Treatment of Chronic Lumbar Pain and Limb Functional Activity Abnormality by Chinese Traditional Medicine

摘要

According to Chinese Traditional Medicine, the Kidney (Shen) is the Organ responsible for the storage of a very important vital substance called Essence (Jing), which is the material base so that all of the functions of the organism happen. Besides that function, Shen also commands the lumbar area, the spine, the Marrow (matter responsible for the formation of the bone marrow, bones and nervous system, among other), besides the reproductive functions. This substance is fixed in amount and quality, which means that with elapsing of the time Jing decreases, the lumbar area becomes weak, which besides causing pain and discomfort, it allows invasion of external pathogenic factors that are usually responsible for the worsening of pictures of lumbar pain.It is important to observe that with deficiency of Shen Jing, other Zang Fu can become envolved, most commonly Gan and Pi. Jing Luo can become envolved because they are not nurtured appropriately. All those alterations in the normal physiology of the organism are responsible for the different clinical manifestations observed in the several Spinal column degenerative and inflammatory problems and their different degrees of compromising of the gait.