Gout can be treated with acupuncture, by choosing local meridian points and A-shi points (the points where acidity, numbness, distension and pain are obvious), and under the guidance of a doctor, the reasonable use of acupuncture treatment generally has a better effect. Gout is equivalent to “paralysis” in Chinese medicine, and the treatment method of acupuncture is to activate the meridians and channels, to move qi and relieve pain (by regulating the body’s qi to relieve pain), and the main points are local meridian points and Ahshi points. The main points are localized meridian points and Ahshi points. According to the type of symptoms, pain paralysis is matched with kidney yu and lumbar yangguan; walking paralysis is matched with blood sea and diaphragm yu; heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of joints) is matched with Quchi and daxi; and palsy is matched with yinlingquan and ashansanli. According to different joints, ankle joints with Kunlun, Shenwei; knee joints with Knee Eye, Yanglingquan; wrist joints with Carpal Bone, Yangchi; metatarsophalangeal joints with Bafeng, Neiting; interphalangeal joints with Sizhi, Baxi. If you have gout, please do not perform acupuncture or other operations on the acupuncture points by yourself to avoid risks, and go to the hospital as soon as possible.