control.“

The basis of the treatment is the Chinese drug therapy. Individually compiled herbs support the success of the treatment by distributing a decoction of the boiled fruit throughout the day. Doctors monitor their effect and adapt the formula again and again. In diseases of the blood vessels, TCM experts often rely on red-root sage as part of the curative drug. But anyone who thinks that he can administer herbal substances himself is wrong. „Salvia miltiorrhiza is a highly effective substance that should only be used under medical supervision and at very low doses. In addition, every body reacts very differently to this remedy. If used incorrectly, it leads in the worst case to an acute worsening of the symptoms.“ Auxiliary for the therapy of medicinal products are acupuncture, qigong, tunia massages and a vegetarian diet.

However, with a careful selection of food, everyone can support their own recovery or prevent strokes. Chinese principle: „Do not make the blood thick.“ A high-vegetable diet and alcohol in moderation contributes as well as the renunciation of coffee and nicotine. In addition to drinking a glass of warm water several times a day - whoever likes it with ginger - restores the inner clarity in the body. And for the mental equilibrium puts Dr. Schmincke to all concerned to the heart: „Clarifying problems in the family reduces tension in the brain.“ (Pm)