RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FORMULA
Lei Feng Zhen Tong

 

‘analgesic Formula for Rheumatoid arthritis’
Source: Experiential formula 

Keywords
rheumatoid arthritis

Ingredients
Spatholobus suberectus (Ji Xue Teng, spatholobus stem) Morus alba (Sang Zhi, mulberry twigs)
Astragalus membranaceous (Huang Qi, astragalus)
Artemisia apiacea (Qing Hao, sweet wormwood)
Paeonia alba (Bai Shao, white peony)
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Luo Shi Teng, Chinese starjasmine stem)
Lonicera japonica (ren dong teng, Japanese honeysuckle stem)
Siegsbeckia orientalis (xi xian cao, Saint
Paul’s-wort)
Lumbricus (Pheretima aspergillun (Di Long, earthworm))
Atractylodes lancea (Cang Zhu, blue atractylodes)
Buthus martensi (Quan Xie, scorpion)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, liquorice)

Major therapeutic action
Disperses Wind, removes obstructions from collaterals, clears Heat, removes Damp, activates Blood and treats bi-syndrome.

 Biomedical action
Regulates immunity, anti-inflammatory, analgesic.

Indications
*  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Key symptoms for use
*  swollen joints
*  joint pain and tenderness
*  morning stiffness

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted.		 Dosage
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.