Elevated uric acid, mostly a manifestation of gout, there is no literature to prove that leucaena leucocephala can lower uric acid, if you need to lower uric acid, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment. The root has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing heat and diuretic.
The root of leucaena leucocephala is sweet in flavor and cold in nature. It belongs to lung, stomach and bladder meridians. It is used in treating blood-heat, vomiting blood, epistaxis, blood in urine, fever and thirst, damp-heat jaundice, edema and urination, and heat drenching (burning and stinging pain in urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen) and astringent pain.
If Bai Mao Gen is used to treat thirst and dry mouth, and number of urination, it can be combined with Gypsum, Rehmanniae, and Ophiopogon. Where the treatment of heat evil congestion of the stomach, upward vomiting and retching, can be used with rehmannia root, bamboo root, loquat leaf, etc., in order to increase the power of descending the rebellious and stomach; where the treatment of lung-heat coughing and wheezing, can be combined with Sangbai Pi, Scutellaria baicalensis, Bei Mu and so on, in order to clear the heat and moisten the lungs.
If diagnosed with gout, it is recommended to go to regular hospitals for timely treatment. If taking Bai Mao Gen, you need to consult a professional doctor.