Chinese medicine understanding of gout

  Gout belongs to the category of “paralysis” in Chinese medicine, and closely related to the development of gout is blood uric acid, which is considered to belong to the category of “dampness and turbidity” in Chinese medicine. As a result of excessive internal production of dampness in the human body, the spleen and kidneys become dysfunctional, the spleen loses its health, and the kidneys are unable to separate the dampness from the dampness, the dampness flows into the joints and muscles, resulting in poor blood flow and blockage of the meridians, resulting in paralysis and pain, also known as gouty arthritis. If the dampness and turbidity cannot be completely removed, it will further lead to kidney damage, i.e. gouty nephropathy, or even chronic kidney failure.  According to the classification of diseases in Chinese medicine, cold and dampness belong to the cause of “paralysis”, the location of the disease in the meridians, cold and dampness together and heat, containing a long time into phlegm, resulting in blood flow disorders, gathered in the skin couples and become toxic, sudden poisonous evil flow into the joints, redness, swelling, heat, pain, followed by heat and pain is very sharp, as if bitten by a tiger, touchable, so there is This is why it is called “white tiger calendar festival”. According to the principles of diagnosis and treatment in Chinese medicine, if the joint pain is inclined to wind, the treatment should be based on dispelling wind; if it is inclined to cold, the treatment should be based on dispersing cold and expelling cold; if the dampness is prevalent, the treatment should be based on dissolving dampness; if the heat is superior, the treatment should be based on clearing heat. Gout patients should determine the nature and properties of the paralysis based on the symptoms and characteristics of the joint pain to determine whether it is an acute attack, and then proceed to identify and treat the symptoms and use the prescription.