Rheumatoid arthritis treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. When treating rheumatoid arthritis with traditional Chinese medicine, we should understand the cause of rheumatism. If it is caused by wind, cold, dampness and heat, we should use the method of clearing the meridians and activating the collaterals to expel the cold and dampness in the body, and then the meridians will be stimulated. If rheumatoid arthritis is caused by toxins, we should treat the toxins in time.

1. TCM treatment of rheumatoid arthritis based on syndrome differentiation and treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the causes of rheumatoid arthritis include the presence of wind, cold, dampness and heat, and the order in which they invade qi and blood; the constitution has a bias towards yin and yang, and the different transformations lead to different endogenous invisible evils with a tendency to be hot or cold; the generated poisons also have different properties such as cold and heat, which lead to corresponding differences in the characteristics of the "pathological networks" and the overall collective reaction state. Therefore, according to the clinical characteristic phenomena and the evolution law of mutual transformation, the treatment should emphasize the treatment based on the differentiation of symptoms.

In treatment, it should be divided into two syndromes according to the different properties of the evil toxins: cold-dampness blocking the collaterals and damp-heat blocking the collaterals. The treatment should focus on removing the initiating factors of the pathological chain of rheumatoid arthritis, such as cold toxins and heat toxins, preventing secondary phlegm and blood stasis, inhibiting the hyperactivity of the collaterals, and preventing erosion of the stock indexes.

2. TCM treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: blocking poison and preventing changes

Usually, in the early and acute stages of rheumatoid arthritis, external evils dominate, while in the middle and late stages, internal evils may make it difficult for patients to recover. Therefore, in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis, cold may be dispelled, heat may be cleared, and the Ying and Wei may be harmonized to achieve the desired effect. In the middle and late stages, external evils are intertwined with qi, blood, and body fluids, and phlegm and blood stasis combine to block the collaterals, leading to hyperactivity of the collaterals, and toxic evils gather and are difficult to resolve, causing the disease to spread arbitrarily around the body.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Unblocking Collaterals

In the early stage, the main problem is collateral fullness, and one should "dispel cold and clear heat" to unblock the collaterals, such as promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm to unblock the collaterals, regulating qi and resolving phlegm to unblock the collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to unblock the collaterals, etc., while also tonifying deficiency; in the late stage, the main problem is collateral deficiency, and one should "replenish the liver and kidney" to strengthen the body and unblock the collaterals, while also tonifying the pain.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine remedies for treating rheumatoid arthritis

Diamond thorn earthworm treats rheumatoid arthritis

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, warm the meridians and remove dampness Mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

[Ingredients of the folk remedy] 15 grams of Diamond Thorn, 15 grams of Pheretima, 1 centipede, 40 grams of Astragalus, 12 grams of Cassia Twig, 12 grams of Piper Nigrum, 12 grams of Clematis, and 10 grams of Licorice.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose per day, decocted in water. 20 doses constitute a course of treatment. Generally, 2 to 3 courses of treatment are recommended.

Guizhi Chuanwu for rheumatoid arthritis

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind, dissipate cold and remove dampness. Mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms include pain in the joints and muscles of the limbs, difficulty in flexing and extending the joints, the painful area is not red or hot, and there is often a feeling of coldness. The pain is relieved slightly when it is warm. The pain may be migratory, or like a knife or needle cut, or soreness, swollen joints, pale tongue, white or greasy tongue coating, and a tight, moist or floating pulse.

[Ingredients of the folk prescription] 10 grams each of cinnamon twig, processed Chuanwu (fried first), angelica, and black-necked snake, 15 grams each of Epimedium and Rehmannia glutinosa, 30 grams of deer tongue grass, and 5 grams of licorice.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose daily, decocted in water and taken in 2 doses. Avoid wind and cold.

Erhuang Shuangren Decoction for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, nourish the liver and kidneys. Mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

[Ingredients of the folk remedy] 9 grams of rhubarb, 12 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 15 grams each of peach kernel, apricot kernel, red peony root, and dried Rehmannia glutinosa, 6 grams each of licorice and horsefly, 10 grams of raw Chuanxiong, 18 grams of Viscum album, 20 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, and 30 grams of black-necked snake.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose daily, decocted in water 3 times and taken in 3 doses. One course of treatment is one month.

Frankincense and Sichuan atractylodes for rheumatoid arthritis

【Functions and indications】Removes blood stasis, dredges meridians, removes dampness and eliminates Mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

[Ingredients of the folk remedy] 12 grams each of frankincense and processed myrrh, 15 grams of processed Chuanwu, 20 grams each of earthworm and earthworm, 10 grams each of peach kernel and centipede, 30 grams each of Qingfengteng, Coix seed and raw rehmannia.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. One course of treatment is 3 months.