WANG Yue's Experience in Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis with Pungent Medicinals
YAN Yun
ZHANG Jing
WANG Yue
Abstract：Professor WANG Yue believes that rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is primarily caused by wind,cold,dampness,heat,phlegm,and blood stasis,leading to blockage of the meridians and collaterals.Pungent medicinals have the efficacy characteristics of dispersing,circulating,transforming,moistening,dredging,and lifting.According to the etiology and pathogenesis of RA,Professor WANG is adept at using the compatibility and prescription of pungent medicinals to treat the disease,such as opening sweat pores with pungent medicinals,dispersing cold with pungent and warm medicinals,clearing heat with pungent and cold medicinals,resolving dampness with pungent and aromatic medicinals,and dredging collaterals with pungent and moistening medicinals.In clinical practice,based on the patient's condition,various combinations of the five flavors are employed:pungent and sweet,sour and pungent,pungent and salty,or pungent dispersing and bitter descending.By utilizing the compatibility of the five flavors,pathogenic qi is eliminated,the functions of the five zang-organs are harmonized,and the potential side effects of the primary medication are mitigated.One proved case is attached.
Keywords：rheumatoid arthritispungent medicinalscompatibilityblockage of the meridians and collateralsWANG Yueexperience of a famous doctor
Publication Date：2025-01-04
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 96-100 )