Knee Pain

The knee tells you its pattern by how it behaves. Hot, swollen, and worse with movement is damp-heat in the joint. Weak, stiff, and worse with age or overuse, with a dull deep ache, is Liver and Kidney deficiency failing to nourish the sinews and bones. Peripheral joints that flare in the toes and fingers as well point to a gout-type damp obstruction.

Matching the formula

Knee & Ankle (AC) is the acute pick for the hot, inflamed, recently aggravated joint. Knee & Ankle (CR) strengthens and maintains the chronic, weak, aging knee. Flex (GT) is aimed at the peripheral, gout-pattern joints where damp and heat settle in the smallest spaces. Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang suits the aging knee that aches with the low back in cold, damp weather.

Get assessed rather than self-treating if

The knee locks or gives way, it swelled significantly right after an injury, or it is hot and red with a fever. A single hot, painful joint with fever needs urgent examination to rule out infection.

For whole-body or multi-joint stiffness, see Muscles & Joints.

Before you order

A few of these formulas move blood. If you take blood thinners, or you are pregnant or trying to conceive, let us screen your order before it ships.

Call 725-800-8930, or book a custom formula call at bookstacee.com to have one built for your exact pattern.