Generic Name: Rheumatalgia patch

Applied Syndrome: Rheumatism is a non-specific term used to describe any painful disorder affecting the loco-motor system including joints, muscles, connective tissues, soft tissues around the joints and bones. The term rheumatism is also used to describe rheumatic fever affecting heart valves. However, the medical profession use specific terms to describe rheumatological disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout and systemic lupus erythematosus and so on in the medical literature.

Rheumatalgia patch adopts modern technique for manufacture by following the therapeutic principle of the traditional moxibustion searching for the primary cause of a disease in treatment and strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors. Rheumatalgia patch is characterized of having dual functions of moxibustion therapy and drug therapy, which can activate blood circulation of the affected parts, so as to achieve the effect of rapidly expelling wind and dispersing dampness, dispelling coldness and regulating the meridians, activating blood and alleviating pain.

Rheumatalgia patch uses Chinese herbal medicine treats internal pain from external. Rheumatalgia patch is used for muscle arthralgia painful, grieved, distressed, and cooling, swelling, numbing and difficult bending at the affected parts resulting from the cold, moisture and frigidity.

Ingredients: Daily dosage of final product contains the following ingredients:

Contents: 2 patches per box.

Instructions: External use, (generally use it through 4 periods of treatment)apply the patch to the affected point(namely Ashi acupoint).When using, unfold the protective vanes, and peel off the removalbe paper, apply the two vanes of the medicinal patch to the skin as aiming at the acupoint, for about 30 minutes, then tear out the temperature-controlling patch and apply it the center of the side without medicine so as to reduce its temperature to avoid the burn. For those people who have hypersensittivity reaction to the adhesive side of the patch, please aim at the affected point and apply the medicinal patch, put the two vanes reversed fold on the sides of the underwear for use.

1.Paroxysm period of the pain: Directly apply the patch to the affected point, one plaster per 10 hours till feeling no pain.

2.Alleviation period of the pain: apply the patch to the affected parts by referring to the following acupoints so as to eliminate pathogenic factors:
   (1)To knee joint, apply to one of the acupoints per day, which keeps 10 hours. Apply to Yinlingquan and Yanglingquan acupoints in turn, 6 days is one period of treatment.
   (2)To elbow joint, apply the plaster to one of the acupoints per day, which keeps 10 hours. Apply to Quchi and Shaohai acupoints in turn, 6 days is one period of treatment.

3.To the few patients who have blisters after use (in ancient time called scar-producing moxibustion), please use the sterilized needle to tear the blisters and let out the alluvial liquid, and apply the antibacterial plaster, it will heal up itself. After healing up, continue to apply the patch.

4.It is normal to have slight green herbal stains on the skin after application. The stains will fade automatically.

5.If the stickness of the original paster is weak, use the strenthening paster to increase the fastness of the patch.

Storage: Store in cool and dry place. Keep out of children.

Adverse Reactions: None has been reported,but stop using if any allergic symptom occurs or whose symptom aggravate after use.

Indications: Muscle arthralgia painful, grieved, distressed, and cooling, swelling, numbing and difficult bending at the affected parts resulting from the cold, moisture and frigidity.

Contraindication: Not to be used by those patients with skin vulnerability and sensitivity.

Drug Interactions: Although herb-drug interactions are rare, you should consult doctor or herbal practitioner for possible drug interactions with drugs which you are taking.

Warnings: Read instructions before use.The information here are provided by the manufactory for quanlified herbalist and have not been evaluated by the Medicines Control Agency. The product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, so that it is not a substitute for Pharmacy provided by your doctor or other medical professionals. Please consult your herbal medicine practitioner before buy this product.