Hand Foot and Mouth Disease 手足口病 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
Ttranslated by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
The following formulae are for children. For adult, the weight should be increased according to normal usage.
Common type I
Syndrome: fever, no sweat, sores appear on hands, feet and mouth , red color of sores appear on the tongue and in the mouth, severe pain, drooling, lack of appetite, constipation, red tongue with yellow greasy looking fur.
Name of Formula: da huang huang lian xie xin tang with adjustment
Prescription:
Common type II
S
Prescription:
sheng gan cao
More serious (central nervous system infections):
S
Name of Formula: Feng Yin Tang with adjustment
adjustment for more severe cases:
high fever: add ling yang jiao powder;
limb clonic, add Yiyiren, di long, xuan mu gua; constipation subtracting chi shi zhi,
diarrhea reduce da huang, reducing the amount sheng shi gao, add sheng ma, ge gen,
limbs flaccid paralysis, plus fresh di long, qin jiao, wei ling xian, si gua luo, (濕熱條辨方);
In later stage when fever is gone, reduce the mineral medicine, and to promote qi and yin, and to reduce infection and clear meridian.
普通型(心脾積熱)
症狀:發熱,無汗,手足口出現疱疹,其中口舌疱疹色紅 ,疼痛劇烈,患兒流涎較多,納差,不能進食,大便秘結,舌質紅,苔黃膩。
中醫治法:清熱解毒化濕
方藥:大黃黃連瀉心湯加減 《方源:傷寒雜病論 》
處方:
普通型(濕熱交阻)
症狀
中醫治法:辛開苦降,清熱化濕解毒
方藥:甘草瀉心湯加減
處方:生
重型(中樞神經系統感染)
症狀:發熱、皮疹,高熱,無汗,煩躁,嗜睡,煩躁,易驚,或伴肢體痿軟、癱瘓,舌紅,苔白膩或黃膩。
中醫治法:清熱化濕,鎮肝熄風
方藥:風引湯加減
藥物:
重症加減方案:熱勢較盛,加用羚羊角粉;肢體陣攣重,加用
中藥方劑治療小兒手足口病本病屬中醫“濕溫”、“時疫”等范疇。病因為濕熱疫毒,多因內蘊濕熱,外受時邪,留於肺、脾、心三經而成。外邪自口鼻而入,侵襲肺、脾二 經,肺主皮毛,故初期多 見肺衛症狀,如發熱、流涕、咳嗽;脾主四肢,開竅於口,手足口受邪而為水疱,口舌生疱疹、潰瘍。目前中醫藥治療本病,主要採用辨証分型、 辨病分期、專方加減三種基該方法。可達標本兼顧,減輕症狀、縮短病程之功效。