5. Acute Abdominal Conditions

5. Acute Abdominal Conditions

Besides surgical treatment, in recent years, various regions have successively researched and implemented non-surgical therapies for acute abdominal conditions, among which integrated Chinese–Western medicine has proven most effective, with activating blood circulation and removing stasis being the most commonly used traditional Chinese therapeutic method. The First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical College in China used Huoluo Xiaoling Dan to treat over 700 cases of ectopic pregnancy, achieving excellent results,

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This method has been promoted nationwide, treating over 2,000 cases, confirming the aforementioned claim. Experimental studies have verified that Huoluo Xiaoling Dan, when modified, has a clear promotional effect on clearing blood clots in the pelvic cavity, enhancing the phagocytic function of monocytes, and increasing blood solubility. The Tianjin Municipal Institute for Integrated Chinese–Western Medicine Treatment of Acute Abdominal Conditions used activating blood circulation and removing stasis to treat acute appendicitis, achieving notable results. For early-stage appendicitis, they primarily used an appendicitis-decongestion decoction focusing on removing stasis and activating blood circulation (including yuanhu, chuanlianzǐ, danpi, peach kernel, agarwood, honeysuckle, and rhubarb); once the appendix became suppurative, they switched to an appendicitis-clearing decoction combining heat-clearing, detoxification, and qi-moving, activating blood circulation (including honeysuckle, dandelion, danpi, rhubarb, chuanlianzǐ, red peony root, peach kernel, and raw herbs); for patients with severe systemic poisoning symptoms, they could additionally employ a heat-clearing and purging decoction, supplemented by a qi-moving, activating blood circulation decoction (including honeysuckle, dandelion, rhubarb, winter melon seeds, danpi, agarwood, chuanlianzǐ, raw herbs, gypsum, and flower powder).