1.Overview: Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of disease that causes swelling and pain in the joints caused by feeling wind, cold and damp. Chinese medicine is called paralysis. 2, clinical manifestations: rheumatoid arthritis typical manifestations are mild or moderate fever, wandering polyarthritis, the affected joints are mostly knees and ankles, shoulders, elbows and wrists and other large joints, commonly transferred from one joint to another, the lesion localized redness, swelling, burning, severe pain some patients also have several joints at the same time, atypical patients only have joint pain without other inflammatory manifestations, acute inflammation usually in 2-4 weeks The acute inflammation usually subsides within 2-4 weeks without sequelae, but often recurs. If rheumatic activity affects the heart, then myocarditis can occur or even leave heart valve lesions. 3, moxibustion therapy: acupuncture points: similar rheumatoid arthritis. Moxibustion therapy: the same kind of rheumatoid arthritis. 4, moxibustion method for rheumatic cold arthritis: Treatment: moxibustion method: the patient sits flat on the bed, bending the knees against the chest. Forearms crossed, hands on the knees, head down, forehead against the back of the hand, so that the two scapulae fully open, in the flat fourth thoracic vertebrae under the spine, the medial edge of the scapulae bone seam pressure, feel pain between the chest ribs. The pain is transmitted to the arm, which is the anointing point. Matching points: Qihai, feet Sanli; for cold pain in the back of the foot, add Zhiyin point. Use large moxa cones to moxibustion the point. Each time 13 strokes; then make the patient lie down, take the 3 points of Qihai and Sanli, and moxibustion 7 strokes each with large moxa cones. If additional moxibustion is needed for the Zhiyin point, it will be done at the same time as moxibustion for the Ancient Compass point. The small moxa cones are 7 sticks on each side. Treat once a day, 15 times for a course of treatment. 5, clinical experience: rheumatoid arthritis is a common clinical disease, moxibustion therapy for the treatment of this disease has obvious advantages, suitable for rheumatoid arthritis therapy can be used for this disease, the disease is easy to relapse, as long as you adhere to the treatment, the effect is very good.