Combining oriental medicine in the treatment of hypercoagulation syndrome

Hypercoagulability syndrome is the cause of some cardiovascular diseases such as: myocardial infarction, stroke, atherosclerosis, heart valve disease... These diseases account for the leading mortality rate in developed countries and this trend is increasing. The use of anticoagulants of modern medicine combined with blood-activating drugs of traditional medicine increases the effectiveness of treatment but can also increase the risk of bleeding in patients.

MSc. Vu Xuan Nghia presented on the treatment method of blood stasis.

This is the content that doctors from the Military Traditional Medicine Institute have just presented in a seminar with the topic "Clinical anticoagulants and Oriental blood-activating medicines" to enhance knowledge and clinical practice skills when combining modern medicine and traditional medicine in the treatment of complex cardiovascular diseases.

According to MSc. Le Thi Huyen Trang (Faculty of Pharmacy, Military Traditional Medicine Hospital), anticoagulants are drugs that help reduce the formation of blood clots (thrombosis) in the circulatory system. In some diseases, the body easily creates unnecessary blood clots. These blood clots can cause serious local consequences and can move to different parts of the body, for example, moving to the brain can cause hemiplegia, coma... Anticoagulants are used to prevent the formation of blood clots in the heart and in the blood vessels.

When prescribing drugs, doctors need to have a firm grasp of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, indications, contraindications, dosage, administration, adverse effects and drug interactions. In particular, closely monitor patients clinically to promptly adjust the dose to suit the patient's condition.

Classification by route of administration: anticoagulants are available in oral or intravenous forms. Drug groups include Vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants - VKA, Acenocoumarol; Rivaroxaban...

Currently, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) overcome most of the disadvantages of vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants such as rapid onset of action, few drug interactions, easy to predict anticoagulant effects, no need to regularly monitor blood coagulation function...

Master Vu Xuan Nghia - Deputy Head of Oncology Department (Military Traditional Medicine Hospital) said: Blood stasis is a symptom caused by slow blood circulation in the blood vessels or blood escaping from the blood vessel walls, causing internal stagnation.

Common clinical manifestations: fixed sharp pain, pain that does not like to be touched (reluctant), often increases at night, relatively hard, if superficial, the surface is blue-purple, if in the abdomen, a non-moving mass is felt, the face, lips, tongue, toenails, and hands are purple. Or under the skin, under the tongue there are spots of blood stasis, the sublingual pulse is swollen and blue-purple.

Blood stasis is caused by: Qi stagnation, Qi deficiency, phlegm stasis, Yang deficiency, cold excess, heat. The current diagnostic criteria for blood stasis follow the guidelines of the Chinese Medical Research Institute - 1992 with specific symptoms and scores: Subcutaneous blood stasis rash, collateral circulation, dark, purple tongue, dilated sublingual veins...

The basic treatment principle for blood stasis is the method of activating blood and removing stasis: Nourishing the spleen and blood, Warming the meridians and dispelling cold, Clearing heat and cooling the blood, Transforming phlegm and removing turbidity, Nourishing qi and nourishing blood, Softening hardness and dispelling stasis...

Clinically, blood circulation is divided into levels of blood harmonization, blood circulation, and blood destruction. Blood circulation according to its effects includes blood circulation to relieve pain, blood circulation to regulate menstruation, blood circulation to treat injuries, blood circulation to remove blood stasis, etc. In addition, there is a group of drugs that both activate blood circulation and stop blood circulation, making blood vessels clear, suitable for cases where blood stasis and blood clots obstruct blood vessels, causing irregular menstruation and bleeding.

Some clinical blood circulation remedies include: Tu Vuc thang, Dao Hong Tu Vuc thang, Huyet Phu Truc U Hoan, Bo Duong Hoan Ngu thang, Phuc Nguyen Hoat Huyet thang, On Kinh thang...

According to Master Vu Xuan Nghia, blood circulation and stasis treatment is a basic treatment method for cancer based on clinical evidence and scientific research publications in recent years. Blood circulation drugs increase blood flow to the tumor, increasing oxygen concentration in the tumor (cancer cells often metabolize anaerobically and grow poorly in an oxygen-rich environment).

Blood-activating drugs increase blood flow to the tumor, which means increasing immune cells to inhibit and destroy cancer cells. Increasing blood flow to the tumor alkalizes the environment around the tumor (cancer cells do not function well in an alkaline environment and thrive in an acidic environment). Enhance the delivery of drugs that kill or inhibit cancer cells.

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