Arthritis or bone pain , neck pain and so on is a condition of “stuckness,” particularly “blood stuckness,” where circulation to joints, bones and ligaments has been impaired. In TCM, the most important property that an herb can offer to heal chronic disease, including arthritis, is its ability to “move blood.” TCM explains that chi is our vital energy; also know as nerve force or biological nervous energy. Without chi, blood doesn’t move. Without the movement of blood, you don’t have chi.