Gout patients can eat Panax ginseng, Panax ginseng has the effect of stopping bleeding and dispersing blood stasis, reducing swelling and fixing pain. However, the essence of gout is hyperuricemia, in which uric acid reaches saturation and forms urate crystals deposited in the soft tissue joints or kidneys. From that aspect, Panax ginseng can not fundamentally lower uric acid, also can not remove urate crystals, only in the acute stage to reduce swelling and pain. As panax ginseng can not lower uric acid, can not help metabolize purines, so can not treat gout, the treatment of gout or need to lower uric acid medication to help. Gout treatment principle for the acute phase of anti-inflammatory, pain relief, non-acute lowering uric acid, mainly long-term, standardized lowering of uric acid, maintain uric acid in 300-360 μmol / L, will be able to make the deposits in the joints, soft tissues, including kidney urate crystals dissolved, so that gout is controlled. Patients must also pay attention to the low purine diet on weekdays, and regular work and rest, quit smoking and alcohol, drink more water.