These folk remedies are so effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a bone disease. Severe rheumatoid arthritis can easily lead to lower limb paralysis, which greatly affects normal life and normal movement. There are many ways to treat rheumatoid arthritis. It can be treated with folk remedies, and massage can be used to relieve pain.

Folk remedies for rheumatoid arthritis

Cinnamon twig and white peony root for rheumatoid arthritis

【Functions and indications】Activates meridians and activates collaterals. It is mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, with symptoms of muscle and joint pain and swelling, local heat when touched, but the patient feels chills, or is not hot when touched, or feels feverish, low-grade fever or no obvious fever, red tongue with yellow-white or yellow-white or less coating, and stringy or fine pulse.

[Ingredients of the folk remedy] 10 grams each of cinnamon twig, white peony root, anemarrhena asphodeloides, cooked aconite root, safflower, soapberry thorn, dog spine, and saposhnikovia divaricata, 20 grams each of raw rehmannia, earthworm, and drynaria, 15 grams each of raw astragalus and mistletoe.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose per day, decocted in water.

Astragalus and Atractylodes macrocephala for rheumatoid arthritis

【Functions and indications】Mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

[Ingredients of the folk prescription] 15-30 grams of raw Astragalus, 15 grams each of Atractylodes macrocephala, cinnamon twig, processed Chuanwu, and Stephania tetrandra, 30 grams of mulberry branch, 12 grams each of white peony root, Chinese angelica, and Curcuma zedoaria, and 10 grams of roasted licorice.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction the above medicine and take it in 2 doses, 1 dose per day for 3 months, then take 1 dose every other day for another 3 months. Afterwards, make pills with this recipe and continue taking them for 6 months to consolidate the therapeutic effect. The full course of treatment is 1 year.

[Additions and Subtractions] If the patient is suffering from heat-dominant type, add 30 grams each of gypsum and wild yam; if the patient is suffering from cold-dominant type, cinnamon twig can be used up to 20 grams, and asarum can be added 3-6 grams; if the patient is suffering from qi and blood deficiency, add 15-30 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and 15 grams of Polygonum multiflorum.

Astragalus and Clematis for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

【Functions and indications】Mainly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

[Composition of the folk prescription] 30-50 grams of raw Astragalus, 20-25 grams of Clematis, 20 grams of processed Aconitum, 10 grams each of cinnamon twig, white peony root, Gentiana macrophylla, Millettia reticulata, 8-10 grams each of ephedra, siler, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron chinense, and raw licorice.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction the above medicine, take 1 dose per day, divided into 3 to 4 times orally, 15 doses as a course of treatment.

[Additions and Subtractions] If both Qi and blood are deficient, increase the dosage of Astragalus to 60-80 grams, and add 20 grams each of Angelica sinensis and Polygonum multiflorum; if fever is present, add 40-50 grams of Gypsum Fibrosum and 25-30 grams of Coix Seed; if the joints are severely red and swollen, add 20-30 grams of Radix Dipterocarpa (谵光), 12-15 grams each of Stephania tetrandra and Alisma orientalis; if the upper limbs are more severe, add 10-15 grams each of Curcuma longa and Morus altissima; if the lower limbs are more severe, add 10-12 grams each of Achyranthes bidentata, Silkworm feces and Papaya.