Blood stagnation syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis

ABSTRACT

In studying the relation of blood stagnation syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, the incidence and the severity were evaluated on 78 subjects of rhumatoidal poly arthritis (4 males, 74 females) aged 38-83 in Toyama Hospital, in April 2001. The incidence of blood stagnation in 53.8% following Terasawa is related significantly with the progress of rhumatoid poly arthritis, using the indication of Lansbury activity (p=0.083). This indicator increases dramatically in 5 patients of blood stagnation after 6 months (p=0.043). The results showed the relation between the level of stagnation and the activity of arthritis