Chinese medicine can be used to treat wrist pain through traditional Chinese medicine or acupuncture.
1. Chinese medicine treatment: Wrist pain belongs to the category of “paralysis” in Chinese medicine, which is divided into wind-cold-dampness paralysis, wind-dampness-heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of the joints), phlegm and blood stasis paralysis, and deficiency of the liver and kidneys according to the identification of the disease.
Wind-cold-heat paralysis can be divided into walking paralysis, catching paralysis and pain paralysis according to the different external evils, and can be treated with Fangfeng Tang, Coix Seed Soup, Wu Tou Tang, etc., while wind-damp-heat paralysis can be treated with Bai Hu plus Gui Zhi Tang, phlegm and blood stasis paralysis can be treated with Shuang He Tang, and deficiency of liver and kidney can be treated with Duo Wu Zaosheng Tang.
2. Acupuncture treatment: Wrist pain can be treated with acupuncture or moxibustion at Neiguan, Shenmen and Daling points according to the principle of proximity selection of acupuncture points, and small needle knife treatment is also acceptable.
Patients who experience wrist pain should seek medical attention as soon as possible. The use of drugs should be under the guidance of a professional physician, and acupuncture treatment should be operated by a doctor.