Rheumatology Department Chinese medicine characteristic treatment of Chinese medicine: the leader of our science, Professor Fang Dingya, has more than 50 years of medical practice, with profound Chinese and Western medicine skills and rich clinical experience, good at combining traditional Chinese medicine theory with modern medical pathology and pharmacology, through long-term clinical practice and verification, created a series of effective Chinese and Western medicine combined treatment program. The rational use of Chinese medicine treatment, with the characteristics of safe and effective, overall conditioning, tailored to the individual, can achieve good results for rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, dry syndrome, gouty arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and other rheumatic diseases, and can effectively reduce the dosage of Western medicine and side effects. Chinese medicine foot bath: foot bath is to use suitable Chinese medicine formula boiled into Chinese medicine water to soak feet, in which the effective Chinese medicine ingredients, with the help of the heat of hot water, penetrate into the skin, are absorbed by the capillaries of the foot and enter the human blood circulation system, so as to achieve the effect of improving the physique, conditioning the body and treating diseases. Our department for different types of diseases, different performance of evidence-based research and development of foot bath formula, specific warming meridians, reduce swelling and pain and other effects, women during menstruation, open foot trauma, allergic patients should be used with caution. Ear acupuncture: Ear acupuncture points are distributed roughly similar to an inverted fetus, the corresponding points have diagnostic and therapeutic effects, by stimulating the corresponding points, can play a role in relieving local symptoms and regulating the function of the internal organs, good safety, can be used as an auxiliary treatment for rheumatism. It is safe and can be used as an adjunctive treatment for rheumatism. It should be used with caution for broken ear skin, infection and skin allergy. Acupuncture point application: It is a non-invasive and painless acupuncture point therapy based on the theory of Chinese medicine meridians and collaterals, in which the drug is finely ground and mixed into a paste with oil, petroleum jelly, honey, etc., and then directly applied to the acupuncture point and the affected area (Ah Yes point) to treat the disease. It is widely used in painful diseases such as gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing arthritis, trauma, cholecystitis, etc., and has good efficacy. Allergic persons should use with caution. Chinese medicine ion introduction: the active ingredients of Chinese medicine are extracted into a certain concentration of liquid medicine, and a certain amount of gauze or other water-absorbent auxiliary material is placed on the acupuncture points or affected areas on the body surface. According to the patient’s TCM diagnosis and classification, our department selects Chinese medicines with the ability to activate blood stasis, warm the meridians and channels, promote water retention and reduce swelling, etc., and performs Chinese medicine ion introduction treatment at different acupuncture points. The medicinal properties of the herbs reach the internal organs through these acupuncture points along the meridians, exerting their therapeutic effects and thus promoting the recovery of the disease. Note that people with skin diseases, acute infectious diseases, critical illnesses and serious heart diseases should use it with caution.