How to treat chronic gynecological inflammation?

Patient's question:

Chronic inflammation has been going on for over a year. In the past, I would go for intravenous drips and take medication to relieve acute pain, which helped somewhat. But in the past six months, it has occasionally flared up every month, sometimes accompanied by a slight itch in the vagina. I don’t know if it’s adnexitis or pelvic inflammatory disease. The fallopian tubes on both sides hurt. During an attack, the pain lasts for a few minutes or a dozen minutes, sometimes it flares up occasionally. At other times, the pain can last for half a day. Normally, it’s just a bit painful. I want to get checked, but when I go to do so on weekends, it doesn’t hurt, and my discharge is normal. Sometimes I also have lower back pain. I would like to ask if it’s better to get checked during an attack? What tests should be done? I want to cure the chronic inflammation. Is there a cure for it?

Doctor's answer:

(1) External Application of Medicines
Commonly used herbs include pepper, Epsom salt, cinnamon twigs, and fennel seeds. These are wrapped in gauze and boiled, then soaked in water until saturated. The mixture is placed on the lower abdomen at a temperature the skin can tolerate, with a hot water bag used to maintain warmth on top. Applied twice daily for about 30 minutes each time, each preparation can be used up to three times. It can treat lower abdominal pain associated with gynecological conditions and promote the absorption of inflammatory masses.
(2) Herbal Steam Bath
The skin is the largest organ in the human body, serving not only as a protective barrier against external pathogens but also performing multiple functions such as secretion, absorption, penetration, excretion, and sensation. Herbal steam bath therapy leverages these properties of the skin, allowing medicinal substances to be absorbed through the epidermal layer, penetrate the stratum corneum, and translocate into the dermal layer, where they enter the bloodstream to exert their therapeutic effects. The skin's absorption and penetration capabilities are influenced by humidity.
(3) Rectal Suppositories
Taking Kangfu Xiaoyan (a commonly used therapeutic suppository) as an example, treating gynecological inflammation typically requires 2–4 treatment courses. Rectal administration of suppositories minimizes physical trauma, avoids the irreversible damage surgery may cause, and positively stimulates local blood circulation. This improves tissue nutrition, enhances metabolism, facilitates the absorption and resolution of inflammation.