Rheumatoid arthritis: nourish with food, relieve pain and protect joints

During the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, the redness, swelling, heat and pain of joints often make people unable to move. In addition to following the doctor’s advice, the daily diet can also play an auxiliary role in relieving.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rheumatoid arthritis is mostly related to the invasion of “wind, cold and dampness”. Diet therapy should focus on the idea of “dispelling wind and dampness, dredging collaterals and alleviating pain, and tonifying liver and kidney”, and select food materials of the same origin as medicine and food, which can not only meet the taste buds, but also gently regulate the body.

Here are two classic and easy-to-use Chinese medicine dietotherapy formulas recommended for daily consumption.

1. Ginger and cinnamon porridge: warm and unblock meridians, dispel cold evil

Applicable population: Patients with cold joint pain, aggravated in cold, and pain relief after hot compress.

Ingredients: ginger 10g, Ramulus Cinnamomi 6G, rice 50g, brown sugar appropriate.

Procedure:

1. add 300ml of clear water to cinnamon twigs, boil them in high heat and then turn to low heat for boiling for 20 minutes, filter out the medicine juice for standby;

2. wash the rice, put it into the pot together with ginger slices and herbal juice, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil it into porridge according to the conventional method;

3. after the porridge is cooked, add brown sugar to taste, stir evenly and then eat it, once a day, warm.

Principle of dietotherapy: Ramulus Cinnamomi is warm in nature, which can warm and unblock meridians, disperse cold and relieve pain. It is a commonly used medicine for regulating wind cold arthralgia in traditional Chinese medicine; Ginger dispels cold and warms the stomach, helping Ramulus Cinnamomi dispel joint cold; Rice and brown sugar can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, and avoid the stomach injury caused by too warm and dry herbs. It is suitable for long-term consumption in autumn and winter.

2. Duzhong gouqi spare ribs soup: tonifying liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones

Applicable population: liver and kidney deficiency patients with long course of disease, joint deformation, waist and knee soreness, fatigue and dizziness.

Ingredients: Eucommia ulmoides Oliv 10g (available in traditional Chinese medicine stores, broken into small pieces), wolfberry 15g, spare ribs 250g, red dates 3 (enucleated), ginger 3 tablets.

Procedure:

1. blanch pork chops and soak Eucommia ulmoides in water for 10 minutes;

2. put spare ribs, Eucommia ulmoides Oliv, ginger and red dates in a casserole, add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat and simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours;

3. finally, add Lycium barbarum, continue to stew for 10 minutes, add salt to taste, 1-2 times a week, eat meat and drink soup.

Principle of dietotherapy: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “the kidney governs bone and the liver governs tendons”. Long term rheumatoid arthritis is prone to damage the liver and kidney. Eucommia ulmoides can tonify the liver and kidney, strengthen the muscles and bones, and is an important medicine for regulating the arthralgia of muscles and bones; Lycium barbarum nourishes the liver and kidney, benefits the essence and brightens the eyes; Spareribs can supplement calcium and protein, and jujube can replenish qi and nourish blood. The combination of the three can not only alleviate joint pain, but also enhance physical fitness. It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly patients or patients with long-term illness.

Nourish your body with food, moisten your body silently. The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis needs patience. I hope these mild diet treatments can add care to your joint health and make every walk easier.

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