Gout belongs to the Chinese medicine of “paralysis”, etc. The principle of treating gout is to take into account both the symptoms and the root cause, treating the symptoms in an emergency and treating the root cause in a slow manner. Commonly used Chinese herbs in clinical practice include Qiangwu, Fangfeng and Cinnamon.
1. Qiangwu: pungent, bitter and warm in nature, it has the efficacy of dispersing surface cold, dispelling wind-dampness and relieving pain, etc. It is mainly used for the treatment of wind-cold-dampness paralysis (i.e., wind paralysis, pain-cold paralysis and dampness paralysis, etc.), externally induced wind-cold and sores and swellings, etc. It is not to be taken by those who suffer from deficiency of qi and blood.
2. Fangfeng: taste pungent, sweet, mildly warm, with wind-dispelling and symptomatic, wins the dampness pain (remove the pain caused by excessive dampness) and other effects, clinical treatment of rheumatism paralysis and pain, pediatric convulsion (with dizziness, convulsions, convulsions as the main manifestations of pediatric diseases), tetanus and so on.
Blood spasm and spasm and yin deficiency and fire should be taken with caution.
3. Cinnamon: taste pungent, sweet, hot, has the effect of tonifying fire to help Yang, cold and pain, mainly used in the treatment of renal yang deficiency, cold and dampness paralysis, cold infertility, impotence, spermatorrhea, etc., yin deficiency and fire, blood-heat paranoia (heat causes blood to go out abnormally) bleeding and pregnant women are forbidden to fear of chrysanthemums.
In addition, there are other herbs can be used for the treatment of gout, if there is a need for medication, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to standardize the use of medication, do not use their own medication.