Herb Formula for Chronic
Inflammation of Shoulders
By:
Joe Hing Kwok Chu
Chronic pain in
the shoulders can be caused by bone tuberculosis, tumors, injuries, and bi
(qi and blood stasis).
Bi
(qi and blood
stasis)
Correct
diagnostics is important so that the problems can be identified early for
correct therapy. The following herb formula is for therapy of bi (qi and
blood stasis).
Diagnostic: Pain
in front and back part of shoulder, sometimes radiating toward the neck and upper
back. Pain has been persistent at least for three months. No obvious
injury.
Formula:
dang gui,
bai
shao, dang shen, huang qi, fu
ling, shen di huang, 20 g each;
jiang chan, quan xie,
di long 10 g each; wu gong 2 pieces,
jiang huang,
gui zhi,,
fang feng
10 g each. If coldness is heavy, drop
di long , shen di huang, and add zhi
chuan wu,
zhi cao wu 6 g each. If damp heat is heavy, add fang ji,
chan sha 15 g
each.
Grind the above
herbs into a fine powder and make into pills with cooked honey.
Make into pills
of 10 g each. Take one pill 3 times a day before a meal with warm boiled water. One
month is a therapy period. If the sickness has been long, increase the therapy
period up to three months.
Source: Xiao Ren
Xiang of People Hospital of Da Zhu District of Sichuan Province, China.
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formulae in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) page.
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