Herbal formulas for treating osteophytes can be used to treat osteophytes in the following ways:1. Bone system enlargement is considered in Chinese medicine to be bone weakness caused by insufficient qi and blood.2. Paralysis caused by the invasion of external evils.3. Bone enlargement can cause pain. Different herbal formulas can be used according to the above conditions. For example, for the pain of paralysis, you can use Three Paralysis Soup, and for the deficiency of qi and blood, yin deficiency of liver and kidney, etc., you can use Peach Red Four Substances Soup or Astragali and Gui Zhi Soup. Osteomalacia also causes joint hypermobility as well as pain, which can be treated with analgesic external washings, which are also available in herbal medicines for analgesic effects, such as Turbinate Bone Herb, Elongation Herb, and Safflower in the herbal formulas. Application of these medicines in fumigation and medicated baths can significantly reduce pain, invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, thus relieving the discomfort caused by osteophytes.