针灸和中药对骨折愈合的显著疗效 Acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment for dramatic improvement in bone fractures

     几年前在家里的客厅滑到了，当时听到2声闷响，接着是剧痛，马上拿冰敷了10 分钟左右，之后用中药油、膏轻轻涂抹，过了一会，做针灸，跟着敷上跌打药膏，固定。当天喝了田七水，田七有止血不留瘀的功能。这样就能减少 因出血对周围组织的刺激，所以能减少疼痛。当时以为只是断了筋，所以没有去照x光，之后几天就做了针灸和涂抹中药。
       第五天，虽然觉得在好转，但脚不能下地，才想到可能骨折了，去约了家庭医生，照X光，是左脚胫骨闭合性骨折，骨头没有移位。在 North York General 急诊打了石膏，此时是受伤后第五天。第六天开始喝活血祛瘀的中药，喝了8付左右，又去North York General复诊，照X光后，不用再打石膏了，换了可脱下的保护靴。也就是说，我打石膏还不用2周。回家后，脱下靴，针灸，涂药，继续喝活血祛瘀中药加几味补肾药，一周4付左右，到了快六周时，又去复诊，那时我的脚已很有力的抵抗实习医生的检查了，把他吓了一跳，他不相信我这是受伤后才不到6周的时间，就恢复得这么好。回家后继续针灸、中药，中药有时吃些健脾胃的，这样8周后，我就能不用保护靴慢慢行走了。12周后就基本正常行走，只是还不能穿高跟鞋。这样还断断续续的有吃补肾的中药（中医理论，肾主骨）。五个月后，可以去hiking了，走了5个多小时，也能穿高跟鞋了。完全复原了。
        这个过程中我没有用过止痛药喔，所以针灸和中药对外伤是十分有效的。原因是针灸和中药能促进瘀血的吸收，促进血液循环，让受伤部位能有正常的血液供应，自然就能促进受伤部位的修复和愈合，所以就恢复得快。

       This is my own experience showing how using treatments correctly can really speed up healing.
In 2010, I slipped in the living room and hurt my left tibia badly. It was so bad that I couldn't walk and it was heavily swollen as well. The x-rays revealed there was a large fracture in my tibia. Normally, a fracture this large would require a person to be in a non-removable cast for at least 6-8 weeks, so I prepared a herbal formula and I drank it 4-5 times a week. The formula included tianqi, honghua, sumu, ruxiang, moyao and others. The purpose of these herbs is to stop internal bleeding and remove stasis/swelling. That is why can reduce the pain. On a check-up about two weeks after the cast was put on, the fracture had heal enough that I could switch to a removable cast. I continued with the herbal treatment  , and I also made a variation of the formula that I can soak my leg in. Having a removable cast meant acupuncture could be used as well. During my healing process I didn't take a single painkiller pill.

     Eight weeks since the day I was injured, I was able to walk slowly without the removable cast. On the twelfth week, my leg was almost back to normal, except that I still wasn't able to wear high heels. 5 moths later, I went hiking with my friends for five hours and my leg was just fine.
  
R.TCMP &R.AC :  Xiao Fen Huang
Cathay Toronto Acupuncture& Herbs Clinic
500 Sheppard Ave.E.Unit 205,Toronto
647-296-3226