Effects of Herbal Medicines on Pain Management
Effects of Herbal Medicines on Pain Management
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草药对疼痛管理的影响
DOI：
10.1142/s0192415x20500019
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Yuan, Chun-Su
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作者：
Luo, Yun;Wang, Chong-Zhi;Yuan, Chun-Su
疼痛是许多疾病中令人不快的感觉和情绪体验，通常由强烈或破坏性刺激引起。疼痛会对生活质量产生负面影响，并增加高额的医疗费用。具有镇痛特性的药物通常用于缓解疼痛，但这些西方药物可能会被耐受性和成瘾性等副作用所淹没。草药可能为疼痛管理提供替代措施。本文在介绍中医药理论和治疗方法的基础上，重点介绍了中药和中药制剂在疼痛治疗中的应用。三种最常用的草药，即，本文对延胡索、川芎、川芎的药理作用进行了综述。随后，使用这种古老的医学疗法，提出了治疗与疼痛相关的常见医学病症（例如头痛/偏头痛、胸痛、腹痛、腰痛、神经性疼痛、骨关节炎和癌症疼痛）的中草药制剂。中草药可以被认为是一种补充和综合的方法，在现代医疗对抗疼痛。
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience in many diseases and is often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. Pain negatively affects the quality of life and increases high health expenditures. Drugs with analgesic properties are commonly used to relieve pain, but these Western medications could be overwhelmed by side effects including tolerance and addiction. Herbal medicines may provide alternative measures for pain management. In this review paper, after introduction of Chinese medicine theory and treatment modality, emphasis is placed on the application of Chinese herbs and herbal formulations in pain management. Three of the most commonly used herbs, i.e., Corydalis yanhusuo, Ligusticum chuanxiong, and Aconitum carmichaeli, are reviewed. Subsequently, using this ancient medical remedy, Chinese herbal formulation in treating common medical conditions associated with pain, such as headache/migraine, chest pain, abdominal pain, low back pain, neuropathic pain, osteoarthritis, and cancer pain, is presented. Chinese herbal medicines could be considered as a complementary and integrative approach in the modern armamentarium in combating pain.