This invention discloses a
traditional Chinese medicine composition for assisting in the improvement of hand-foot-mouth
disease in infants and young children, belonging to the field of
traditional Chinese medicine technology. The composition consists of eight
medicinal herbs:
lotus leaf,
coix seed,
angelica dahurica,
kudzu root, platycodon root,
agastache rugosa,
cimicifuga rhizome, and
dandelion, with a defined optimal medicinal ratio. Based on the seasonal differences in the
pathogenesis of hand-foot-mouth
disease, this invention targets the core pathologies of winter (cold congestion of microvessels, water and
sodium retention, and internal
heat generation) and spring and summer (hypothalamic sympathetic activation,
increased heart rate, and visceral heat overload). It also addresses the technical deficiencies of clinical
Western medicine, cold-natured
traditional Chinese medicine, calamine
lotion, and diuretics, such as
vasoconstriction,
kidney damage,
central nervous system disorders, increased
skin exudation, and rebound
water retention. This invention employs a combination of warming and cooling herbs, regulating the ascending and descending functions, and promoting
diuresis and protecting the body's vital energy. The synergistic effects of these herbs can dilate spasmodic microvessels, improve renal
perfusion, stabilize abnormal heart rates, stabilize the hypothalamic center, and assist in antagonizing enteroviruses. By targeting and reducing abnormal permeability of
skin capillaries with
Angelica dahurica and
Platycodon grandiflorus, it reduces blood
extravasation and inhibits the formation and exudation of herpes from the
root cause. This invention has mild medicinal properties, is suitable for all seasons, and has high safety. It can effectively improve symptoms of hand-foot-mouth
disease such as fever, herpes,
irritability, and cold extremities, reduce the risk of severe illness, antagonize the toxic side effects of commonly used clinical drugs, and is suitable for the delicate constitution of infants and young children, possessing good prospects for clinical application and promotion.