Typical TCM Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthiritis

"Rheumatoid arthritis is a general disease characterized by noninfectious inflammation of joints and their peripheral tissues. Its attack and remission occur intermittently, greatly consuming the human body. The disabled rate is high, seriously affecting the health and life quality of the people. At present, Chinese medicine has achieved remarkable result in the study and treatment of this disease. This book is focused on summation of distinctive effective therapeutic methods of the physicians and folks in different times to be taken as the reference for clinical workers. It is also useful for the patients in their health preservation.

The book consists of three parts. Part one mainly includes general introduction with key points for diagnosis and understanding of this disease in terms of Chinese medicine. It may help the readers have a brief understanding to rheumatoid arthritis. Part two introduces the special therapeutic methods in details for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with essentials. The disease can be divided into active and stable stages. During the active stage, it can be differentiated into Bi-syndrome due to wind, damp and cold and Bi-syndrome due to wind, damp and heat; During the stable stage, it can be differentiated into obstruction of channels due to stagnation of phlegm and blood stasis, weakness of the liver and kidney and deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of yin with heat in the interior, deficiency of both yin and yang, etc. Treatment of each type includes seven therapies: internal treatment, external treatment, acupuncture, tuina, dietotherapy, physical therapy and apitherapy. Some of them are both therapeutic and health preservative, and are easy to practise with good results. Part three has collected the point views, special experiences of treatment and case histories of Jiao Shude, Zhou Zhongying and Zhang Qi, the three contemporary prominent doctors who are experts in treatment of Bi syndrome. The book is distinctive with conciseness, originality, simplicity and good effect.

The distinctive therapeutic methods for rheumatoid arthritis have very substantial content. As the result of limited level of the compiler, it is difficult to cover all the distinctive therapies and avoid mistakes. Any instructions from the readers and friends are all welcome."