"Old cold legs" is a folk name, and modern medicine calls it knee osteoarthritis. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease belongs to "arthralgia syndrome". When the human body is attacked by external evils such as wind, cold and dampness, and the meridians are blocked, qi and blood will be blocked, and symptoms such as numbness, soreness and unfavorable flexion and extension will appear. The onset of "old cold legs" is slow. There is often dull pain on both sides or one side of the knee joint, which is aggravated during exercise and improved after rest. It rains on cloudy days, the climate gets cooler and the symptoms get worse, so it is the common feature of patients with this disease to like warmth and fear cold. Sometimes acute pain occurs, joints are stiff, and there is a click when moving. After sitting for a long time, the joint stiffness increased, and it improved slightly after exercise. Late joint swelling and limited activity.

Although joint degeneration is an inevitable process of human metabolism, the activity of knee joint is limited, which seriously affects work and life. We must strengthen prevention and take various measures to delay the occurrence time, reduce the degree, delay development and improve the quality of life.

Pathogenesis of old cold legs in traditional Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine believes that "old cold legs." It belongs to the category of "arthralgia". It is mainly caused by the invasion of cold pathogens into the human body, and there are also common cold and dampness pathogens, and leg joint pain caused by meridian obstruction. The colder the weather, the more painful it is. A long illness will damage the liver and kidney, so it is the same feature to like warmth and fear cold. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment mainly focuses on dispelling cold evil, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and relieving swelling and pain.

TCM health preservation helps to prevent old cold legs.

1, prevent old cold legs and keep warm. (an autumn rain and a cold. But look at the street, some girls who love beauty are still wearing fashionable short skirts. As a doctor, I want to remind you that beauty is important, but health is also indispensable. Don't just be elegant and don't care about the temperature. When it is time to get dressed, you have to get dressed. If you fall into the "old cold leg", it will be difficult to cure it. "Old cold legs" has the word "old", which makes many people mistakenly think that this is the patent of the elderly. Actually, it's not. Some young people are also troubled by "old cold legs" because they don't pay attention to keeping warm. A few days ago, there was a long queue in the orthopedic clinic of the hospital. Most patients are young girls. Their symptoms are that when they encounter cold weather, their legs will feel swollen, numb and painful, which is a precursor to "old cold legs" For this disease, the symptoms will get better after treatment. But "old cold legs" is an "environmental disease", and it is easy to recur when it is cold or cold. If you keep blowing air conditioning in summer, it may also make your legs uncomfortable. )