Overview of treatments for Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease is not very common in our lives, so many people think that this disease is nothing. In fact, this is wrong. Kawasaki disease is more likely to occur in children and the harm to children is very serious. Let’s take a look at the review of the treatment methods of Kawasaki disease, hoping it will be helpful to everyone.

How to Treat Kawasaki Disease with Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. For patients with sudden onset, persistent high fever, no aversion to cold, or slight aversion to wind, thirst and thirst, no sweating, cough, red eyes and throat, flushed palms and soles, initial rash on face and trunk, swollen lymph nodes in neck, loss of appetite, red tongue, thin white fur, and floating pulse, it is necessary to dispel wind and heat, expel evil and detoxify.

[Prescription]: Yinqiao powder with modifications: 12g each of honeysuckle and forsythia, 7g of mint, 12g each of burdock, Scrophularia, Indigo, and reed root, and 7g of raw licorice. For flushing of the palms and soles, add raw rehmannia and scutellaria; for swollen lymph nodes in the neck, add Fritillaria cirrhosa and goat milk root; for those with high fever, add raw gypsum.

2. For symptoms of persistent high fever, mild during the day and severe at night, restlessness, or drowsiness, skin rashes, red throat and eyes, dry and cracked lips (oral mucosal congestion, conjunctival congestion), swollen lymph nodes in the neck, or swollen and painful joints, hard and swollen hands and feet, peeling, red tongue shaped like bayberry, thin fur, and strong pulse, it is necessary to clear the Qi and cool the Ying, detoxify and protect the Yin.

[Prescription] Qingwen Baiduyin with modifications, 30g of buffalo horn (pre-decocted), 6-12g each of raw rehmannia root, moutan bark, scrophularia, anemarrhena, honeysuckle, forsythia, scutellaria, and coptis root, 12-16g of raw gypsum, and 7g of light bamboo leaf. For those who still have symptoms of the exterior, increase the dosage of honeysuckle and forsythia. If the yin fluid has been depleted, add fresh dendrobium, ophiopogon, and radix trichosanthis. For those with visceral solidity, use raw rhubarb to clear the bowels. In addition, Qingying Decoction, Huaban Decoction, Xijiao Dihuang Decoction, etc. can also be used at this stage.

3. For symptoms such as lingering low-grade fever, dry throat and mouth, chapped lips, peeling of fingertips and toes, or flaking due to fever, poor appetite, red tongue with little fluid, and weak pulse, it is necessary to clear away the residual heat and nourish Yin and produce fluid.

[Prescription]: Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction with modifications: 12 grams of raw gypsum, 7 grams of light bamboo leaves, 12 grams each of stir-fried Gardenia, Northern Adenophora, Ophiopogon, Dendrobium, Radix Trichosanthis, and fresh Reed Root, and 7 grams of raw licorice; or use Adenophora and Ophiopogon Decoction with modifications.

We must all pay attention to the treatment of Kawasaki disease. The above-introduced ones are all prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine. Although the treatment effect is slower, it will not recur after being cured. In addition, multiple prescriptions can be combined for treatment. If you persist, your child's Kawasaki disease can be cured.