If we want to investigate its etiology, rheumatoid arthritis is closely related to the immune system, while gout is caused by uric acid is too high in the blood.
But in any case, these two diseases are very common among middle-aged and elderly people, and they tend to be younger. At the same time, due to the long treatment cycle and the lack of specific drugs, the symptoms are obvious, which also greatly affects the quality of life of patients.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, gout and rheumatoid arthritis actually belong to the category of "arthralgia".
Huangdi Neijing holds that wind, cold and dampness are mixed to form arthralgia. Due to cold and dampness, joints are blocked and qi is blocked. It hurts when it is blocked; However, if qi declines for a long time, it will turn into heat, so it can cause redness and pain at the joints.
For this kind of symptoms and their treatment principles, Huangdi Neijing records that "all diseases, swelling, pain and fright belong to fire", among which doctors in past dynasties have different understandings, such as Jingyue edema, and some think that monthly payment is elbow swelling; Bitterness refers to pain and bitterness. Horror should be the fear and shock after being frightened, and here should be the horror caused by too much pain.
So combined, the joint muscles are swollen and sour, and the pain is unbearable. These symptoms are actually very similar to the diseases such as gout just listed.
For such symptoms, Huangdi Neijing claims that they all belong to fire, and natural treatment needs to be treated from fire.
There are many syndromes of joint pain according to different types of pain, and the one that conforms to this is heat arthralgia.
Due to exogenous wind, cold and dampness, or long-term blockage of joints due to wind, cold and dampness, when the disease occurs, it is manifested as joint pain, tight meridians, and local skin may also be red and swollen.
If this kind of arthralgia syndrome is treated according to the pathogenesis of Huangdi Neijing, Baihu plus Guizhi decoction is often used clinically.
Baihujia Guizhi decoction originated from synopsis of golden chamber and was founded by Zhang Zhongjing to treat warm malaria. In fact, the symptoms of warm malaria include "body fever, joint pain" and so on. The prescription consists of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Gypsum Fibrosum, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, Oryza sativa and Ramulus Cinnamomi, which are decocted in water and taken warm.
Why white tiger plus Guizhi decoction can be used to recuperate joint pain?
The whole prescription uses gypsum and Anemarrhena asphodeloides to clear away heat and purge fire, and at the same time tonify yin and prevent consumption of yin fluid; Ramulus Cinnamomi dredging channels and activating collaterals to relieve arthralgia. Glycyrrhrizae Radix harmonizes various medicines, and japonica rice protects stomach qi to prevent gypsum from hurting stomach due to severe cold. The combination of all prescriptions has the functions of clearing away heat, dredging collaterals and expelling wind.
In short, common diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout, are characterized by redness, swelling and pain, which need to be treated from fire. Baihu plus Guizhi decoction is also a common prescription for treating such diseases.
Of course, the pathogenesis of all diseases is often more than one. Therefore, for the treatment of such diseases, besides fire, there are other pathogenesis that cannot be ignored.
In addition to symptomatic medication, we should also pay attention to diet conditioning in daily life, eat less fat and thick taste, eat less cold drinks, keep warm, take appropriate outdoor activities, and relieve gout as soon as possible.
In the hot summer, there are more and more gout patients, which troubles many people. Many people don't know the truth, which leads to nowhere to see a doctor and the treatment is ineffective. Today, I will give you a summary of Chinese medicine knowledge and compare it with myself. If you doubt that your syndrome belongs to this category, don't apply it in a hurry. You must use it under the dialectical guidance of a professional Chinese medicine doctor to ensure that it is correct. Don't take it without authorization, so as not to delay the illness. After all, Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment, and only one person can fundamentally solve his own problems.