Now if we are sick, most people will choose to go to see a Western doctor, after all, the effect is relatively fast, and there are many Western hospitals, so it is more convenient to see a doctor, but like rheumatoid disease, itself is a chronic disease, so even if you see a Western doctor can not be cured right away, at this time there may be a patient would like to try to see a Chinese medicine.
So, should you choose Chinese medicine or Western medicine to treat rheumatoid?
The Chinese and Western medicines for treating rheumatoid are as follows:
1. Western drugs include biological agents and small molecule targeted drugs, these new drugs have a very good therapeutic effect;
2. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the disease should be treated before the disease, that is, in the preclinical stage of rheumatoid arthritis or the stage of undifferentiated arthritis, for patients who have abnormal indexes or mild joint dysfunction, they should be intervened with traditional Chinese medicine in time.
Is TCM or Western medicine better for treating rheumatoid arthritis?
For rheumatoid arthritis, Dr. Leun Yueh Huang believes that a combination of Chinese and Western medicine is the best treatment option. Chinese medicine treats rheumatoid arthritis by treating the disease before it starts. For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the prescription will be based on the patient’s physical condition, such as Duo Wu Sang Sheng Tang for patients with deficiency in liver and kidney, and Ming Piao Tang combined with Yue Ju Pills for patients with mental-emotional symptoms, which is conducive to the improvement of the patient’s overall functional status.
Is Chinese medicine treatment for rheumatoid necessarily safe?
The precautions for rheumatoid patients to undergo traditional Chinese medicine treatment are as follows;
1. It is recommended not to go to informal folk clinics that prescribe medicinal powders and pills that do not have a safety guarantee, as these medicines contain dexamethasone or hormones that can cause gastrointestinal bleeding or even cause more serious side effects;
2. Avoid self-medication according to popular science articles, and should go to a formal Chinese medicine hospital for timely consultation and evidence-based treatment.
In summary, it can be seen, whether it is Chinese medicine or Western medicine, the treatment of rheumatoid have merit, so it is best to carry out comprehensive treatment so that the effect will be better.