Article 165: Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis, Single-Herb Prescriptions, and Daily Precautions for Genital Warts

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Treatment and recuperation of common diseases

How does Traditional Chinese Medicine differentiate syndromes and treat diseases?

1. Damp-heat accumulation type: Symptoms include papillary wart-like hyperplasia on the external genitalia or anus, which is soft, moist, easy to bleed, eroded and exuded, with foul odor, itching or pain, red tongue, yellow and greasy coating, and wiry and rapid pulse.

Treatment principle: promote diuresis, clear heat, and detoxify.

Prescription: Gentian root 12g, Gardenia fruit 10g, Phellodendron bark 10g, Plantago seed (wrapped) 15g, Alisma rhizome 15g, Rehmannia root 15g, Portulaca root 30g, Isatis leaf 10g, Isatis root 15g, Smilax rhizome 30g, Licorice root 6g.

2. Accumulation of Fire Toxin Type: Symptoms include wart-like growths on the external genitalia or anus, resembling cauliflower or a cockscomb, with slight itching, pain, thirst, dry stools, dark yellow urine, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid pulse.

Treatment principle: Clear heat and detoxify.

Prescription: Coptis chinensis 10g, Phellodendron chinense 15g, Scutellaria baicalensis 10g, Gardenia jasminoides 10g, Dioscorea hypoglauca 12g, Stephania tetrandra 10g, Achyranthes bidentata 10g, Angelica sinensis 15g, Paeonia suffruticosa 10g, Portulaca oleracea 30g, Isatis indigotica 10g, Lonicera japonica 15g, Viola yedoensis 15g.

3. Phlegm and Blood Stasis Obstruction Type: Symptoms include swelling and bruising in the genital area and anus, with a long course of disease. The swelling is papillary or cauliflower-like and forms clumps. There is a feeling of pressure and occasional pain. The tongue is dark with ecchymosis, the coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is wiry and hesitant.

Treatment principles: resolve phlegm, dissipate blood stasis, and disperse nodules.

Prescription: 10g peach kernel, 10g safflower, 10g red peony root, 10g chuanxiong rhizome, 10g angelica root, 10g achyranthes root, 10g immature bitter orange peel, 10g bupleurum root, 10g turmeric rhizome, 10g prunella vulgaris root, 10g gleditsia sinensis thorn, 15g oyster shell, 5g licorice root.

Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating genital warts

1. Fresh purslane 15g, fox nut 15g, Cnidium monnieri 9g, Phellodendron bark 9g, Sophora flavescens 9g, Dictamnus dasycarpus 9g. Decocted in water, the juice is used for sitz baths to rinse the vagina twice daily. At the same time, 2% lidocaine and chlortetracycline ointment are applied topically to the vagina. Continue treatment for 1-2 weeks until symptoms disappear.

2. 10 grams of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, 10 grams of raw Coix seed, and 10 grams of Portulaca oleracea. Decocted in water and taken in two divided doses, one dose per day.

3. Purslane 60g, Isatis leaf 30g, alum 20g, peony bark 20g. Decocted in water, first fumigate then wash, twice daily.

4. Take 30 grams each of Coix seed, Isatis leaf, Isatis root, and oyster shell; and 15 grams each of Patrinia scabiosaefolia, Prunella vulgaris, and Paeonia lactiflora. Decocted in water, first fumigate then wash, 15-20 minutes each time, twice a day.

5. Grind the kernels of Brucea javanica into powder, wrap them in cloth, and rub them on the outside.

6. 15g of Kochia scoparia fruit, 15g of Sichuan pepper, 15g of Cnidium monnieri fruit, 30g of Isatis indigotica root, 30g of rhubarb, 30g of Isatis tinctoria leaf, 30g of Dictamnus dasycarpus root bark, and 30g of alum. Decoct the above herbs in water and use as a sitz bath twice daily.

7. 15g of Dioscorea hypoglauca, 15g of Atractylodes lancea, 15g of Phellodendron chinense, 20g of Isatis indigotica, 20g of Coix lacryma-jobi, 30g of Smilax glabra, 12g of Paeonia suffruticosa, 15g of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, 10g of Tetrapanax papyriferus, and 15g of Portulaca oleracea. Decoct in water and take one dose daily.

Medicinal diet for treating genital warts

1. 30g Isatis root, 30g wild chrysanthemum, 12g peach kernel, 30g white sugar. Wash the peach kernel, put it in a clay pot with the Isatis root and wild chrysanthemum, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for 40 minutes, remove the dregs and take about 400ml of juice, add white sugar and dissolve before taking, one dose per day.

2. Boil 50-100 grams of garlic cloves and 30 grams of torreya nuts in an earthenware pot and consume. If appetite is good, it can be taken once every other day. Suitable for those with macerated, ulcerated, or eroded surfaces of condyloma.

3. 500g fresh purslane, 60g indigo naturalis, 200ml honey. Wash the purslane and place it in a clay pot with the indigo naturalis. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the dregs and keep the liquid. Add the honey and simmer until it becomes a paste. Store in a bottle for later use. Take 10g each time, 3 times a day, with meals.

4. Boil 15 grams of safflower, 30 grams of isatis root, and 6 grams of osmanthus flowers in water, add an appropriate amount of honey to taste, and drink. Suitable for those with dark red, eroded, and bleeding condyloma acuminata.

5. Boil 50 grams of raw Job's tears and 30 grams of mung beans in water, add a suitable amount of sugar to taste, and consume. Suitable for those with dark red warts, moist sores, and itching.

What should we pay attention to in daily life?

1. Genital warts are not a shameful disease, and there's no need to feel anxious or depressed if you have a sexually transmitted infection. Early diagnosis and treatment are the correct approach. Patients should not wait until the warts grow larger and interfere with their physiological functions before seeing a doctor. A comprehensive examination of the vulva, vagina, and cervix is ​​necessary during the consultation.

2. Treatment for genital warts can be troublesome and painful, but you should not stop treatment because of this. Follow-up examinations are necessary after treatment.

3. While actively treating the condition, it's also important to avoid infecting others: First, sexual activity should be prohibited, and the partner should also undergo examination and treatment. Second, whether someone has warts or is an asymptomatic carrier, they are contagious. Therefore, personal basins and towels should be used individually, and underwear should not be shared. Wash the vulva 1-2 times daily, and sitz baths with traditional Chinese medicine can be used. Keep the vulva clean and dry, change underwear frequently to reduce irritation from secretions, and wash and disinfect used underwear separately.

4. Genital warts are prone to recurrence when physical therapy is used alone. Therefore, it is important to observe the condition carefully and seek timely follow-up treatment. It is best to use a combination of methods for comprehensive treatment.

5. Because some types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are carcinogenic, if genital warts recur frequently, it is important to seek medical attention promptly for a biopsy and pathological examination to avoid delaying treatment. Regular comprehensive gynecological examinations are also necessary.

Sexual partners should be examined at the same time, and both should be thoroughly checked, because the incubation period for genital warts is quite long (up to six months). Some patients may have already infected their partners without realizing it, and mistake repeated infections after being cured for relapses. Therefore, it is essential to emphasize that sexual partners should be treated simultaneously.

In the treatment of genital warts, one should not only focus on treating the raised warts and assume that everything is fine once they are cured. In fact, many subclinical infections are the key to the recurrence of this disease, so it is essential to pay attention to re-examination, diagnosis, and treatment.