Rheumatic Arthritis ⁽³⁾

Sore throat and rheumatism are both common diseases, and their causes may both be related to infection by a bacterium called Group A Streptococcus. Group A Streptococcus is a species of the genus Streptococcus; it is a pyogenic coccus, a Gram-positive bacterium with strong pathogenicity,…

Songjie (Pine Nodule, Lignum Pini Nodi) is the knot of the branches of Pinaceae species such as Pinus tabuliformis, Pinus massoniana, Pinus densiflora, and Pinus yunnanensis. As an easily obtained analgesic plant, it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine since early times. TCM holds…

Baihu Feng (White-Tiger Wind) is a disease name in Chinese medicine, also known as Lijie Wind or gout. Zhang Zhongjing's Jingui Yaolue (Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber) in the Han dynasty already has a dedicated chapter, "On Stroke and Lijie Diseases: Pulse and…