How to treat rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment

1 wind-cold-damp paralysis:

The main evidence: the joints of the limbs are sore and painful, and the weight is unfavorable. The wind wins, the pain is more wandering, or with the wind fever and other superficial evidence, moss thin white, pulse more floating slow; in the cold wins, the joints of the limbs pain is intense, the pain is more fixed, the cold exacerbated, the pain is reduced by the heat, the pain of flexion and extension is very painful, movement is limited, the bones and joints of cold, the moss is white, the pulse is floating tight or tight; in the wet wins, the joints of the limbs, accompanied by the joints are swollen, the skin is numb, the rainy day aggravated, like to press and kneading, the pain is very painful, the joints of the limbs, the joints of the joints of the joints, the skin is numb, the skin is numb, the pain is very strong. The moss is white and greasy, and the pulse is moist and slow.

Treatment: dispelling wind and dispersing cold, warming the meridians and circulating the veins, and promoting dampness to alleviate paralysis.

Remedy: add and subtract remission of paralysis soup.

If the wind is superior, add and subtract with Fangfeng Tang; if the cold is superior, add and subtract with Wu Tou Tang; if the dampness is heavy, add and subtract with Coix Seed Soup or Kidney Tree Soup.

2 Rheumatism-heat paralysis

Substantiation: rapid onset, or wandering arthralgia, joints are red, swollen and hot, the pain is not palpable, the tendons and veins are constricted, the day is light and the night is heavy, the cold is a little comfortable, and heat aggravates the situation. The tongue is red, with yellow or yellowish coating, and the pulse is stringy.

Treatment: clearing away heat, dispelling wind and dampness.

Prescription: Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang plus reduction.

3Qi and blood insufficiency syndrome

Substantiation: lingering joint pain, vague pain, pale face, fatigue, thin white tongue, fine pulse.

Treatment: benefit qi and nourish blood, alleviate paralysis and pass the collaterals

Prescription: Astragalus and Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang combined with Four Substances Soup plus flavor.

4 liver and kidney deficiency

The main evidence: paralysis for a long time, joints flexion and extension is not good, muscle thin, waist and knee soreness, joints, numbness and numbness, cloudy and rainy days, especially worse, tongue pale moss white or see ecchymosis, the pulse is thin or astringent.

Treatment: nourish the liver and kidney, and relax the tendons and collaterals.

Remedy: add and subtract from Duo Wu Sheng Tang (独活寄生汤).

5Phlegm stasis paralysis obstruction syndrome

Substantiation: paralysis for a long time, limb joint pain fixed, flexion and extension is not favorable, joints are swollen, stiff and deformed, tendon and vein contracture, elbow and knee constriction, dark sallow color, tongue dark red, moss white greasy, pulse stringy and astringent.

Treatment: dissolve phlegm and remove blood stasis, alleviate paralysis and clear the channels.

Prescription: Double Harmony Tang plus reduction.