| Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is a chronic , systemic autoimmune disease , andsymmetric joint synovitis and extra-articular lesions are the clinicalmanifestations of disease .At present traditional Chinese medicine generallyconsidered RA is "arthralgia syndrome" areas. Declined anti-pathogentic qi is thefundamental ,e.g.insufficiency of qi and blood,disharmony between ying ande weisystems,Impairment of liver and kidney essence,hypofixnctioning of spleen andstomach .Exogenous pathogenic factors are the incentives ,e.g.affliction fromexternal wind-cold ,heat ,and dampness, Heightened emotional sensitivity,Phlegm-dampness and blood stasis. Internal and external factors lead to RA.In the clinicalresearch ,there is no effect of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis atpresent.Western medicine can ease pain ,and reduce inflammation.But Jointdamage can not be fully controlled ,and there are many adverse reactions.Chinesemedicine internal and external treatments are built on the basis of disease typesaccording to differentiation of syndromes.they can achieve the propose ofExpelling wind and cold,promoting blood circulation to remove obstruction frommeridians,subsidence of swelling,and so on.Chinese medicine is effective in thetreatment of rheumatoid arthritis connection and safe in the clinical application.With the constant renewal of technical means ,Chinese medicine treatment willhave even broader prospects for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.On the basis ofconventional western medicine treatment ,Chinese medicine treatment can improvethe efficacy of rheumatoid arthritis significantly ,shorten the course of treatment,improved symptoms rapidly ,relieve pain,reduce the adverse reaction of Westernmedicine treatment .Chinese medicine is effective in the treatment of rheumatoidarthritis connection and safe in the clinical application. With the constant renewalof technical means and the improvement of the study,Chinese medicine treatmentwill have even broader prospects for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. |