Swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch according to Chinese Medicine
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A herbal formula that might help with swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch
Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
Source date: 220 AD
Number of ingredients: 9 herbs
Key actions: Clears Heat and inflammations. Unblocks the flow of Yang Qi and promotes movement (in areas with painful obstruction). Clears Wind and Damp. Relieves pain.
Why might Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang help with swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch?
Because it is a formula often recommended to treat the pattern 'Painful Obstruction with Wind-Cold-Damp' of which swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch and worsen at night is a symptom.
Cinnamon twigs might help with swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch
Why might Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi) help with swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch?
Because it is a key herb in Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang, a herbal formula indicated to treat the pattern '' (a pattern with swollen and painful joints that are warm to the touch as a symptom)
Cinnamon Twigs is a Warm herb that tastes Pungent and Sweet. It targets the Heart, the Lung and the Spleen.
Its main actions are: Adjusts the nutritive Ying and defensive Wei Qi. Relieves the Exterior through sweating. Warms and disperses Cold. Removes obstruction of Yang. Promotes the circulation of Yang Qi in the chest. Regulates and moves blood.