Pressure Ulcers

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

局部皮肤出现褐色红斑，继而紫暗红肿，或有破损。苔薄，舌边有瘀紫，脉弦

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The local skin first develops brownish-red patches, which then turn into purplish-dark redness and swelling, possibly with skin surface breakdown.
  • The tongue coating appears relatively thin, with overall light coverage.
  • The edges of the tongue become purplish, showing blood stasis-like color changes.
  • The pulse often feels wiry and tense, like a tightened string.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

理气活血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help promote the movement of qi, relieve discomfort such as chest tightness, hypochondriac distension, or abdominal bloating, and help the body feel unobstructed.
  • May help promote blood circulation, alleviate pain, ecchymosis, or irregular menstruation, and help the body feel lighter.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

压疮溃烂，腐肉及脓水较多，或有恶臭，重者溃烂可深及筋骨，四周漫肿。伴有发热或低热，口苦且干，形神萎靡，不思饮食。舌红，苔少，脉细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The pressure ulcer breaks down, with a large amount of necrotic tissue and pus, possibly emitting a foul odor. In severe cases, it may extend deep to the tendons and bones, with the surrounding area swelling and spreading.
  • Accompanied by fever or low-grade fever, a bitter and dry mouth, general lack of energy, and loss of appetite.
  • The tongue is reddish with a scanty coating; the pulse is thin and somewhat rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气养阴，理湿托毒

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help supplement vital qi and nourish the body’s yin fluids, relieving symptoms such as physical weakness, dry mouth and throat, or irritability and heat sensations.
  • May help promote the metabolism and discharge of dampness and turbidity, and assist in expelling pathogenic substances, relieving symptoms such as body heaviness, sticky secretions, or swelling and pain of sores.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

疮面腐肉难脱，或腐肉虽脱，新肌色淡，愈合缓慢。伴面色无华，神疲乏力，纳差食少。舌淡，苔少，脉沉细无力

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The necrotic tissue on the wound surface is difficult to slough off; or if it does, the newly formed granulation tissue is pale, and overall healing progresses slowly.
  • The complexion is dull, easily fatigued, with poor appetite and reduced food intake.
  • The tongue is pale with a scanty coating; the pulse is deep, thin, and forceless.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

气血双补，托毒生肌

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • May help supplement qi and blood, alleviating symptoms such as fatigue, pale complexion, dizziness, or palpitations.
  • May help eliminate pathogenic factors from the body and promote the growth of new tissue, reducing wound exudate, redness, swelling, and pain.

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