This invention discloses a medicinal mud for treating
blood stasis and heat-induced arthralgia, its preparation method, and its application. The medicinal mud is composed of the following raw materials in parts by weight: 30-70 parts of *
Hedyotis diffusa*, 30-70 parts of *
Caesalpinia sappan*, 30-70 parts of *
Gardenia jasminoides*, 30-70 parts of *
Rheum palmatum* (processed with
wine), 15-45 parts of *
Stephania tetrandra*, 10-30 parts of *
Sparganium stoloniferum*, 10-30 parts of *
Curcuma zedoaria*, 10-30 parts of *
Ligusticum chuanxiong*, 10-30 parts of *
Smilax glabra*, 10-30 parts of *
Geranium wilfordii*, 10-30 parts of *
Polygonum cuspidatum*, 5-15 parts of *
Cinnamomum cassia*, 5-15 parts of *
Cyperus rotundus*, and 5-15 parts of *Citrus reticulata* (green
tangerine peel). The above-mentioned treatment method scientifically combines a large number of heat-clearing, blood-cooling, and detoxifying herbs such as
gardenia bark, rhubarb, Japanese knotweed, and
smilax glabra with powerful blood-breaking and stasis-removing herbs such as
sparganium rhizome, turmeric
rhizome, sappanwood, and
sclerotium tsao-ko. It is also supplemented with herbs that dispel dampness, unblock the meridians, promote qi circulation, and relieve pain. This method directly targets the three core elements of "
blood stasis and heat arthralgia": "heat," "stasis," and "congestion." It treats internal diseases from the outside, with significant curative effects, and avoids the systemic toxic side effects of oral medications.