Retinitis Pigmentosa Treatment with Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapies
Table 1
Common clinical patterns and clinical treatments in TCM.
Kidney-Yang deficiency
Liver- and Kidney-Yin deficiency
Spleen Qi deficiency
Tongue body
Pale with a white coating
Pink with a thin coating
Pale with teeth marks and a thin white coating
Pulse
Deep and weak
Thready
Thready and weak
Principles
Warm and tonify kidney-yang, invigorate blood, and brighten the eyes
Nourish and tonify liver and kidney, invigorate blood, and brighten the eyes
Supplement the spleen and benefit Qi, invigorate blood, and brighten the eyes
Formula
Modified You Gui Wan Zhi Fu Zi 6 g Rou Gui 6 g Shu Di Huang 15 g Shan Zhu Yu 10 g Sang Shen Zi 12 g Gou Qi Zi 15 g Huai Shan Yao 10 g Dang Gui 10 g Tu Si Zi 15 g Rou Cong Rong 10 g Chuan Xiong 10 g Niu Xi 15 g
Modified Liu Wei Di Huang Wan Shudihuang 15 g Shan Zhu Yu 15 g Huai Shan Yao 15 g Mu Dan Pi 10 g Fu Ling 10 g Ze Xie 10 g Dan Shen 10 g Niu Xi 10 g Chuan Xiong 10 g Gan Cao 6 g
Modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang Chai Hu 10 g Huang Qi 15 g Dang Shen 10 g Bai Zhu 10 g Dang Gui 10 g Ge Gen 20 g Hong Hua 3 g Man Jing Zi 10 g Bai Ji Li 10 g Dan Shen 12 g Ye Ming Sha 12 g Cang Zhu 10 g Gan Cao 5 g
