What are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for gout?

As the saying goes, gout is very painful, which shows that one of the symptoms of this disease is pain. Experts also point out that the symptoms of gout include fatigue, joint deformities, and excessive drinking and eating. How to get rid of "the first pain in life", reduce the pain of gout, and reduce the incidence of gout. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment is a good way to relieve gout and cure the symptoms and root causes. Let’s take a look at what Chinese medicine treatments are there for gout?

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of gout generally starts with invigorating Qi and nourishing the body, dispelling wind and dampness, and unblocking meridians and removing numbness. It is effective in reducing local inflammatory responses and relieving joint swelling and pain, and is also of great significance for the thorough treatment of the disease.

1. TCM treatment of gout of spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction type

The joints are sore and heavy, the pain is fixed, the joints are deformed and stiff, there are tophi, the patient feels short of breath, poor appetite and no hunger, the tongue is pale red with a greasy white coating, and the pulse is weak and rapid. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, eliminate turbidity and dredge the meridians, and use Yunpi Shenshi Decoction (an empirical prescription) with modifications. 20 grams each of Radix Dianthus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Cyathula capitata, Peltierella vulgaris, 15 grams each of Poria cocos, Talcum powder, peach kernel, 10 grams each of Dianthus superbus, Plantago seed (wrapped and decocted), Rhubarb, Safflower, Pangolin, Angelica sinensis, 5 grams of cinnamon twig, 30 grams of raw coix seed, and 50 grams of Smilax glabra.

2. TCM treatment of gout of damp-heat obstruction type

The main symptoms of this type of gout include red, swollen, hot and painful joints, severe swelling and pain, stiffness of tendons and veins, inability to move hands, and even more difficulty getting out of bed to move around. The symptoms are milder during the day and worse at night. The tongue is red with yellow coating and the pulse is slippery and rapid. The treatment is to clear away heat and dampness, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, with modifications to Xuanbi Decoction. 10 grams each of Stephania tetrandra, apricot kernel, forsythia, silkworm feces, red bean, turmeric, and Gentiana macrophylla, 15 grams each of talc, Pittosporum tobira bark, Polygonum aviculare, and Alisma orientalis, 6 grams each of Gardenia jasminoides and Pinellia ternata, 30 grams each of Coix seed and Smilax glabra, and 20 grams of Polygonum cuspidatum.

3. TCM treatment of gout of cold-dampness type

The symptoms of cold-dampness arthralgia type gout mainly include severe pain in the limb joints, mild redness and swelling, which is relieved by heat, difficulty in flexing and extending the joints, a local feeling of coldness, a pale red tongue with white coating, and a tight and stringy pulse. The treatment is to warm the meridians and dispel cold, remove wind and dampness, with modifications to Wutou Decoction. 6 grams each of Chuanwutou and Ephedra, 20 grams of Astragalus, 15 grams each of stir-fried white peony root, Millettia reticulata, Angelica sinensis, and raw Job's tears, 9 grams of licorice, 5 grams of cinnamon twig, 3 grams of asarum, 30 grams of Smilax glabra, and 3 slices of ginger.

4. TCM treatment of gout of liver and kidney deficiency type

Gout lasts for a long time and causes swollen and deformed joints that cannot be flexed or extended. There is severe pain, soreness in the waist and knees, and difficulty in moving limbs. The condition worsens with fatigue or cold. There is sometimes low fever, fear of cold and preference for warmth, pale tongue with a thin white coating, and a deep, fine and rapid pulse or a deep, fine and weak pulse. It can be treated by tonifying the liver and kidneys, removing dampness and unblocking the meridians, and using Duhuo Jishe Decoction with modifications. 10 grams each of Angelica dahurica, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Ligusticum chuanxiong, 15 grams each of Gentiana macrophylla, Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, White Peony Root, Eucommia ulmoides, Cyathula capitata, Poria cocos, and Millettia reticulata, 3 grams of Asarum, 5 grams each of cinnamon bark and ginseng, 6 grams of licorice, and 20 grams of Herba Lycopodii.

It is not easy to completely treat gout. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is classified as "arthritis" and "limb arthritis". Therefore, choosing traditional Chinese medicine for treatment is very effective. I hope that when you choose the traditional Chinese medicine tonic method for gout introduced above, you should go to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment.