Research Progress of External Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Chinese Medicine

Chen Qingqing; Xu Penggang

doi:10.23977/medcm.2025.070215

Research Progress of External Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Chinese Medicine

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Chen Qingqing ¹, Xu Penggang ²

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¹ Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, Shaanxi, China
² Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, No. 5 Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, 710000, Shaanxi, China

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Chen Qingqing

ABSTRACT

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common disease, which is mainly characterized by joint degeneration and chronic inflammation, especially in middle-aged and elderly people with a high incidence. Patients with KOA often feel joint pain and dyskinesia, in addition, the disease has a certain degree of disability, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients [1]. This paper reviews the studies on the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee with Chinese medicine in the last 5 years and finds that external Chinese medicine treatments such as external Chinese medicine therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion have significant efficacy in relieving the clinical symptoms and improving the laboratory indexes of the patients. This article reviews the application of external Chinese medicine treatments in osteoarthritis of the knee in recent years, aiming to summarize the research progress and provide reference for clinical treatment.

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Bone Paralysis; Osteoarthritis of the Knee; External Treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Review

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Chen Qingqing, Xu Penggang, Research Progress of External Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Chinese Medicine. MEDS Chinese Medicine (2025) Vol. 7: 112-121. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medcm.2025.070215.

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