Talking about Chinese medicine care for rheumatoid arthritis in winter

  Winter is the coldest season of the year, when yang is weak and cold is most likely to hurt people, and cold has the characteristics of “attraction” and “stagnation”, which can easily trigger or aggravate the adverse effects or even blockage of the airways, meridians and joints. Therefore, many respiratory, cardiovascular and joint diseases often develop or worsen in the cold winter, and rheumatoid arthritis is one of them. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease with symmetrical polyarthritis as its main manifestation. It is characterized by painful swollen joints and morning stiffness in the early stage, and joint deformity and dysfunction of varying degrees in the later stage, which seriously affects the quality of life. Rheumatoid arthritis belongs to the category of “paralysis” in Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine has an early understanding of this disease, as early as in the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” put forward “wind, cold and damp three gas mixed to, combined with paralysis” “not with wind, cold and damp gas, so not for The wind, cold and damp invasion of three kinds of evil is an important factor in the occurrence of paralysis, and the wind, cold and evil in the winter is the most severe, although the damp evil has weakened, but also in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to beware of the harm of damp evil on the human body, as written in the Qing Dynasty Ye Tianshi “warm fever theory” written “and my Wu damp evil harm people most widely”, where the wide is not only refers to the geographical location of the damp evil harm people. Here the wide is not only refers to the geographical wide, also refers to the time wide, that is to say, Jiangsu and Zhejiang damp evil can cause harm to the human body throughout the year. Therefore, rheumatoid arthritis patients in winter should be careful to prevent the wind, cold and wet evil brought about by the disadvantage. Now from the following aspects of rheumatoid arthritis in winter Chinese medicine care.  1, pay attention to warmth, avoid wind and cold: winter temperature is low, you should always add clothes according to the temperature changes, you can go out with gloves to keep your hands warm, avoid using cold water to wash, laundry, etc., diligent bedding, underwear sweat should be changed in time to prevent the invasion of cold and wet evil; 2, diet, about taboos: diet should be light, avoid eating some cold and fatty and thick food, so as not to produce “internal cold” “internal dampness”, try to eat less or do not eat seafood, fresh mushrooms and other hairy products, it is appropriate to eat more vitamin C-rich vegetables and fruits, vegetables such as carrots, radishes, bitter melon, potatoes, tomatoes, fruits such as oranges, sweet oranges, red dates, hawthorn and apples, as well as 3, appropriate exercise, exercise: rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, appropriate exercise and exercise, to help strengthen their own immunity and resistance to disease, for the prevention and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is of great significance, the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” recorded that “positive energy within, evil can not dry “This is the truth. But it should be remembered that the morning exercise should not be too early to avoid cold, while the winter temperature is low haze, try to avoid outdoor sports; 4, regulate the mood: maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, help improve immunity, rheumatoid arthritis is conducive to the alleviation of the disease, Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of disease, there is a “spirit within the guard, the disease is safe from” the theory. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.  5, early detection, early treatment: early detection and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is very critical, modern medicine combined with Chinese medicine treatment can effectively delay the progress of the disease to reduce joint deformities caused by joint destruction, Chinese medicine theory emphasizes the “first safe place not subject to evil” the idea of treating the disease, treating the disease not only includes the prevention of the disease first, but also contains both disease prevention of change. In this way, not only can the disease be eliminated in the bud, but also reduce the pain and economic burden of patients.