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LUMBAR DISK HERNIATION 347one must [use] Du Zhong.” In fact, Du Zhong can be used forboth vacuity and repletion, hot and cold.10. For wind damp cold taking advantage of kidney vacuityand complicated by qi stagnation and blood stasis, useZhuang Yao Qu Feng Zhen Tong Tang (Invigorate the LowBack, Dispel Wind & Settle Pain Decoction): Wei Ling Xian(Radix Clematidis), 15g, Du Zhong (Cortex Eucommiae),Gou Ji (Rhizoma Cibotii), Shu Di (cooked RadixRehmanniae), Qiang Huo (Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii),Du Huo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), Qin Jiao (RadixGentianae Macrophyllae), Chuan Xiong (RhizomaChuanxiong), and Wu Shao She (Zaocys), 9g each, and QuanXie (Scorpio), Wu Gong (Scolopendra), processed Chuan Wu(Radix Aconiti Carmichaeli), and processed Cao Wu Tou(Radix Aconiti Kusnezofii), 5g each. For difficult turning orrestricted stretching and bending, add Niu Xi (RadixAchyranthis Bidentatae), Mu Gua (Fructus Chaenomelis),Shen Jin Cao (Herba Lycopodii), and Luo Shi Teng (CaulisTrachelospermi). For a history of traumatic injury or fixedpain, add Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Hong Hua(Flos Carthami), Tao Ren (Semen Persicae), and Chi Shao(Radix Paeoniae Rubrae). For numbness and heaviness of thelimbs which suggest cold and dampness, add Cang Zhu(Rhizoma Atractylodis), Bai Zhu (Rhizoma AtractylodisMacrocephalae), and Fu Ling (Poria). For muscle wilting andweakness in the lower limbs, add Huang Qi (Radix Astragali)and Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsitis).11. Lumbar disk herniation may be associated with bonespurs in the low back area. The key Chinese medicinals forthe treatment of vertebral disk herniation are, interestingly,also the key Chinese medicinals used for the treatment ofbone spurs. Therefore, even in this case, one does not needto do anything other than prescribe treatment based on thepatient’s personal pattern discrimination.ENDNOTE1 According to Simon Becker in a personal communication dated Jan. 17,2001, his teacher, Dr. Li, recommended ice for the first 12 hours, then noexternal therapy for 12-24 hours, and heat thereafter. Becker says that he hasseen this protocol strictly adhered to in China and has personally found itto be very effective even though it contradicts contemporary Western medicalpractice.