Chinese medicine diagnosis of stiffness in the limbs

Stiffness of the limbs and activity disorders are common in rheumatic diseases, patients in the morning, start activities, or in the body for a long time in a certain posture after changing another posture, often feel the joints, limbs, waist and other affected parts of the stiffness and pain. Stiffness of the limbs of Chinese medicine diagnosis: First, rheumatism and heat paralysis of the symptoms of musculoskeletal joint pain, local redness, swelling, burning, or even pain can not be accessed, cold slightly comfortable, or accompanied by fever, wind, thirst, boredom and other manifestations of the whole body, the tongue is red, the tongue coating is yellow or yellow greasy. Second, the symptoms of wind-cold-dampness paralysis, muscle, sinew, bone and joint pain, swelling, numbness of the limbs, unfavorable extension, wind and cold, heat pain reduction, cold pain increase. The tongue coating is thin white or white and greasy. Wind-cold-dampness paralysis and have line paralysis, pain paralysis and with paralysis of the points. Third, Chinese medicine treatment of rheumatism follow the principle of diagnosis and treatment should be the first to identify the deficiency of cold and heat. Disease is real, to the joints of the limbs, swelling, pain, numbness as the main symptom, no Zhengqi weak performance. Disease is false, with qi and blood damage, visceral deficiency symptoms. Clinical treatment of rheumatism is usually according to the nature of the disease cold and heat is mainly divided into wind-cold damp paralysis and rheumatism and heat paralysis two types. Fourth, other types of evidence 1, wind-cold-dampness paralysis patients with qi and blood deficiency, can be seen yellowish face, weakness and shortness of breath, sweating palpitations, loose food. 2, the patient’s muscles and joints swollen and painful, fear of cold and fear of heat, joints, localized warm and cold, mostly cold and heat mixed with silt and blood blockage. 3, the patient’s muscles, joints and joints swollen and painful, without localized hot and cold and color abnormalities, and no warmth or fear of cold and other systemic symptoms, it is the feeling of the wind-dampness of evils. The patient’s muscles, bones and joints are swollen and painful without localized heat or cold and abnormal skin color, or systemic symptoms such as warmth or fear of cold.