Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Rheumatism

Rheumatism can be divided into acute rheumatism and chronic rheumatism. Although our modern medicine is very developed, rheumatism often plagues the majority of elderly patients. Now that rheumatism has broken out, there will be many western medicines to treat it. But how did the ancients treat rheumatism when ancient medicine was underdeveloped? Let's have a look.

Rheumatism is not a serious illness, but if it is not treated in time, it will become a chronic disease and slowly spread to the whole body. The ancients mainly treated rheumatism in the way of traditional Chinese medicine.

Chinese medicine treatment of rheumatism must suit the remedy to the case, first find the cause of rheumatism, and then carry out the next treatment. Therefore, when the ancients treated, they would look for professional Chinese medicine practitioners. Only after detailed diagnosis can they find the cause and treat the disease. For example, if rheumatism patients have symptoms of wind chill or excessive moisture, then drugs that promote qi circulation and blood circulation should be used in treatment. If the patient's waist and knees are sore, accompanied by swelling and pain, then drugs for clearing away heat and toxic materials should be used in the treatment.

Traditional Chinese medicine also pays attention to comprehensive therapy, which means that it is not enough to rely solely on drugs, and patients should actively cooperate. This cooperation is also very simple, mainly requiring patients to exercise more and eat less spicy food, so men should quit smoking and drinking. In fact, these are the same as our current treatment methods, and Western medicine also pays attention to comprehensive therapy.

The above is aimed at patients with chronic rheumatism, but if it is acute rheumatism, it is not suitable for Chinese medicine treatment. Acupuncture or cupping should be taken to alleviate the condition of rheumatism.

Rheumatism is very harmful to human body and will seriously affect people's daily life, so we should pay more attention to it in daily life and develop good living habits. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, which is the truth.