Osteoarthritis
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肢体、关节酸痛重着，局部畏寒，皮色不红，触之不热，得热痛减，大便溏薄，舌苔薄滑，脉弦紧
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The limbs and joints may feel sore, heavy, and as if weighed down.
- The affected area is sensitive to cold and may become markedly uncomfortable when exposed to cold.
- The skin over the affected area does not appear red.
- It does not feel warm to the touch; the local temperature may be normal or slightly cool.
- The pain may lessen when warmth is applied or after keeping the area warm.
- Stools tend to be loose and soft, with an inclination toward unformed diarrhea.
- The tongue coating is thin and tends to be moist and glossy, giving the tongue surface a shiny appearance.
- The pulse feels tight and wiry upon palpation.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
散寒除湿温经活络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dispel Cold → Expel cold from the body or affected area to relieve cold pain, stiffness, and discomfort that worsens with cold and improves with warmth.
- Eliminate Dampness → Resolve internal dampness and turbidity, promote fluid metabolism, and reduce heaviness, stickiness, swelling, and joint heaviness.
- Warm the Channels → Warm the meridians and resolve cold congelation to promote smoother flow of qi and blood, easing constriction, stiffness, and cold pain.
- Activate the Collaterals → Unblock collateral vessels and microcirculation, resolve stagnation, and relieve numbness, tingling pain, and restricted movement.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肢体、关节红肿热痛，得热痛剧，发热，小便短赤，大便秘结，舌红，苔黄腻，脉滑数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The limbs and joints may become red, swollen, warm, and painful, and feel hot to the touch.
- The pain may clearly worsen with exposure to heat; the hotter it gets, the more intense the pain becomes.
- There may be fever, with a rising body temperature and a feeling of uncomfortable warmth.
- Urine output tends to be scanty and the color is yellowish or reddish, appearing darker than usual.
- Stools are dry and difficult to pass, with bowel movements feeling blocked and not smooth.
- The tongue body appears redder than normal.
- The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, making the tongue surface look unclean.
- The pulse feels smooth and somewhat rapid, beating faster than normal.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热除湿通络止痛
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Clear Heat → Reduce accumulated heat in the body to relieve redness, swelling, burning sensation, thirst, sore throat, and irritability.
- Eliminate Dampness → Resolve dampness and turbidity in the body or affected area to relieve heaviness, stickiness, swelling, exudation, and joint heaviness.
- Unblock the Collaterals → Dredge the meridians and microcirculation to promote smoother flow of qi and blood, improving numbness, stiffness, and restricted movement.
- Relieve Pain → Directly alleviate pain, reducing soreness, distention, stabbing pain, and pulling discomfort.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肢体、关节刺痛，痛处固定，入夜尤甚，舌质紫暗或瘀点，苔白腻或黄腻，脉细涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The limbs and joints may experience a stabbing, needle-like pain.
- The pain is fixed in one location and does not move around, remaining at the same spot even with pressure or movement.
- The pain tends to worsen at night and becomes more noticeable after dark.
- The tongue body may be purplish or dark, or there may be visible stasis spots on the tongue surface.
- The tongue coating may be white and greasy, or yellow and greasy.
- The pulse feels thin and rough, lacking smooth flow.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
活血祛瘀化痰通络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Invigorate Blood → Promote blood circulation to reduce pain, stiffness, and numbness.
- Remove Blood Stasis → Dissolve retained blood stasis to relieve stabbing pain, fixed pain, and swelling.
- Transform Phlegm → Resolve sticky and turbid phlegm in the body to alleviate chest tightness, profuse sputum, heaviness, and sticky sensations.
- Unblock the Collaterals → Dredge the meridians and microcirculation to help qi and blood flow more smoothly, improving numbness, pulling pain, and restricted movement.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肢体、关节酸痛，四肢乏力、麻木，纳食欠佳，大便溏薄，舌苔薄滑，脉弦紧
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The limbs and joints may feel sore and achy, and become uncomfortable with movement or pressure.
- The limbs may feel weak and numb, with somewhat reduced responsiveness to touch.
- Appetite is poor, with little desire to eat and a lack of interest even when food is presented.
- Stools are loose and unformed, with increased frequency but incomplete evacuation.
- The tongue coating is thin and tends to be moist and glossy; the tongue surface looks shiny rather than rough.
- The pulse feels tight and wiry, lacking softness under the fingers.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养血舒筋活络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Boost Qi → Enhance physical strength and organ functions to increase qi power, relieving shortness of breath, weakness, and fatigue.
- Nourish Blood → Nourish the blood to enrich qi and blood, improving poor complexion, dizziness, palpitations, and limb numbness.
- Relax the Sinews → Relax muscles and sinews to relieve tension, spasms, pulling sensations, and restricted flexion and extension.
- Activate the Collaterals → Unblock collateral vessels and microcirculation to promote smoother flow of qi and blood, reducing numbness, pain, and limited mobility.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
肢体、关节疼痛、屈伸不利，伴腰膝酸软，形寒肢冷或五心烦热，舌淡红，苔白，脉沉细或舌红少苔，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The limbs and joints may be painful and feel stiff when bending or extending.
- The lower back and knees may feel sore, weak, and lack strength when walking or exerting effort.
- There may be sensitivity to cold with cold hands and feet, or heat in the palms and soles accompanied by a sense of inner irritability and warmth.
- The tongue body may appear pale with a reddish tint, lacking a bright red color.
- The tongue coating is white, thin, and not greasy.
- The pulse may be deep and thready; or the tongue may be reddish with a scanty coating while the pulse is thready and somewhat rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
补益肝肾强筋健骨
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Tonify the Liver and Kidneys → Enrich the essence, blood, yin, and yang of the liver and kidneys to improve lower back and knee soreness, dizziness, tinnitus, fatigue, and enhance strength and recovery.
- Strengthen Sinews and Bones → Improve the strength and resilience of sinews and bones to relieve soreness, weakness, and joint instability, promoting flexibility and stability in movement.
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