Application of Classified Cinnamon Twig Decoction in Rheumatic Diseases
The internal etiology of rheumatic diseases is that they are caused by lack of healthy qi and disharmony between nutrient and defensive qi,while the external etiology is that they are caused by wind-cold-dampness and other external pathogens.If external damp-ness invades the muscle surface,combined with lack of healthy qi,disharmony between nutrient and defensive qi,loose striae,perspira-tion when facing wind,external pathogens will infiltrate the body and flow into the joints,which lead to rheumatic diseases.The treat-ment should focus on coordinating nutrient and defensive qi.For Cinnamon Twig Decoction can be used to treat deficiency of nutrient yin syndrome caused by wind-cold injuring the muscle surface,loose satire,weak defensive qi.For wind heavier than dampness,rheumatic symptoms on the muscle surface,blocking the body nutrient and defensive qi,poor blood and qi circulation,Cinnamon Twig and Aconite Decoction can be adopted.For greater yang wind-invasion syndrome combined with unsmooth meridian qi,Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Pueraria can be adopted.For long-time exogenous wind-cold invasion into the body transforming into heat and hurting yin,Cinna-mon Twig and Peony and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Decoction can be adopted.For severe blood rheumatic syndrome marked by insuffi-cient nurrient and defensive qi and blood,Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five Substances Decoction can be adopted.
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