CRP and rheumatoid arthritis: Clinical trials have found that TGP is effective in the clinical treatment of RA patients, significantly improving clinical indicators such as arthralgia, joint swelling, the joint swelling index, joint induration, stiffness, and grip strength, and reducing the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and rheumatoid factor (Wang et al., 2001; Min et al., 2005).