Ankylosing spondylitis treatment There are three methods of treatment for ankylosing spondylitis: (1) a combination of Chinese and Western medicine; (2) Western medicine alone; (3) Chinese medicine alone. The vast majority of patients with ankylosing spondylitis are suitable for a combination of Chinese and Western treatment, with Western medicine to relieve inflammation and pain, slow-acting drugs to control the disease, and Chinese medicine to benefit the kidneys, strengthen the body, and help to dispel evil, with a combination of Chinese and Western medicines to control the development of the disease, with few side effects. Although it is a combination of Chinese and Western treatment, the program of Western medicine may be roughly the same, with anti-inflammatory and painkilling drugs plus slow-acting drugs (such as lisdexamfetamine tablets, leflunomide, thalidomide, etc.) but the Chinese herbal soup needs to be prescribed according to each person’s constitution, age, fertility, different stages of the disease, tongue and pulse, after comprehensive analysis, so it is a combination of Chinese and Western treatment, Chinese medicine is different for each person. Western medicine alone is suitable for people who cannot tolerate Chinese medicine, and also for patients who can control their disease well with no adverse effects from Western medicine alone. Chinese herbal medicine alone, this treatment is suitable for the following cases: A. Patients with mild disease. B. Patients who are married and ready to have children. C. Patients whose disease has reached an advanced stage, with a stiff spine, relatively stable disease, normal blood sedimentation and c-reactive protein, but with back and joint pain. D. Patients who are allergic to western medicine or cannot tolerate the side effects of western medicine.