The invention discloses a
traditional Chinese medicine decoction for treating
rheumatoid arthritis, which is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 18-22 parts of sargentgloryvine stem, 18-22 parts of sharpleaf gambirplant root, 5-8 parts of
cassia twig, 5-8 parts of achyranthis root, 8-12 parts of cinnamon, 5-10 parts of
loranthus parasiticus, 5-8 parts of
lithospermum, 18-22 parts of prepared
rehmannia root, 5-8 parts of
clematis root, 5-8 parts of angelica, 5-8 parts of szechuan lovage
rhizome, 5-8 parts of ground beeltle, 5-8 parts of achyranthis bidentatae, 5-8 parts of
atractylodes macrocephala, 18-22 parts of common anneslea
bark or leaf, 1-3 parts of fortune chloranthus
herb, 4-6 parts of unilocular
crateva root and 15-25 parts of
indometacin. The
traditional Chinese medicine decoction has beneficial effects as follows: sargentgloryvine stem, szechuan lovage
rhizome, ground beeltle and the like in the
traditional Chinese medicine decoction has the efficacies of dispelling cold, removing
moisture, dispelling wind-evil, promoting the circulation of qi, warming meridians and relieving pain;
atractylodes macrocephala, angelica and the like has the efficacies of removing
moisture, smoothening veins, tonifying qi, promoting the
secretion of
saliva or
body fluid, tonifying the
stomach, warming and activating meridians, dispelling cold and relieving pain; and the traditional Chinese medicines cooperate with the
western medicine indometacin so that the traditional Chinese
medicine decoction has a better
curative effect than conventional medicines.