The Research Of TCM Syndrome And Type On Rheumatoid Arthritis And Clinical Observation Of TONGBILING On Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systematic autoimmune disease symbolized with chronic inflammation of joints and tissues. The main pathologic features include various joints invaded, evolving synovial hyperplasia, irreversible cartilage loss, resulting in sub-cartilaginous bone destruction. It shows that the incidence of RA is about 0.3-0.6% in China. That will still be higher abroad. RA not only impairs patients' health but also brings heavy economic burden to the country and society.The objective of theraputics on RA is to control the process of the disease, . alleviate pain and prevent bones from irreversible destruction, as well as to protect the function of joints and muscles and improve the quality of patients' lives. During these years, western medicine has made great process in the research of pathogenesis and pathology. But it is completely different in therapies and efficient medicines dealing on bones invasion and joints destruction. As a result, it becomes urgent and tough for us to explore and find out an effective method and drug in treating RA.There is plenty of experience on RA in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Holding divergences on syndrome differentiation in clinical research, compound and single Chinese medicine have been found in market recently, which becomes characteristic of TCM in dealing with refractory immuno-disease. In the same time, ignorance on syndrome differentiation appears. So we all focus on the curative effect of syndrome differentiation in TCM.This research is composed of two segments: Clinical observation and test section, discussing pertinence and subsection of syndrome and type, and observing curative effect of TBL on RA.