Remedies for rheumatoid arthritis
Vietnam is located in a tropical monsoon region, with changing sun, rain, temperature, humidity and climate, so the number of people suffering from joint diseases is very high.
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According to Oriental medicine, rheumatoid arthritis has two forms: acute and chronic. Here are some traditional herbal remedies to treat each type of disease.
Acute arthritis:
Joints are swollen and painful, feverish, fatigued, often accompanied by sore throat and pharyngitis. Joints become more painful when cold and damp. Treatment: expels wind and cold, anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving. Use one of the following prescriptions:
Recipe 1: 16g pomelo root, 20g Smilax glabra, 12g Solanum procumbens, 20g Polygonum multiflorum, 16g Polygonum multiflorum, 16g Atractylodes Rhizome, 8g cinnamon, 10g Atractylodes Rhizome, 10g licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times.
Recipe 2: 10g of Ligusticum wallichii, 10g of Desmodium styracifolium, 12g of Atractylodes Rhizome, 20g of Mimosa pudica, 16g of Artemisia vulgaris, 16g of Tang ki sinh, 8g of cinnamon, 10g of Acanthopanax gracilifolium, 16g of Acanthopanax gracilifolium, 10g of Cau tich. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times.
Recipe 3: 24g each of male tuc doan, acanthopanax, mugwort, mimosa, mortar, single flower, chicken blood vine, and moneywort. Use 1 dose per day, boil 3 times, drink 3 times.
Chronic arthritis:
Symptoms: joint pain, no swelling in the joints, no fever, limited mobility, pain increases when the weather changes, stiff joints, often seen in the elderly. Treatment: expel wind, benefit dampness combined with nourishing the liver and kidneys and nourishing blood. Use one of the following formulas:
Recipe 1: 12g angelica, 12g white peony, 20g blood-stemming vine, 20g mimosa, 20g grapefruit, 20g hy thiem, 20g ginseng, 20g male tuc doan, 8g cinnamon, 10g thousand-year-old ginger. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times. 15 - 17 days is one course of treatment.
Recipe 2: 20g of Smilax glabra, 20g of Mimosa pudica, 16g of Chinese skullcap, 16g of mugwort, 16g of Vietnamese balm, 16g of processed Polygonum multiflorum, 20g of blood-red vine, 12g of Atractylodes Rhizome, 12g of Angelica dahurica, 12g of licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times.
- If the pain is severe and you cannot sleep, add: 16g black jujube seed, 12g polygala, 20g passionflower.
- Often have cold stomach, digestive disorders, family: 16g white atractylodes, 10g cornus, 12g ginger.
- Poor appetite, weak body, add: 5 jujubes, 16g astragalus, 6g ginger, 10g ginseng.
- Cough, shortness of breath, phlegm, add: perilla 12g, Platycodon 12g, Pinellia 10g, Magnolia officinalis 10g.
Combine the decoction with external massage medicines such as: 20g cinnamon, 20g Chinese clematis, 20g star anise, 24g angelica, 20g ligusticum wallichii, 30g Chinese skullcap, 20g galangal, 20g ginger, 20g dried ginger, 20g tangerine peel, 20g sappanwood. Chop the ingredients, put them in a glass bottle, cover with alcohol to soak. After 10 days, it can be used. Use cotton soaked in the medicine to rub on the swollen and painful areas.
According to Health & Life
