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Acupuncture for RA ( Rheumatoid Arthritis ) immune system disease / joint pain

2017.12.15
RA ( rheumatoid arthritis) for years with finger joint pain and stiffness, hard to bend and hold. The thumb can’t reach to the little finger.
2017.12.20
Able to bend, less pain.
2018.1.15
The thumb can reach to the little finger.

RA ( rheumatoid arthritis) is an immune system diseases with unknown etiology. For Traditional Chinese Medicine, we use our TCM diagnose way to customize the treatment, as this case, this patient has liver and kidney deficiency so we release her tightness tendon and boosting the points related, to reduce the symptoms of RA.
RA is a chronic and capricious arthritis, the most invasive part can be shown on the small joints of the limbs, even could cause whole body joint swelling and pain.

As a TCM learner, we know kidney takes charge to the bones, likewise the liver related to the tendon, therefore the main idea of acupuncture would be more clear.


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