Director Xu Wang talked about: the original treatment of rheumatoid arthritis through moxibustion, the effect can be so good

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common chronic inflammatory disease, patients often appear joint pain, swelling, stiffness, deformity, and ultimately lead to serious impairment of limb function. In terms of treatment, the clinical use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucocorticoids and palliative disease anti-rheumatic and other Western medicines, so as to achieve the effect of clinical remission, but in the long-term use of the process, some of the side effects of the drug, so that many patients can not adhere to a long time, so that the condition can not get good control and relapse again.

Now more and more clinical studies have found that moxibustion is not bad in rheumatoid arthritis. The moxa leaves have the characteristics of warmth, ripe heat, pure Yang, through the combustion of heat can be given directly to the body with warm stimulation, and then through the conduction of the meridian, so as to play the warm menstruation dispersal of cold, blood through the paralysis, the efficacy of eliminating blood stasis, and then to realize the role of anti-inflammatory, repair synovial membrane of the joints, protection of the bone and cartilage, which has become the treatment of many rheumatoid arthritis patients of the new choice.

Here are a few recommended acupuncture points for patients with rheumatoid arthritis:

l Foot Sanli. Yangming stomach meridian joint point, has the effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, dredging the wind and dampness, but also for immune mechanism regulation. The point is located on the anterior lateral side of the calf, 3 inches below the calf's nose, one transverse finger from the anterior edge of the tibia.

l Bladder meridian back points: spleen Yu, liver Yu, kidney Yu. Among them, Spleen Yu point is located in the back of the 11th thoracic vertebra under the spinous process, 1.5 inches away from the side of the opening, can be diuretic, spleen; Liver Yu point is located in the back of the 9th thoracic vertebra under the spinous process, 1.5 inches away from the side of the opening, can dredge the liver, and with the Taixi, Kidney Yu, can be played to tonify the kidneys, nourishing Yin; Kidney Yu point is located in the second lumbar vertebra under the spinous process, the Vital Gate next to the 1.5 inches away from the opening, can be a water-rich and strong kidneys, and with the Vital Gate, can be played to help transport and strengthen the yuan-yang, the effects of water and dampness.

l Taixi point Located on the inner side of the foot, the depression between the back of the inner ankle and the tendon of the heel bone, moxibustion of this point can strengthen yang, nourish yin, and tonify the kidney;

l Vital gate is located in the posterior midline of the waist of the human body, the second lumbar vertebrae spinal protuberance of the lower concavity, moxibustion of this point, can consolidate and strengthen the kidneys, strengthen the yang and warm the kidneys, and is good for dredging the dudu chakra.

You can choose moxa pillar moxibustion, moxa stick moxibustion, warm needle moxibustion, warm moxibustion device moxibustion according to your own preferences, in general, an acupuncture point to do 10-15 minutes can be 1-2 times a day, adhere to the ten or so days, you can feel the effect of Ming.

Xu wish director said: in the eyes of Chinese medicine, rheumatoid arthritis patients is due to the Yingwei disharmony, Zhengqi insufficiency, wind, cold and humidity caused by the meridian, bone and tendon obstruction and the onset of the disease, and moxibustion treatment has the effect of removing dampness, wind, blood stasis, and through the network, so the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has a good therapeutic effect, which in turn, safe and effective improvement of the patient's clinical symptom scores, as well as the synovial membrane morphology and structure.