Sleeping until midnight and being awakened by pain is an unforgettable experience for many people. Traditional Chinese medicine can help relieve leg cramps. Let's take a look at it together with the editor!
What Traditional Chinese Medicine Says
Traditional Chinese medicine does not recognize the concept of calcium deficiency.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, many acute pain conditions (non-organic) and spasms are often related to insufficient liver yin and blood deficiency due to fluid damage.
It is a spontaneous and rigid contraction of muscles.
Muscle cramps occurring in the calves and toes are the most common and can be excruciating.
Espcially when leg cramps occur at midnight, it often wakes people up in pain, and it takes a long time to relieve the pain, affecting sleep.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Leg Cramps
The ingredients in peony and licorice have sedative, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, and muscle relaxant effects.
Clinical studies have shown that this formula has a good effect on various acute pain conditions, especially pain caused by smooth muscle spasms.
Peony has a sour taste, which enters the liver, while licorice has a sweet taste, which enters the spleen.
Therefore, this peony and licorice decoction is known as an effective pain reliever and it is not bitter at all.
Preparation of Peony and Licorice Decoction
Take 20 grams of white peony and 10 grams of licorice, and brew with boiling water or simmer with gentle heat. It can be consumed as a tea.
Please note that the peony and licorice I mentioned here must be raw white peony and raw licorice, not processed, as the properties of processed herbs change.
