Herbal Remedies for Generalized Joint Pain

Generalized joint pain corresponds to paralysis in Chinese medicine, and according to the identification and typing mainly includes wind-cold-dampness paralysis, wind-dampness-heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of joint muscles), phlegm and stasis paralysis, and deficiency of the liver and kidneys. It can be treated with Wu Tou Tang, Bai Hu plus Gui Zhi Tang or Xuan Piao Tang, Shuang He Tang, Duo Wu Sheng Tang. 1. Wind-cold-dampness paralysis: pain in the joints of limbs, or wandering, or aggravated by cold, or soreness, treating with dispelling wind and dispersing cold, removing dampness and clearing the channels, aggravated by cold in the joints of limbs, with cold being the main phenomenon, known as pain paralysis, treating with Wu Tou Tang; soreness of the joints of limbs and muscles, with dampness being the main phenomenon, known as paralysis, treating with Coix Seed Soup. 2. Rheumatism-heat paralysis: joint pain, local burning heat, redness and swelling, mainly due to rheumatism-heat, clearing away heat, dispelling wind and removing dampness as the treatment method, using Bai Hu plus Gui Zhi Tang or Xuan Piao Tang for treatment. 3. Phlegm stasis and paralysis obstruction: paralysis for a long time, tingling joints, dark purple tongue, phlegm stasis, treating by removing phlegm and blood stasis, removing palsy (removing numbness of limbs) and opening up collaterals, and adopting Shuanghe Tang as the treatment. 4. Deficiency of liver and kidney: the weakness of prolonged paralysis and unfavorable flexion and extension of joints is treated by tonifying the liver and kidney, relieving tendons and relieving pain, and adopting the treatment of Duozhu Shengsheng Tang. It should be noted that: the use of the above soup needs to be symptomatic treatment, dosage plus or minus need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor.