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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to rheumatoid arthritis |
| Yi Yi Ren Tang (1/2) Coicis Decoction |
Resolves oedema on the body surface; Moistens Blood-Dryness. | Pain and swelling of the joints that has not responded to treatment (or was improperly treated) at the acute stage, and is beginning to show chronic signs. | Chronic arthritis due to improper treatment of acute arthritis; Difficulty in movement; Fever; Joint pain; Numbness of the joints; Oedema of feet; Oedema of hands; Rheumatoid arthritis; Oedema. |
| Er Miao San Two-Marvel Powder |
Clears Heat; Dries Dampness. | Damp-Heat lodged in the Lower Burner affecting the sinews, bones, and genital region. | Atrophy of the lower limbs; Beriberi; Gout; Heat in the feet; Heat in the knees; Pain in the lower back; Pain of the extremities; Painful lower limbs; Red feet; Red knees; Rheumatoid arthritis; Swelling of the feet; Swelling of the knees; Vaginitis; Weakness of the lower limbs; Yellow, thick, smelly leukorrhea; Athlete's foot; Dark urine; Eczema; Gonorrhea; Scanty urine; Urinary tract infection; Tongue with greasy-yellow coating; Slippery-Rapid pulse (Hua Shu); Soft-Rapid pulse (Ru Shu). |
| Zhen Wu Tang True Warrior Decoction |
Warms Spleen-Yang and Kidney-Yang; Diuretic. | 1) Kidney Yang Deficiency, or Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency, with retention of pathogenic water (anuria, oliguria). 2) Externally-contracted Wind-Cold at the greater Yang-stage. | Ascites (cirrhosis of liver); Chills; Chronic enteritis; Chronic nephritis; Cirrhosis; Congestive heart failure; Cough; Deep pain and heaviness of extremities; Diarrhea; Dizziness; Feeling of pulsation in epigastrium; Generalized oedema; Loose stools; Pain of the abdomen which is worse with cold; Palpitations; Spontaneous sweating that does not relieve the fever; Tremors; Vomiting; Acute articular rheumatism; Chronic bronchitis; Dizziness; Hypothyroidism; Instability; Intestinal tuberculosis; Ménière's disease; Primary hyperaldosteronism; Primary hypertension; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sensation of heaviness of the head; Pale or dark, swollen, tooth-marked tongue, slippery-white coating; Tongue with a white-slippery coating; Fine-Deep-Forceless pulse (Xi Chen Wu Li). |