Rheumatism 375 kinds of dietary therapy

Author: Peng Mingquan
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Dietary therapy, treating diseases is a pleasure! Known as the "immortal cancer" of cancer, drug treatment takes a long time to show effects. 375 kinds of food, 375 kinds of therapies, step by step, treating both the root and symptoms.
Rheumatism is an inflammatory disease caused by dysfunction of the immune system. The occurrence, exacerbation, and diet of rheumatism are closely related, and it may be caused by certain foods triggering immune system changes in specific individuals. It often affects small joints, such as finger, toe, and wrist joints, is usually symmetrical, and has a chronic course, which can lead to joint stiffness, deformation, and loss of function.
The treatment of rheumatism is a long process, and drugs take a slow effect, with most having varying degrees of side effects. Rheumatism is a common and frequently occurring disease. The reasons for suffering from rheumatism are mostly due to external invasion of water and dampness, followed by exposure to wind or wind combined with dampness, leading to the conflict between wind and dampness. In the early stages of rheumatism, symptoms such as chills and fever appear, accompanied by general heaviness, bone and joint pain, or swelling in specific areas. If not treated promptly, it further develops, invading the meridians and joints, causing bone and joint pain or tightness of tendons and numbness. As the condition worsens, it may lead to insufficiency of the liver and kidneys, causing soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, resulting in chronic rheumatism.
Traditional Chinese medicine treats rheumatism by: if the condition is on the surface, anti-wind and dampness-relieving herbs are used to expel external pathogens from the skin; if the disease is in the tendons, bones, and meridians, where qi and blood are blocked, blood-activating and stasis-dispelling herbs are used to promote the smooth flow of qi and blood, preventing rheumatism from lingering.
Similarly, dietary therapy, like herbal medicine therapy, is determined based on whether the pathogen is on the surface or inside. For surface pathogens, anti-wind and dampness-relieving dietary therapies are used; for internal pathogens, blood-activating and stasis-dispelling dietary therapies are used to promote the smooth flow of qi and blood, allowing rheumatism to be cured.
If rheumatism is not treated effectively, it may develop into bi syndrome, forming a chronic condition, making treatment even more difficult. Dietary therapy is often treated with dietary wine, which often yields good results. However, anti-wind and dampness herbs are often dry, pungent, and warm, easily injuring yin and blood. Patients with wind-yin deficiency or blood deficiency should use caution when consuming these dietary therapies.
Here are some anti-wind and dampness dietary therapies introduced for readers to prepare and consume.