Rheumatoid Arthristis is an autoimmune
disease. This means that your immune system attacks its
own tissues, damaging joints and the surrounding soft
tissue. Painful, stiff and deformed joints of the hands,
arms, feet and legs are commonly seen Rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) causes redness, pain, swelling or a hot (or warm)
feeling in the lining of a joint, the place where 2 or
more bones come together. This redness, pain, swelling
and heat around the joint is called inflammation. In traditional
Chinese medicine, the condition that is congruent with
arthritis is manifests as pain, soreness
In traditional Chinese medicine, the condition that is
congruent with arthritis is manifests as pain, soreness,
or numbness of muscles, tendons and joints, and is the
result of the body being "invaded" by the external climatological
factors of Wind, Cold, Heat, and/or Dampness. In this
cases, Chinese dietotheraphy is focuses on treatment expel
the wind, cold, heat and dampness. |