[Progress on study of clinical application of xinhuang tablet on orthopedic diseases]

By retrieval of medical periodicals published in the recent 23 years, 155 papers concerning Xinhuang Tablet were searched, among them 28 were dealing with its clinical application in orthopedics disease, involving gouty arthritis, soft tissue injury, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylosis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. Besides the traditional oral administration mode, Xinhuang Tablet may be used externally for local absorption through transcutaneous manner by mixing with some adjuvant as honey, vinegar, wine, and egg white.