Patient's question:
My grandmother's generation had an aunt who was mentally ill. Back then, due to poor conditions, they just let her fend for herself. Now, my mother is also showing symptoms of mental illness. She often gets afraid for no reason, and her behavior is very eccentric. Now, the family has sent her to the hospital for treatment.Doctor's answer:
Hello! Schizophrenia is caused by adverse environmental influences in later life and results from dysfunction of brain function. It is characterized by abnormalities in mental activity. Currently, Western antipsychotic medications in China and abroad achieve symptom control through sedative and hypnotic effects. They have a certain therapeutic effect in treatment, but due to their high dependence, relapse occurs if the dosage is insufficient or medication is discontinued, requiring lifelong use. Additionally, they have significant side effects and can harm the brain, as well as the heart, liver, and kidney functions, necessitating regular liver and kidney function tests. In long-term or high-dose users, it can lead to brain atrophy. Patients under Western medication control are often in a depressive state, exhibiting sluggishness, slow speech, stupor, apathy, weight gain, irregular heartbeat, drowsiness, endocrine disorders, and more, making it difficult for them to work and live normally. Western medicine considers this condition a global challenge.In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), schizophrenia is referred to as "epilepsy" () and "mania" (), where "excessive yin leads to epilepsy, and excessive yang leads to mania." TCM treatment focuses on opening the orifices, reviving consciousness, regulating qi and resolving stagnation, calming the mind and subduing fright, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and suppressing restlessness and insomnia to regulate and repair abnormal symptoms, ultimately achieving patient recovery. Since TCM and Chinese herbal medicine have no dependence, they are curative at both the root and symptoms. After discontinuing medication, there is no risk of relapse, which is the greatest advantage of TCM and Chinese herbal medicine.
For this condition, Buxi-Tibetan herbal medicine has shown significant efficacy. Clinical experiments over many years have demonstrated that it is a broad-spectrum antipsychotic, equally effective for both negative and positive symptoms. It has a proven therapeutic effect with no side effects or dependence, allowing cured patients to return to their former healthy state. It is particularly effective for patients who have never taken antipsychotic medications or Western sedatives and hypnotics, with some cases improving within a week. For patients with lower doses of Western antipsychotics or less dependence and drug resistance, the improvement is also relatively fast. However, for patients with longer illness duration, higher Western medication dosages, and multiple types of medications, the improvement is slower, and treatment takes longer. This is influenced by dependence and drug resistance. For such patients, the original Western medications must be gradually reduced in stages to prevent relapse. This gradual reduction allows for a smooth transition and facilitates treatment, significantly reducing patients' suffering and the workload of caregivers.
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