Hydrocephalus is the disease presented with an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles , or cavities, of the brain , caused by excessive secretion, or malabsorption and malacirculation of CSF. It also results into ventricles enlargement in the brain. It belongs to ununited skull according to TCM.
1.Obstruction of CSF circulation: congenital malformation, infection, hemorrhage, and tumor. 2.Excessive secretion of CSF 3.Malaborpation of CSF
Morbidity of congenital hydrocephalus in newborn infant reaches to 4-11.84/ ten thousand, which amounts to 38.44 .25% in newborn deficit. That of post-traumatic hydrocephalus reaches to 4.5%; hydrocephalus due to purulent meningitis reaches to 11.25 .5%, related statistics shows. According to such data, 360 thousand infant with hydrocephalus will be produced each year.
ˇ°Three-in-oneˇ± Treatment for Hydrocephalus is based on the TCM principle of dredging blood stasis, opening brain orifices and removing the turbid fluid. The combined treatment includes internal and external administration of NaoKangLing Capsule, and the capsule improves the function of the organs, removes stasis when used internally, and invigorates blood and dissolves stasis when used externally. Acupuncture, tuina, catguts embedding, rehab, physical therapy focus on the middle to activate the sluggish qi and blood circulation; thus the combined treatment in three levels can remove blood stasis, activate the brain, remove water retention and unblock channels.
