中医在类风湿性关节炎治疗中的应用

Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

类风湿性关节炎是一种十分难以治愈的疾病。目前其治疗方法较多,其中中医疗法被认为是一种重要的疗法。中医治疗主要体现在三个方面:中草药、针灸和推拿。这三种方法对于类风湿性关节炎具有不同程度的疗效。随着医学技术的发展,研究者为明确中医疗效的作用机制开展了许多研究。目前研究已发现抑制类风湿性关节炎进展的多种抗类风湿中草药的有效成分,而且某些有效成分已被证实。此外,采用针灸和推拿等手段缓解疼痛可明显提高类风湿关节炎患者的生存质量。研究表明,增加关节活动和调节情绪有可能与免疫系统、神经系统和内分泌系统等的调节相关。因此,系统性的综述传统中医药对类风湿性关节炎的治疗效果十分必要。

Rheumatoid arthritis （RA） is difficult to cure. Many methods have been used for its treatment, among which traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） has been considered as an important strategy. All of the three parts of TCM： Chinese herbs, acupuncture, and massage have been reported with varying degrees of therapeutic effects on RA. Also the mecha- nism exploration is under process. Many effective ingredients of RA development and some of the effective ingredients have been anti-rheumatic Chinese herbs have been found to inhibit verified. Furthermore, greatly enhanced life quality of RA patients was obtained using acupuncture and massage to relieve pain, expand joint motion and modulate emotion which mainly correlated with the possible modulation of immune system, nerve system, endocrine system, etc. Thus, a systemic review on the therapeutic effect of TCM on RA is necessary. Research shows that increase joint activies and to regulate mood way to inmune system, nervous system and endocrine system and related regulation. Therefore, systematic review of traditional medicine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis effect is necessary.