Rheumatoid arthritis is mainly manifested by joint pain, swelling, stiffness, and unfavorable flexion and extension, and belongs to the category of “paralysis” and “chronic joints” in Chinese medicine. It is generally believed that the pathogenesis of this disease is the lack of vital energy in the body, external exposure to wind, cold, dampness, heat and poisonous evil, paralysis and obstruction of joints, resulting in joint swelling and pain, and in the late stage, phlegm and blood stasis, resulting in deformation of joints and damage to internal organs. It is common to see different types of symptoms such as damp-heat and poisonous paralysis, wind-damp paralysis, cold-damp paralysis, yin-yang disharmony, phlegm-stasis, liver-kidney deficiency, and qi-blood deficiency, etc. During the active stage of the disease, damp-heat and poisonous paralysis is especially common. Rheumatoid arthritis is the key disease and advantage of the Department of Rheumatology in Xiyuan Hospital. Based on the previous understanding of “paralysis”, Professor Fang Dingya, the leader of our department, proposed in 1984 the key to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and the treatment method of clearing and detoxifying heat. On the basis of this, we have developed the internal preparation “Si Miao Anti-Paralysis Granules” and the new drug “Jin Teng Qing Paralysis Granules”. On the basis of this, we have developed the in-hospital preparation “Si Miao Paralysis Granules” and the new drug “Jin Teng Paralysis Granules”, which are welcomed by patients. Over the years, our department has gradually formed a more complete rheumatoid arthritis treatment system, according to the patient’s condition, identify the disease and evidence combined with the use of drugs, Chinese medicine soup to clear heat and detoxify, dampness and paralysis, tendons and joints, blood circulation and pain, and with acupuncture, physical therapy, ionization, soaking and other comprehensive therapy, with the advantages of fast onset of action, good efficacy, less side effects, overall conditioning, according to the individual and other advantages. Rheumatoid arthritis treatment drugs should be taken under the guidance of a specialist, do not believe in some so-called “special drugs” and “prescriptions”, and pay attention to regular follow-up, monitoring the condition.