What medicine is effective for bursitis

Bursitis is a very common disease in daily life. It not only causes great harm to the patient's physical health, but also seriously affects their normal life and work. Therefore, it is particularly important to understand relevant knowledge and find scientific and effective treatment methods. Many people wonder what medicine is best for bursitis, but in fact, this depends on the patient's own physical health.

Western medicine treatment of bursitis

The treatment of this disease is mainly divided into acute bursitis and chronic bursitis:

(1) For non-infectious acute bursitis, temporary rest or immobilization of the affected area and high-dose NSAIDs, and anesthetic sedatives if necessary, may be effective. After the pain subsides, active exercise should be increased. Swing exercises are particularly beneficial for the rehabilitation of the shoulder joint. If it is ineffective, the synovial fluid can be extracted and then a long-acting preparation of corticosteroids can be injected into the bursa. 0.5~1ml of 25mg/ml or 40mg/ml of triamcinolone mixed with at least 3~5ml of local anesthetic should be injected into the bursa after infiltration anesthesia with 1% local anesthetic (such as lidocaine). The dose and volume of the long-acting adrenocortical hormone preparation after mixing depend on the size of the bursa. Infectious factors must be excluded when determining the cause. Patients with a persistent inflammatory process require repeated drainage and infusion of medications. For acute cases with poor therapeutic effects, systemic corticosteroids (prednisone 15-30 mg/d or other equivalent hormones for 3 days) can be used after excluding infection and gout.

(2) Treatment of chronic bursitis is the same as that for acute bursitis, but splinting and rest may not be as effective as for acute bursitis. Chronic calcific supraspinatus tendinitis confirmed by X-ray may require surgical resection or aspiration with a large needle in rare cases if corticosteroid injections are ineffective. Disabling adhesive frozen shoulder requires repeated intra-articular and extra-articular injections of adrenal corticosteroids and intensive physical therapy. Manipulation under anesthesia does not improve long-term outcomes unless it is performed after the above-mentioned measures to correct adhesive bursitis have been applied. Muscle atrophy must be corrected through exercise to restore range of motion and muscle strength. Those with infection need to be given appropriate antibiotics, drainage or incision. If the primary disease (such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, chronic occupational strain, etc.) is not eliminated, bursitis may recur.

Traditional Chinese medicine remedies for treating bursitis:

3 When you are troubled by various diseases in your daily life, in addition to surgical treatment, you can also prepare various corresponding prescriptions with very good therapeutic effects according to various diseases. Compared with the fear brought by surgery, folk remedies are definitely a good choice.

[drug]

20 grams of Chuancaowu, 30 grams of Chuanxiong, 30 grams of Chuanduan, 30 grams of Angelica sinensis, 20 grams of Artemisia argyi, 30 grams of Clematis chinensis, and 30 grams of Sinomenium australis.

Addition and subtraction:

Add 25 grams of cinnamon twig to the upper limbs; add 30 grams of papaya and 30 grams of angelica root to the lower limbs.

[usage]

4 Add 3500 ml of water to the above medicine and boil it. After boiling, boil it for another 15-20 minutes, then pour the medicine liquid into a basin, fumigate first and then soak it, 30 minutes each time, twice a day. If the affected area is not easy to use this method, you can put the above medicine into a cloth bag, put it in a pot and add a small amount of water to boil it. 15 minutes after boiling, take out the cloth bag and place it on the affected area for hot ironing when it is warm. The medicine liquid can be used to wash the affected area with gauze, 1 mouthful 3 times, each time for 15-20 minutes. One course of treatment is 5 doses.