A
medicine for treating
knee pain comprises, by weight parts, 60-100 g of radix astragali, 6-10 g of Cinnamon, 20-30 g of
dendrobium, 40-60 g of
coix seeds, 6-12 g of
psoralea fruit, 10-20 g of
achyranthes root, 6-10 g of Chinese parsnip root, 20-30 g of poria cocos, 20-30 g of bighead atractylodes
rhizome, 6-10 g of seeds of
brassica alba, 10-15 g of pawpaw, 6-10 g of ash
bark, 10-15 g
levisticum and 6-12 g of rhizoma
corydalis. The
medicine has the advantages of supporting right and dispelling evil, using
diuretic of hydragogue to alleviate
water retention and not harming healthy qi, strengthening the middle warmer, promoting
diuresis to eliminate dampness and removing numbness, supplementing qi, tonifying the
spleen and the
kidney, tonifying qi and lifting yang, tonifying qi and strengthening exterior, expressing the
toxin of sores and promoting tissue regeneration, using
diuretic of hydragogue to alleviate
water retention and performing detumescence, tonifying qi and the
spleen, eliminating dampness and using
diuretic of hydragogue to alleviate
water retention, tonifying qi and yin, tonifying the
spleen, the
lung and the
kidney, invigorating the circulation of blood and removing
blood stasis, nourishing the liver and the
kidney and strengthening the bones and muscles, inducing
diuresis for treating strangurtia, ensuring proper downward flow of the blood and heat, dredging the menridians and relieving pain and relaxing tendons and activating collaterals and the like.