Knee pain TCM health care methods Knee pain TCM health care methods Cold and dampness invade the knee, and you will get sick! Recently, holiday road running, marathon, walking and so on are very popular, so there are more young patients complaining about knee pain in clinic. Mr. Shao, 26, complained that since he ran a marathon recently, his knees have been uncomfortable and painful, especially when going up and down stairs. In fact, most young people are not degenerative arthritis of the knee joint, and most of them are related to long-term overload, which exceeds the burden that tendons can bear.

And this Mr. Shao said, "doctor, my knee hurts, especially going up and down stairs." I took anti-inflammatory painkillers, hyaluronic acid, recover! Why is it still not good As long as you start running again, it will hurt! Knee arthritis belongs to "arthralgia syndrome", "bone arthralgia" and "knee arthralgia" in traditional Chinese medicine, and its etiology is mainly liver and kidney deficiency, because Chinese medicine believes that when liver and kidney begin to be deficient, it will begin to get sick and be attacked by external evils. Liver blood can't nourish tendons, kidney essence can't make up bones, and if you don't exercise at ordinary times, you will run wildly on holidays! If you encounter bad weather, wind, cold, rain and moisture invade, that is to say, the mixture of wind, cold and moisture invades your knees, you will get sick.

There are four types of knee joint pain treated by TCM: 1. Symptoms of cold-dampness block: joint pain, wandering, bad wind and fever. If the joint is swollen and painful, it is inconvenient to move, and the pain will not go away. The rainy and cold weather is aggravated, and the tongue is red and greasy, and the pulse is slow. Treatment: expelling wind and overcoming dampness, warming meridians and dredging collaterals.

2. Symptoms of damp-heat accumulation: joint pain, burning swelling, fever and bad wind. The joints are red, swollen, hot and painful. If they are cold, they will be relieved; if they are warm, they will be painful. Keep the pain away from your hands, it is difficult to move your joints. Yellow urine, red and greasy tongue and slippery pulse. Treatment: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, dredging menstruation and relieving pain.

3. Symptoms of deficiency of both qi and blood: joint pain and weakness, joint deformation, tinnitus, backache, pale tongue with white fur, and thin or weak pulse. Treatment: tonify qi and blood, tonify liver and kidney, warm channels and dredge collaterals.

4. Symptoms of liver and kidney deficiency: weak knees, unsteady walking, pain at rest, history of waking up at night, tingling, severe pain when standing for a long time, walking up and down stairs, pale tongue with thin white fur and thready pulse. Treatment: tonify liver and kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals.