Discussion of “Arthralgia with Blood Stagnation”

Arthralgia syndrome is caused by wind, cold, damp, heat etc exogenous evil attack human body, blocking the meridians, disorder of circulation of qi and blood, the clinical symptoms include muscles, joints, tendons and bones’ soreness, numbness,  heaviness, pain and dysfunction, even arthrocele, abnormalities, causalgia.

Application of method of Invigorating flow of blood and relieving blood stagnation : within the writer ‘s 30 years clinical experience, the writer applies prescription of invigorating flow of blood and relieving blood stagnation, such as Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang, Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang, Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan, Yi Bi Tang etc with modification on treatment of various arthralgia syndrome, or decoction, or dunking herba in wine, all the method have got good effect. As for the treatment of early arthralgia, the effect is not good enough if we simply employ herbs with function of expelling wind, dispersing cold, eliminate damp, for instance, adding herbs with function of activating meridians and invigorating collaterals. As to treating lingering arthralgia, obstinate arthralgia, sciatica, hyperosteogeny etc, herbs with function of disintegrating blood stasis and eliminating stasis should be put in a very import position, in the meantime, we should add Quan Xie, Wu Gong, Chuan Shan Jia, Tu Bie Chong, Di Long, Bai Hua She etc insect herbs which could activating collaterals.

Modern research on treatment of arthralgia given by herbs with function of invigorating flow of blood: (1) Anti-blood concentration, viscosity, dimerization function.  (2) Antiinflammatory tissue.  (3) Analgesic activity.  (4) Influence to immune system.  (5) Boosting the metabolism of connective tissue.

Key words: Arthralgia, blood stagnation, discussion

Writer: Zhengyuan Huang
Huang Hua county hospital, Yi Ling district, Yi Chang city, Hu Bei province (443141)