Treatment of Sjogren's syndrome based on Plain Questions Mystery Original

Sjogren's syndrome is considered to be a chronic inflammatory systemic autoimmune disease predominantly affecting the exocrine glands,which belongs to dryness arthralgia syndrome category in traditional Chinese medicine.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dryness is an etiological factor of Sjogren,s syndrome.By reviewing Plain Questions Mystery Original,we found that characteristics of pathogenic dryness with dryness of the mouth and eyeball and other major symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome are very similar.Consequently,we remedy the dryness arthralgia syndrome with an emphasis on removing wind and dispelling heat,promoting blood circulation and nourishing fluid,moistening dryness and activating qi.