Joint pain in limbs 四肢关节痛

Various acute and chronic knee joint pains, elbow joint pains, ankle joint pains, wrist joint pains, or limb muscle soreness, etc., mostly fall into the category of “Bi syndrome” in traditional Chinese medicine. It is caused by exogenous wind, cold, dampness, or heat, or trauma, or internal blood deficiency, blood stasis, or liver, spleen, and kidney deficiency, resulting in soreness, numbness, heaviness, difficulty in flexion and extension, or even joint swelling in the limbs, joints and muscles, with major symptoms such as severe burning. The main pathogenesis is blockage of qi and blood, and loss of nourishment of the tendons and joints. 

各种急慢性膝关节痛、肘关节痛、踝关节痛、腕关节痛，或四肢肌肉酸痛等，多属于中医痹症范畴。为外感风、寒、湿、热之邪，或外伤，或内有血虚、血瘀，肝脾肾亏虚等引起的以肢体关节及肌肉酸痛、麻木、重着、屈伸不利，甚或关节肿大灼热等为主症的一类病证。主要病机是气血痹阻不通，筋脉关节失于濡养。