Traditional Chinese Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis

In our daily life, we treat rheumatoid arthritis mainly through medication, and we also need to combine it with some physical therapy methods to assist in the recovery of rheumatoid arthritis. Generally, we can treat rheumatoid arthritis according to the cause of the disease in our life. First of all, we need to remove moisture from the body, and we need to relieve the occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis by massaging and exercising the joints.

TCM treatment methods for rheumatoid arthritis 1: Treatment in the early stage of the disease is mainly to eliminate evil;

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the initial onset of rheumatoid arthritis is mainly caused by the three elements of wind, cold and dampness. Therefore, during treatment, different methods of dispelling wind, dispersing cold and removing dampness should be adopted according to the different manifestations of the patients. For example, patients with wandering joint pain and floating pulse should use Fangfeng Decoction for treatment; patients with joint pain, swelling and deformation, thick and greasy tongue coating, and slippery or moist pulse should use Caoren Decoction for treatment; patients with severe joint pain, fear of cold, pale tongue, white tongue coating, and tight pulse should use Wutou Decoction for treatment;

TCM treatment method for rheumatoid arthritis II: Combination of clearing dampness and heat and promoting blood circulation and unblocking collaterals for stubborn and recurrent cases

Most cases of rheumatoid arthritis have a long course of illness, with dampness, heat and blood stasis as the main contradictions. Therefore, the treatment principle is to clear away dampness and heat, and promote blood circulation and unblock the meridians. The Simiao Decoction and Siwu Decoction with honeysuckle vine, daylily seed, papaya, Millettia reticulata, myrrh, and sapodilla are used.

The third TCM treatment method for rheumatoid arthritis: combining spleen strengthening and kidney benefiting during the remission period;

Insufficient vital energy is the root cause of this disease, and the disease will further deplete the vital energy. Therefore, it is very important to support the positive energy during the remission period. The function of the spleen and kidneys is closely related to rheumatoid arthritis. For the treatment of Bi syndrome, Buzhong Yiqi Decoction, Yupingfeng Powder, Duhuo Jishe Decoction and other prescriptions can be used with modifications.

Through this article’s analysis of the treatment methods for rheumatoid arthritis, we should all know how much impact rheumatoid arthritis has on our joints, and we should also know how to treat rheumatoid arthritis. For a disease like rheumatoid arthritis, patients need to slowly adjust it in their daily lives and move their joints more.