Does rhubarb stinging pill treat gout?

Rhubarb stinging insect pill belongs to a kind of traditional Chinese medicine and is not used for the treatment of gout. Rheum palmatum pill mainly includes rhubarb, earthworms, grubs, dried lacquer and other Chinese medicinal ingredients, with blood circulation to break the stasis of blood stasis, menstruation and elimination of symptoms, clinically used in the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine identified as stasis of blood within the stopping evidence of the patient, can effectively alleviate the symptoms of amenorrhea, the skin nail wrong (skin rough and dry, like dry fish scales and nails staggered appearance) and so on. Gout is caused by hyperuricemia, resulting in urate crystals deposited in the joints, which in turn leads to inflammatory lesions in the joints, and the patient may experience severe pain in the diseased joints. There is no clinical evidence that rhubarb stinging insect pills can alleviate the symptoms of patients with gout, nor is there any evidence to show that it can reduce the uric acid level of patients with gout, and therefore rhubarb stinging insect pills can not be used to treat gout. Gout patients can take colchicine and other drugs under the guidance of a doctor for treatment, and in remission, you can take febuxostat and other drugs to reduce uric acid levels, which can effectively prevent recurrent attacks of gout. When the symptoms of gout appear, you should consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis and treatment, so as not to delay the condition!