What are the types of Chinese medicine for relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation?

In daily life, people are bound to get sick. Many middle-aged and elderly people are suffering from joint diseases and meridian diseases. Joint diseases, as the name suggests, are also called rheumatoid and arthritis. For this type of disease, the meridians will form soreness, swelling, redness, numbness, weakness of limbs, etc. due to poor blood circulation. So for this type of disease, how do we usually choose Chinese herbal ingredients that relax muscles and promote blood circulation?

Stretching grass, also known as lycopodiella, green-haired stretching grass, mountain dragon, golden lion grass, and relaxing grass, is the whole herb with roots of the perennial plant lycopodiella of the Lycopodiaceae family. It is bitter, pungent and warm in nature, and has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation, removing dampness and reducing swelling. It is used to treat joint pain, skin numbness, weak limbs, edema, traumatic injuries and other symptoms caused by wind, cold and dampness. Stretching grass grows in the shade and wet places under sparse forests. Stems creeping, slender, creeping, with sparsely branched leaves. The erect stem is 15-30 cm tall and branched. The whole plant is used as medicine and can be harvested in all seasons. It is distributed in South China, Southwest China, North China, Northeast China, Henan and other places in my country.

1. Treat rheumatoid arthritis and cold pain in joints: 30 grams of Smilax glabra, 9 grams of Clematis chinensis, 3 grams of Asarum, and 15 grams of Eriobotrya japonica. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, for 3-5 days.

2. To treat weak feet: Take 15 grams of Stretch Marks Grass, 6 grams of Chinese Angelica, an appropriate amount of chestnuts, and 1 carp, cook them into soup, eat the fish and drink the soup.

3. For long-term joint pain: 50 grams each of Stretch Marks Grass, Coix Seed, Papaya, and Millennium Jian, wrap them in gauze, and put them into a clay pot together with a pig's foot. Add appropriate amount of water. Simmer until it is well-cooked, remove the residue, do not add salt, eat the meat and drink the soup, and eat it in two times.

4. Treat numbness of muscles and bones: 30 grams of Stretching Grass, 15 grams of black j, and 2 pig's trotters. Add water and stew until soft, remove the residue and take in several doses.

5. To treat low back pain due to strain: 30g of Smilax glabra, 10g of Eucommia bark, 20g of Cibotium bark, and appropriate amount of wine. Decoction in water, add wine and take in 2-3 doses.

6. To treat gastrocnemius spasm (leg cramps): 30 grams of Stretch Muscle Grass and 10 grams of Achyranthes bidentata. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, for 2-3 days.

7. Treatment of herpes zoster: 100 grams of lycopodii herba. Roast the whole herb to dry, grind it into fine powder, mix it with sesame oil to make a paste, apply it to the affected area, 3-4 times a day.

8. To treat summer heat rash in children: take equal amounts of Lycopodiella chinensis (spores of Lycopodiella cernua) and talcum powder. Mix well and sprinkle on the affected area 2-3 times a day. (Liu Guangquan)

In the above article, we learned about the Chinese and Western medicinal ingredients that can relax muscles and promote blood circulation. They can effectively solve the problems of gout or arthritis treatment. They can cure the disease very well and will not let the disease recur again. We must use Chinese medicine to get rid of our diseases.