类风湿性关节炎是一种以关节病变为主的慢性全身性疾病。患者以青壮年为多,且女性多于男性。类风湿性关节炎的早期表现多有游走性关节肿痛和功能障碍,到了晚期则出现关节僵直畸形、骨质改变和骨骼肌萎缩而丧失劳动能力。由于本病反复发作,往往给患者造成终身残废。关于类风湿性关节炎的发病机制目前尚未十分明确,因而在治疗时也是比较困难的。由于病因不明,冶疗困难和致残率高,研治类风湿性关节炎病已经引起了人们的深切关注,并成为国内外医学界攻关的重要课题。近年来,运用中医药治疗类风湿性关节炎已经取 Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic disease dominated by joint disease. Patients are mostly young adults, and more women than men. The early manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis are more migratory joint swelling and dysfunction, late in the joint rigid deformity, bone changes and skeletal muscle atrophy and loss of ability to work. Due to recurrent episodes of the disease, patients are often disabled for life. About the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis is not yet clear, and therefore in the treatment is more difficult. As the etiology, treatment difficulties and high morbidity, research and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis disease has caused the people’s deep concern, and become an important issue for the medical profession at home and abroad. In recent years, the use of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has been taken