Gynostemma cannot cure gout, but drinking water with gynostemma is helpful for gout patients to lower their blood uric acid. Because gynostemma it has a certain diuretic effect, can promote the dissolution of uric acid in urine, through the diuretic effect, to promote uric acid from the body of gout patients, so conducive to gout patients to control blood uric acid levels. However, strictly speaking, it is not a drug for the treatment of gout. The key to drugs for the treatment of gout is to lower the blood uric acid level. There are two main categories: 1) drugs that promote uric acid excretion, represented by benzbromarone; 2) drugs that inhibit uric acid production, represented by allopurinol and febuxostativir. In addition to taking medication for gout, lifestyle modification is also crucial.