Gout is equivalent to paralysis in traditional Chinese medicine, and can be treated through prescription, acupuncture, life management and other conditioning. If acupuncture treatment can be used, local meridian points and Ah Yes points (points with obvious acidity, numbness, distension and pain sensation) can be used, and points can be matched according to the type of evidence, such as Blood Sea and Diaphragm Yu for walking paralysis, Lumbar Yang Guan and Kidney Yu for painful paralysis, and Foot San Li and Yin Ling Quan for palsy.
1. Damp-heat obstruction paralysis: small joints of the lower limbs suddenly red, swollen, hot and painful, refusing to be pressed, localized burning when touched, cool, then comfortable, red tongue with yellow greasy fur, smooth pulse. You can take the four Miao San and Xuan paralysis soup plus reduction.
2. Wind-cold-dampness paralysis (chronic stage): pain in the limbs and joints, or wandering pain, or severe pain in the joints, with pain that does not move, thin white fur on the tongue, and tight or dilated pulse. Add and subtract Wu Tou Tang.
3. Phlegm and stasis obstruction: swollen joints, or even swelling around the joints, localized aching and numbness, accompanied by dizziness, swelling of the face, swelling of the feet and chest, chest and epigastric constriction (feeling of fullness and stuffiness in the chest and abdomen); fat tongue with dark texture, whitish and greasy moss, and slow pulse or slippery strings. Add the subtraction of Body Pain and Blood Stasis Dispelling Tang.
4. Yin deficiency of the liver and kidney: prolonged and recurring, joint pain like a cane, localized joint deformation, daytime and nighttime weakness, numbness and insensitivity of the skin, zygomatic redness (reddening of the cheeks and zygomatic bones), and dry mouth; red tongue with little moss, and a fine stringy or fine pulse. Add the subtraction of Dokuto Sangsang Tang.
In terms of life, usually consume low purine diet, avoid chicken soup, animal offal and other high purine food, avoid alcohol, intake of sufficient water, pay attention to moisture and warmth, avoid hot and cold stimuli.
Taking the above medications should be done under the guidance of a doctor; if needling is needed, it needs to be operated by a professional doctor. If you feel unwell, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible.