Knee rheumatism belongs to the category of Chinese medicine “paralysis”, the treatment of knee rheumatism can be moxibustion foot Sanli point, knee eye point, calf’s nose point, yinlingquan point and other acupuncture points, the specific method includes taking acupuncture points, operation, etc., it is recommended that the patient in the guidance of a professional doctor to operate.
1. Acupuncture points: the foot Sanli point is located in the lateral lower leg, 3 inches below the eye of the knee, with blood circulation, tonifying the middle and benefiting the efficacy of qi; knee eye point, located in the depression on both sides of the patellar ligament, inside and outside of each of the 4 points, with the efficacy of the joints.
Calf Nose Point is located in the anterior region of the knee, in the lateral depression of the patellar ligament. It has the efficacy of dispelling dampness and dispersing cold, facilitating the joints, activating the collaterals and relieving pain; Yinlingquan is located in the medial side of the lower leg, in the depression between the lower edge of the medial condyle of the tibia bone and the medial edge of the tibia bone, which has the efficacy of strengthening the spleen and the kidneys, inducing diuresis and seeping dampness (facilitating the operation of the water fluid to dispel dampness), and facilitating the meridians and activating the collaterals.
2. Operation: moxibustion has the efficacy of dispelling wind and cold, warming the meridians and opening up the collaterals, etc. Usually, moxa sticks can be placed about 2cm above the acupoints to apply moxibustion, usually with a slight reddening of the skin, and the patient feels warm to the extent.
Moxibustion belongs to the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, a single therapy is usually difficult to achieve a good therapeutic effect, it is recommended that patients follow the doctor’s instructions to choose a comprehensive treatment with the elimination of wind and dampness, blood circulation and pain relief drugs, such as rheumatism joints tablets, wind and pain pills and so on.
Disease treatment is recommended to be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, moxibustion treatment is operated by a doctor, do not self-treatment, so as not to delay the condition.