Rheumatoid arthritis, Chinese medicine treatment is effective

We can also treat rheumatoid arthritis through traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect is very good. However, traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the use of the right medicine for the right disease. Everyone must figure out the type of disease they have and then use the right medicine.

1. Rheumatic heat arthralgia type : more common in the acute active phase of rheumatoid arthritis. Swollen and painful joints, local burning sensation, red skin, or heat to the touch, or fever, and yellow urine. The tongue is red, the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is slippery or rapid.

Treatment method: Clear away heat and dampness, dispel wind and dredge meridians.

Prescription: Xuanbi Decoction.

2. Toxic heat and blood stasis type: more common in acute attacks of rheumatoid arthritis or adult Still's

sick. The joints are red and swollen, with severe pain and heat, refusal to touch or press, significantly limited joint movement, fever, even high fever and chills, subcutaneous erythema, thirst, short yellow urine, and dry stools. The tongue is red, the tongue coating is yellow or dry, and the pulse is stringy, slippery and rapid.

Treatment method: Clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and dredge meridians.

Prescription: Sanshui Baihu Pills (decoction).

3. Mixed cold and heat type (cold arthralgia, painful arthralgia): more common in the chronic active phase of rheumatoid arthritis, or in the transition from the acute phase to the stable phase. The joints are swollen and painful, the local skin color is normal, but it feels hot to the touch, or there is a local burning sensation, but the whole body is afraid of cold and wind, and the joint pain is aggravated by cold. The tongue is dark red, the tongue coating is thin white or thin yellow, and the pulse is stringy and slippery or stringy and slow.

Treatment: dispel wind and cold, clear away heat and relieve numbness

Prescription: Guizhishaozhimu decoction.

4. Wind-cold-dampness arthralgia type (arthralgia) : more common in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis or in the chronic active stage.

Symptoms include swollen and painful joints, stiffness in flexion and extension, normal or pale local skin color, aggravated by cold and relieved by heat. The tongue is light red or dark red, with a thin white coating, and the pulse is tight or soft.

Treatment method: dispel wind and cold, remove dampness and relieve arthritis.

Prescription: Coix seed soup.