Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

肿块生长缓慢，光滑活动，无压痛，伴口淡、畏寒；舌淡红，苔薄白，脉沉紧

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The mass grows slowly, feels smooth and movable, and is not painful when pressed.
  • A bland taste in the mouth, almost tasteless, accompanied by aversion to cold and worse discomfort upon cold exposure.
  • The tongue is pale and light red, appearing less deeply blood-colored.
  • Thin white tongue coating, light and not dense.
  • The pulse is only clearly felt with deeper pressure and feels tight rather than soft.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

温里祛湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Warm the interior, disperse cold, strengthen warming of the spleen, stomach, and abdomen, and help relieve aversion to cold, abdominal pain, and loose stool discomfort.
  • Promote the metabolism and elimination of dampness turbidity, helping relieve sensations of heaviness, swelling, sticky mouth, and thick greasy tongue coating.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

恶寒发热，局部红肿，疼痛拒按；舌质红，苔黄，脉数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Chills and fever may occur together, alternating sensations of cold and heat, with general discomfort.
  • The affected skin is red and swollen with visible distention.
  • Touching or pressing causes worsening pain, and the person prefers not to be pressed.
  • The tongue is red in color.
  • The tongue coating is yellow.
  • The pulse is rapid and beats somewhat hurriedly.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Reduce excess heat in the body and help relieve symptoms such as redness, burning sensation, dry mouth, and irritability.
  • Promote the elimination of dampness turbidity, helping reduce sticky heaviness, puffiness, or excessive discharge.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

肿块破溃，经久不愈，流液清稀，伴有精神萎靡，形体消瘦；舌质嫩红，苔薄，脉细无力

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The surface of the mass is broken and ulcerated, with incomplete skin and visible wound opening.
  • The condition has persisted for a long time without healing, showing no improvement over an extended period.
  • The wound exudes clear, thin, watery fluid.
  • Low energy and easily fatigued, with a general lack of vitality.
  • Thin and lean physique, appearing obviously emaciated.
  • The tongue is tender and red, with a soft, delicate texture.
  • The tongue coating is very thin, without thick or greasy accumulations on the tongue surface.
  • The pulse is thready, small, and forceless, lacking strength upon pressure.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气滋阴

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Supplement physical strength and original qi, enhance transformation and endurance, and help relieve sensations of shortness of breath and fatigue.
  • Nourish fluids and yin, calm deficiency heat and dryness, and help relieve dry mouth, night sweats, and irritability.

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