Herbal treatment for rheumatic fever

Rheumatic fever is a disorder caused by infection with group A hemolytic streptococcus, which is mainly manifested by heart disease and joint disease. Chinese medicine treatment for rheumatic fever mainly consists of three methods of treatment: oral Chinese medicine tonics, proprietary Chinese medicine and external Chinese medicine treatment.1. Oral Chinese medicine tonics are based on the identification and treatment of different types of symptoms, and suitable treatment formulas are selected according to different types of symptoms. For example, for wind-heat type rheumatic fever, it can be treated with Yin Qiao San plus or minus; for damp-heat type rheumatic fever, it can be treated with Xuan Piao Tang combined with Er Miao San plus or minus; for cold-damp type rheumatic fever, it can be treated with Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang plus or minus; for blood stasis type rheumatic fever, it can be treated with Body Pain and Blood Stasis Tang plus or minus. 2. 3.Treatment of rheumatic fever with Chinese herbal medicine mainly uses Chinese herbal medicines that have the ability to dispel wind and channels, clear heat and disperse knots, such as Qingfengteng, Haifengteng, Pineal, Mulberry branch, Datura, Papaya, Chuanxiong, Piece of ginger yellow, etc. The Chinese herbal medicine is decocted and soaked or powdered and applied externally to the diseased joints for treatment.