Swelling of the femur is generally categorized into damp-heat injection type, blood stasis type, and qi deficiency and dampness obstruction type in Chinese medicine. Such as damp-heat infiltration type, symptoms see the onset of more acute, the affected limb swelling, fever, redness, pain, limited movement; tongue red, moss yellow greasy, pulse slippery, etc..
1. Blood stasis: Swelling of the affected limb, purplish color of the skin, fixed pressure pain, and anguish of the limb; dark tongue with petechiae or ecchymosis, white moss, and stringy pulse.
2. Qi deficiency and dampness obstruction type: symptoms of the affected limb swelling for a long time, light and heavy, aggravated by activities, rest and elevation of the lower limbs to alleviate, tendons tortuous, or accompanied by calf hyperpigmentation, bruised dermatitis, or eczema, or ulcers; tiredness and fatigue; tongue pale edge with teeth marks, thin white moss, pulse sinking.
Swollen femur patients should actively participate in physical exercise, avoid eating greasy, spicy products, to eat a light diet, obese patients should reduce weight, to strictly quit smoking, etc..
Patients with swollen femur need to identify the evidence after a professional Chinese medicine practitioner interview, do not blindly identify the evidence.