Polyarthritis

A cold and humid environment reduces blood flow around the joints and increases the viscosity of synovial fluid, thereby increasing friction and pain during joint movement. In particular, patients with rheumatoid arthritis or reactive arthritis are sensitive to changes in atmospheric pressure and temperature, and humid working environments often coincide with the cycles of symptom exacerbation.

Perspective of a Korean Medicine Clinic

In Korean medicine, joint pain caused by damp energy is characterized by a heavy, fixed-feeling sensation in the joints, and the pain worsens depending on the weather. When the spleen, responsible for digestion and transport, weakens, waste products and dampness accumulate throughout the body, blocking the pathways of qi and blood and causing simultaneous pain in multiple joints. Dongjedang approaches this by combining constitution-tailored herbal medicine to strengthen digestive function with the use of acupuncture and moxibustion to supply warmth to areas where dampness has stagnated, thereby releasing the moisture.