Gout patients can eat lotus seeds, but should be moderate. Gout patients should have low purine diet, limit medium purine diet, avoid high purine diet. Every 100g of lotus seed contains 40.9mg purine, belongs to the purine food, so gout patients can eat lotus seed, but should be moderate, so as not to eat too much lotus seed lead to gouty arthritis attack. Gouty arthritis acute attack period is best not to eat lotus seed. Lotus seeds are rich in nutrients, rich in essential proteins, vitamins, fats, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium and other trace elements and dietary fiber, so gout patients eat a moderate amount of lotus seeds on the body has certain benefits. Gout patients should also avoid beer, yellow wine and other alcoholic beverages, less fructose content of food, daily attention should be paid to a large number of drinking water to promote uric acid discharge, if necessary, follow the doctor’s instructions to take uric acid-lowering drugs to control the body’s uric acid level. Gout patients are recommended to the regular hospital rheumatology and immunology department consultation, under the guidance of the doctor standardized diagnosis and treatment.