Natural and Alternative Bursitis Treatment Options

Bursitis Treatment {introduction}

Bursitis occurs when a bursa, a small sac that cushions the bone from other body parts (such as the skin and muscles) swells. This is generally caused by an injury to the joint or by overusing a joint, and usually occurs at the knee or elbow.

Below you will find alternative and natural treatment options including those from a Chinese Medicine perspective for Bursitis.

TCM Diagnostic Patterns Related to Bursitis

Listed below are Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnostic patterns that are commonly involved with this western medical condition/symptom. Properly applied, Chinese Medicine (including acupuncture and herbal medicine) treats patterns not individual symptoms/conditions which may better account for the range of symptoms often experienced by individuals. Pattern diagnosis/treatment is a crucial part of using Chinese Medicine for disease prevention instead of focusing on solely symptomatic treatments as is somewhat more common in western medicine. For more on this concept, please read What Does Acupuncture Treat? Or Treating the "Cause" and not the "Symptoms".

There are no tcm differential pattern diagnoses listed for this pattern at this time.


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Herbal Formulas

There are no herbal products listed for this condition at this time.

Acupuncture Treatment Protocols

Listed below are articles describing related TCM diagnoses and acupuncture treatment points. These generally require an understanding of basic TCM Theory, however, general readers may find the protocols illustrative of how Chinese Medicine views and treats this condition.

There are no treatment protocols listed for this condition at this time.

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Submitted Case Studies

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Bursitis related articles

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Forum posts related to Bursitis

Listed below are forum posts related to this condition. You can click on the posts to submit comments. If you would like to submit a forum post/question related to this condition, please click to submit. For all recent activity see our forum.


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    Looking for acupuncture points for elbow bursitis
    Submitted On Tue, 09/06/2011 - 6:06pm
    Contributor ~ Darach

    Hi this is my first post so I welcome any replies or advice. I'm an acupuncture student and I would like to treat the sympoms of elbow bursitis in my father (60 years old). He plays a lot of golf so he initially thought it was tennis elbow or...


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    Acupuncture Points for Bursitis

    Below you will find acupuncture points relevant to this condition. The points listed below are by no means the only relevant points, rather we list empirical or commonly used points as well as those applicable to use with acupressure as a self-help remedy.

    ST 12 Acupuncture Point - Que Pen - Stomach Meridian

    For more information and meridian graphics, see our acupuncture points database. For help in choosing appropriate acupuncture points, read our guide.


    Professional Practitioner Information

    Below you will find links to technical information largely of interest to professional practitioners.

    TCM Herbs and Formulas for Bursitis

    TCM Herbal Formulas for Bursitis

    There are no tcm formulas for this condition at this time.

    Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs for Bursitis

    Below you will find Traditional Chinese Medicine herbs relevant to this condition. See our TCM Herbal Database for more details.

    There are no tcm herbs listed for this condition at this time.

    Western Herbs and Bursitis Medical Information

    Western herbs for Bursitis

    Below you will find Western herbs relevant to this condition. See our Western Herbal Database for more details.

    There are no western herbs listed for this condition at this time.

    Bursitis - Western Medicine Information

    At this time no Western Medicine information has been completed for this section.