Folk remedies: joint pain, acupuncture, hot compress
Arthritis belongs to arthralgia syndrome
Dr. Wu Chunjie, Deputy Chief Physician of Chinese Medicine Department of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told the reporter that Chinese medicine classified arthritis as "arthralgia".
The sound of "Bi" has the same meaning as "Close", and "Close means pain", so there will be symptoms such as joint pain, rigidity and numbness. Externally, arthritis is caused by wind, cold and dampness invading human body and staying in joints along meridians, resulting in stagnation of qi and blood. That is what people often say: being blown by the cool wind; Frozen by cold water; Do not keep warm in time after sweating; Live in a damp and dark place, etc. It is easy to cause arthritis.
Acupuncture pays attention to winning by skill.
Western medicine pays attention to "winning by strength" and is stronger than germs; Acupuncture pays attention to the use of skills, "to break a thousand pounds skillfully." Therefore, the acupuncturist gently pricks several points that seem to be related or unrelated to the focus, and the patient's illness will be cured.
So is arthritis. When treating patients, acupuncturists will choose different acupoints according to different types of joint pain. For example, for the treatment of knee pain, patients with severe knee pain can choose the tip of calf nose and crane top knee, as well as Shenshu point and Guanyuan point. Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga and Heding are local acupoints, while Shenshu and Guanyuan are not in the joints, which are called distal acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine. Among them, Guanyuan point, located in the lower abdomen of navel, is considered by Chinese medicine to be the place where qi and blood occur in human body and the basis of meridians. It seems that it has nothing to do with knee arthritis, but acupuncture at this point can tonify yang, thus eliminating cold evil, strengthening the body and fundamentally curing arthritis.
Chinese medicine for external use
Dr. Wu said: Arthritis can also be treated by moxibustion, salt therapy and cupping. For example, the joint can be ironed with hot salt. The method is to fry the raw salt, wrap it with gauze, or push it back and forth at the diseased joint. Arthritis can also be treated by cupping. The method is to use a glass jar, bamboo jar or pottery jar, and put a burning note in it, or burn a lighted torch in the jar and fix the jar on the diseased part with full muscles. You can also use warm moxibustion and smoke the affected area with wormwood or candles.
Dr. Wu introduced a prescription for treating arthritis with a towel for external use: Spatholobus suberectus 30g, Radix Aconiti Lateralis10g, Ramulus Cinnamomi10g, Radix Paeoniae Rubra10g, Radix Angelicae Sinensis10g, Caulis Piperis10g and Coicis Semen/kloc-0g. After boiling the traditional Chinese medicine, soak the towel in the traditional Chinese medicine and put it on the affected area for hot compress several times a day. This medicine can get rid of the pathogenic factors of arthritis and has a good effect.
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