Treatment of gout can be based on the patient’s stage of the disease, acupoint acupuncture or bloodletting with the treatment, and during the treatment with dietary modification.
For gout, kidney yu, qihai yu, bladder yu, guanyuan, sanyinjiao, together with a yes point (the point where acidity, numbness, distension and pain are obvious), can be used for flat tonic and flat diarrhea.
In the acute stage, the affected side can be taken as Yinbai, Datun, Taichong, Sanyinjiao, Taixi, Zhaohai, and Ah Yes points; Yinbai and Datun can be punctured to bleed out, and the rest of the points can be punctured and cathartic.
During the recovery period, bilateral Taichong, Sanyinjiao, Taibai, Taixi, Zhaohai, Shousanli, Liver Yu, Kidney Yu can be taken, and flat tonic and flat diarrhea can be used.
Acupuncture treatment of gout at the same time, usually also need to avoid eating high purine food. High purine foods are animal offal, meat, seafood, legumes and other foods need to be avoided, drink more water can promote the excretion of uric acid.