Shoulder periarthritis, also known as frozen shoulder or frozen shoulder, is characterized by shoulder pain; Unable to lift the arm; I can't even carry it backwards; Reaching out suddenly hurts like an electric shock.
When the weather is very hot, some people easily expose their shoulders when they sleep at night.
The shoulder area is more susceptible to wind, and if you touch it with your hand, it will be slightly cooler than other parts of your body. This is how shoulder periarthritis comes about.
Most bone injuries or musculoskeletal problems are related to coldness. When you're young, you don't pay much attention, but as you get older, the accumulated coldness starts to torment you.
1、 Shoulder periarthritis is often caused by insufficient Qi and blood, as well as external wind and cold
Overwork can easily lead to shoulder periarthritis. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that shoulder periarthritis belongs to the category of "Bi syndrome".
Around the age of 50, the liver, kidney, essence, and qi begin to decline, with insufficient qi and blood, delayed and astringent blood circulation, inability to nourish the muscles and bones, loss of nourishment for the muscles and meridians, blood deficiency leading to pain, imbalance of the body's defense system, and urgent constriction of the muscles and meridians.
The occurrence of shoulder periarthritis is also related to the invasion of the three evils of wind, cold, and dampness. Wind, cold, and dampness are present in the blood vessels, muscles, and flesh. When blood is cold, it coagulates, causing the muscles and veins to lose nourishment, the veins to become constricted and painful, and the joints to bend and extend poorly.
Due to the stiffness and limited mobility of the shoulder joint after illness, it seems to have frozen, hence it is also known as "shoulder coagulation syndrome".
Simply put, frozen shoulder is actually a piece of ice. This piece of ice is on my shoulder, freezing the blood, air, and various nutrients here. They can't move forward and are stuck there.
How does traditional Chinese medicine explain pain? If it doesn't work, it will hurt, but if it works, it won't hurt anymore. So, to make this area painless, we need to melt the ice.
When a person moves, Yang energy is generated, and the ice melts along with it. So, to treat shoulder periarthritis, we can start swinging our arms and drawing circles from a small range, allowing the yang energy to slowly melt the ice in our shoulders. The ice melted, and the qi, blood, and various nutrients were able to move forward again, and the pain naturally disappeared.
2、 Preferred formula for shoulder periarthritis: Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Tang
Zhang Zhongjing's "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" is like a treasure box, containing countless wonderful formulas, and Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Tang is one of them.
I remember one day a few years ago, I went to school to hold a parent teacher conference for my son who was currently in elementary school. After meeting with my homeroom teacher, she suddenly asked me, 'I heard you're a doctor? This frozen shoulder is tormenting me so much that I can't even cry.'.
In the past two years, it only hurt when it was cold. Now, my shoulder hurts almost every day, and my arm cannot be extended straight or lifted high. It is also difficult to write on the blackboard. A few days ago, I went for a massage and felt a little better. But I'm too busy with work and don't have much time. Do you have any good ideas
I smiled and said to her, 'This illness is easy to treat. I'll write you a prescription, and within a month, your frozen shoulder will definitely be cured.'
This prescription is Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Tang, which is made up of three liang of Huangqi, three liang of Guizhi, three liang of Shaoyao, six liang of ginger, and twelve jujubes.
【 Usage 】 Add five flavors, take six liters of water, boil two liters, take warm and seven times, take three times a day.
【 Modern Usage 】 9g Huangqi, 9g Shaoyao, 9g Guizhi, 18g Ginger, and 4 Jujubes.
Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Tang has the functions of regulating health, dispelling wind and dispersing evil; The function of nourishing qi, warming meridians, and promoting blood circulation to relieve rheumatism. It has a wide range of clinical applications and significant effects.
In the prescription, astragalus is the sovereign medicine. It can warm qi, dispel strong wind, and firm the surface. Cinnamomum twig is pungent and warm, which can stimulate qi and blood, dispel cold, warm meridians, unblock collaterals, dispel cold and relieve pain. Paeonia lactiflora and blood management can also relieve pain. Together, it can produce ginger, jujube, sweet, warm, and replenish the middle, mediate Ying and Wei, and achieve the effect of warming yang and removing arthralgia.
3、 The causes of shoulder periarthritis are stillness, aging, injury, and coldness
Here, I will explain to you the causes of shoulder periarthritis, as the saying goes, 'If you don't seek treatment at work, you may already be sick.'.
Generally speaking, "stillness, aging, injury, and coldness" are the four major causes of shoulder periarthritis.
These four words are very easy to understand, most people know at a glance that they refer to lack of exercise, aging, injury, and exposure to cold.
Some people may say, "Tranquility, injury, and coldness can all be avoided, but isn't 'aging' an inevitable natural law of humanity? What should we do about it
In fact, 'aging' here does not refer to the increase of age, but to the aging of bones. Some middle-aged and elderly friends do not pay attention to maintenance, resulting in problems such as bone hyperplasia and osteoporosis.
Bones are unhealthy, and external pathogens such as wind, cold, and dampness can easily invade the human body. So, as we enter middle and old age, we must find various ways to make our bones strong and healthy, which is the key to preventing shoulder periarthritis.