🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Subacromial bursitis is primarily characterized by lateral shoulder pain, increased pain during abduction and external rotation of the upper arm, and restricted movement. It is a sterile inflammatory condition involving edema and thickening of the bursa. Clinically, it is often grouped under periarthritis of the shoulder along with joint, ligament, and tendon lesions, lacking targeted treatment, leading to some patients failing to recover over time, developing adhesions within the bursa wall, or even muscle atrophy. A report in the Hubei Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2004, documented that Dr. Sun Qiaoling from Xinjiang Nong San Shi Hospital achieved satisfactory results using the trans-piercing method to treat subacromial bursitis. Among the 48 treated patients, there were 30 males and 18 females; age ranged from 18 to 63 years; disease duration varied from 4 days to 4 years. All cases were confirmed by orthopedic diagnosis. Of these, 36 cases resulted from direct impact to the shoulder or indirect trauma during shoulder abduction, while 12 cases developed secondary to supraspinatus tendonitis.