Chinese herbs that can be taken for gout include Duhuo, Sanghongsheng, Gentiana Macrophyllae, and Weilingxian, etc., but they need to be used in combination with other Chinese herbs under the doctor’s diagnostic guidance.
1. Duhuo: It has the effect of dispelling wind-dampness, relieving pain, and relieving symptoms. It is used for treating pain in the lower back and knees, and headache caused by wind-cold and dampness. The amount of internal use should not be too large, Yin deficiency and blood dryness should be taken with caution.
2. Mulberry: It has the efficacy of dispelling wind-dampness and tonifying the liver and kidney. It is mainly used for treating excessive menstrual bleeding (excessive menstrual flow or more than a few drops), blood leakage in pregnancy, and restlessness of the fetus.
3. Gentiana Macrophyllae: mainly used for treating stroke paraplegia (inability to move one side of the limb freely), muscular contracture (persistent tension and stiffness of muscles), soreness and pain of bones and joints, jaundice due to dampness-heat, and tidal fever of bone vapor (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat is penetrating from the inside of the bone to the outside).
4. Wei Ling Xian: It is used for treating bone, carp, throat, bruises, headache, toothache, stomach and epigastric pains, phlegm (pathological products formed as a result of impaired metabolism of water), women’s impediment (lumps in the lower abdomen of women), lumps in breast, etc. It is not recommended for people who are weak in qi and blood. Caution should be exercised for those who are weak in qi and blood.
Patients with gout are advised to seek medical treatment in time. If medication is needed, it should be diagnosed by a doctor and standardized treatment should be prescribed by a doctor.