Symptoms of gout: Acute gouty arthritis is not preceded by any aura, mild trauma, overeating high purine food or excessive alcohol consumption, surgery, fatigue, emotional stress, medical emergencies (e.g. infection, vascular obstruction) can trigger an acute attack of gout, often at night, acute single or multiple joint pain is usually the first symptom, the pain is progressive and severe, the signs are similar to acute infection, there is swelling, localized heat, redness and marked tenderness. Localized skin is tense, warm, shiny, and dark red or purplish in appearance. The metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe is most commonly involved (foot gout), and the arch, ankle, knee, wrist, and elbow joints are also common sites of attack. The first few attacks usually involve only one joint and usually last only a few days, but later they can affect several joints simultaneously or successively, and can last for several weeks if left untreated, and finally the local symptoms and signs subside and joint function is restored, with asymptomatic intervals varying widely and becoming shorter as the disease progresses. In a few cases, the joints of the sacroiliac, sternoclavicular or cervical vertebrae are also involved. Uric acid deposits are common in the mucous capsule walls and tendon sheaths, and enlarged gout stones and chalky uric acid crystals may appear in the hands and feet. Western medicine has a single treatment approach, pain relief removal of gout nodules that affect functional activity and systematic treatment. Acute gout attack: bed rest, colchicine 0.5 μg/h until pain relief or diarrhea occurs. Analgesics such as indomethacin 100μg/d for 2 to 3 days. Chronic gout: low purine diet and long-term application of propofol (carbenoxolone) 1 to 2g/d to increase renal uric acid excretion. Weight loss to reduce body weight. Western medicine has a lot of side effects, can it be treated by Chinese medicine which has less side effects? Chinese medicine can be used to treat several advantages: 1, fast results, usually one or two Chinese medicine can reduce. 2. Targeting the cause of the disease and promoting metabolism. Chinese medicine can solve the problem at its root by treating the evidence. 3, relative to Western medicine, side effects are small and safe. 4.Food therapy of Chinese medicine is important. There are two kinds of Chinese medicine for treating the symptoms and the root cause, this depends on the specific situation. And if when the body does not return to normal, because the mouth craving and go to eat hot pot beef and mutton. Which will definitely attack. This is the treatment of the symptoms. It is recommended to take Chinese herbal medicine in my clinic for a long period of time to regulate the body to a healthy level, with uric acid within the normal range. A good lifestyle for a period of time. Sometimes eating hot pot once in a while does not necessarily lead to another gout attack. This is a cure for the root cause, depending on the circumstances.