Clinical Manifestations of Cold and Dampness Invading Collateral Type Rheumatoid Arthritis:
The pain in the limbs is severe, with a fixed location. The pain is relieved by heat and worsened by cold. The affected area is not red or hot to touch. The pain makes it difficult to flex and extend the joints, and movement is restricted. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is tight and tense.
Recipe: Pine Needle Black Bean Wine
Ingredients: 200-300g pine needles, 250g yellow wine, 1000g black soybeans
Method: Cut the pine needles into thin slices or thin strips. Put them in a large pot with washed black soybeans. Soak them in cold water for half an hour, then cook over medium heat for about half an hour until the black soybeans are cooked. Add 250g yellow wine and simmer over low heat for 1 hour until the black soybeans are soft and the liquid is almost dry. Remove the pine needle slices, dry or sun-dry the black soybeans, and store them in a bottle.
Effect: Expels wind, dispels cold, removes dampness, and relieves pain.
Usage: Take 50 black soybeans 3 times a day. Chew them into a paste and swallow.
Recipe: Steamed Sheep Meat with Prepared Aconite Root
Ingredients: 30g prepared aconite root, 1000g fresh lamb leg meat, 250g meat clear soup, 30g lard
Method: Cook the lamb meat until it is cooked, take it out, and cut it into medium-sized pieces. Wash the prepared aconite root, put it in the same bowl as the lamb meat, and add cooking wine, lard, scallion segments, ginger slices, and meat clear soup. Steam over water for 3 hours. Garnish with chopped green onions, monosodium glutamate, and pepper before eating.
Effect: Dispels rheumatic obstruction, dispels cold, invigorates qi, and promotes blood circulation.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Recipe: Goat Bone Papaya Wine
Ingredients: 10g goat bone (fried until crispy), 9g papaya, 30g white atractylodes rhizome, 12g mulberry twigs, 3g fiveleaf gynostemma herb, 3g Chinese angelica root, 3g gastrodia tuber, 3g Chinese red flower, 3g ligusticum wallichii, 2g rhizoma seu radix notopterygii, 2g windproof herb, 100g rock sugar (crushed), 1000g white wine
Method: Soak the ingredients in the wine for 3-4 months, then seal and use.
Effect: Warms the meridians, dispels rheumatic obstruction, strengthens tendons, and strengthens bones.
Usage: Take 10-20ml of warm wine 2 times a day.
Recipe: Aconite Porridge
Ingredients: 50g fragrant white rice, 10g raw Sichuan aconite powder
Method: Put fragrant white rice and raw Sichuan aconite powder in a pot, add 500ml of water, and simmer over low heat until the rice blossoms. Then it can be eaten.
Effect: Warms the meridians, dispels cold, removes obstruction, and relieves pain.
Usage: Take once a day on an empty stomach while hot.
