Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis belongs to the scope of “paralysis and lumbago” in traditional Chinese medicine, and can be treated with appropriate medicines according to the diagnosis, such as DuoWuSheng Tang, Body Pain and Blood Stasis Tang, and so on. 1. Duo Wu Sheng Tang: This formula has the efficacy of dispelling wind-dampness, relieving paralytic pain, benefiting the liver and kidney, and replenishing qi and blood. It can be used for treating prolonged paralysis, deficiency of liver and kidney, and insufficiency of qi and blood, with symptoms such as lumbar and knee soreness and limpness, limb joints with unfavorable flexion and extension, numbness and insensitivity, and fear of coldness and preference for cold, etc. This formula is suitable for the treatment of dampness-heat syndrome, lumbar pain, and body pain, etc. This formula is suitable for the treatment of dampness-heat syndrome. This formula should not be used for patients with actual symptoms of damp-heat. 2. Body Pain and Blood Stasis Expelling Tang: This formula has the efficacy of activating blood circulation to expel blood stasis, promoting menstruation to relieve pain, expelling wind and removing dampness (eliminating wind and dampness in the body), and can be used in the treatment of paralysis with blood stasis and obstruction, which is characterized by pain in the joints of the limbs, pain with immobility, unfavorable flexion and extension of the joints, and purplish tongue with petechiae. This formula is not suitable for pregnant women. For patients with the above symptoms, it is recommended to go to regular hospitals for consultation and treatment under the guidance of professional physicians.