Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic fever paralysis

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for rheumatism-heat paralysis (often manifested as burning heat, pain, redness and swelling of joints and muscles, etc.) mainly uses traditional Chinese medicine formulas such as Bai Hu Plus Gui Zhi Tang. The treatment of rheumatism-heat paralysis should be clearing heat and clearing collaterals, dispelling wind and removing dampness, and the formula of Bai Hu Plus Gui Zhi Tang can be seen as pain in joints of the limbs, redness and burning heat in the painful areas, intense swelling and pain, and relief when it gets cold, with subcutaneous nodules or erythema, and concurrently with fever and thirst and other symptomatic manifestations. Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang is composed of Gypsum, Zhi Mu, Gui Zhi, Japonica Rice, Glycyrrhiza Glabra, if there is ecchymosis in the skin, add Mudan Pi, Sheng Dihuang, Difeng Zi, Bai Xian Pi; if there is soreness and swelling of the throat, add Forsythia, Burdock, Peppermint; if the heat is excessive and injures the body fluid and the thirst and heartburn are seen, add Tian Dang, Ophiopogon, Sheng Dihuang. The contraindications and adverse reactions of this formula are not clear. Before taking the above medicines, it is necessary to be guided by a doctor for diagnosis, and not to take medicines by oneself, so as not to cause adverse consequences to the body.