Modern life is fast-paced, stressful, usually work often no idea of health status, often when the physical examination will find a variety of problems, high uric acid is more common. Many of my colleagues are found to be abnormal only during medical checkups. When high uric acid is detected, many people often have fears that it may be a sign of a serious disease. So is “high uric acid” a serious condition? What is hyperuricemia? Hyperuricemia is a clinical syndrome in which one or more lesions are caused by the deposition of sodium urate or uric acid crystals from supersaturated extracellular fluid in the tissues. To put it bluntly, either too much uric acid is produced or too little uric acid is excreted, resulting in hyperuricemia, the main cause of gout. Generally speaking, when the blood uric acid is >420umol/L in men and 360umol/L in women, the blood uric acid is in a saturated state, and when this value is exceeded, uric acid crystals will be precipitated from the blood and deposited in the connective tissue, which will cause gout attacks when stimulated by certain factors. Do I have to be treated for high uric acid? Many people are nervous when they see a high uric acid level during a physical examination, fearing that there may be a serious problem, but in fact asymptomatic hyperuricemia is not a disease state and people with hyperuricemia do not need to be overly afraid. The relationship between uric acid concentration and gout incidence is actually not parallel: uric acid <420umol/L, gout incidence 0.1%, uric acid 420-540umol/L, gout incidence 0.5%, uric acid >540umol/L, gout incidence 8%, it can be seen that simple hyperuricemia is not equal to gout, most do not need to take uric acid-lowering drugs, the main thing is to control risk factors. Correcting high uric acid Chinese medicine diet help you 1, Chinese medicine treatment of gout, in clinical, gout attacks are mostly manifested as redness, swelling and heat pain in the joints, should be identified as dampness, heat and stasis mixed, treatment is appropriate to clear heat and dampness, blood circulation, swelling and pain, in order to control clinical symptoms. More than 10 herbs, such as Szechuan wu, Cao wu, Han Fangji, Gentiana macrophylla and Red peony, are used for the treatment of gouty arthritis. Decoction of one dose per day, divided into two doses. 1 to 2 weeks is a course of treatment. The effect usually starts in 1 to 3 days. Treatment of intermittent gout is aimed at preventing gouty arthritis attacks, protecting the kidneys and lowering blood uric acid levels. The intermittent period is mostly identified as spleen deficiency, dampness and stagnation of turbid toxins. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and dampness, remove blood stasis and lower the blood uric acid level. More than 10 herbs including Atractylodes macrocephala, Qin Pi, Fu Ling, Coix Seed, Macrophyllum macrophyllum and Paeonia lactiflorum are used for the treatment of intermittent gout. Please note that whether it is the gout attack period or the intermittent gout period, you should take a low purine and low fat diet during the medication period. 2, mustard mud wet compress (folk remedy) mustard powder mixed with warm water into mud, dip in wet cloth, gauze, paper on the gout affected areas (also used for rheumatism, neuralgia, shoulder pain), replaced once a day, since the pain can be reduced, however, mustard mud has a strong stimulating effect, put on the skin will have a burning sensation, so you can use water and dilute a little, have the effect of reducing the pain of gout. At the same time, take the knot of hinoki wood, about 15 grams and drink it with water. 3.Da Chai Hu Tang (“Typhoid” formula): It is suitable for gout in those who are obese and have too much meat, and the amount of meat eaten should be controlled when taking it, which is beneficial to laxity. 4, gout prevention habits: not gluttonous, to prevent obesity (including weight loss), not excessive alcohol consumption, not excessive aerobic exercise (such as walking, slow swimming, oxygen absorption fitness exercise, etc.), not continuous tension. What should I pay attention to in my diet? As we all know, if you have gout or high blood uric acid, you should have a low purine diet, but there is a misunderstanding here. The latest view is that fresh vegetables can be eaten properly, beans can be made into tofu with much lower purine content and can be eaten in moderation, milk is not limited, beer is forbidden, red wine can be drunk in small amounts, and broth and hot pot soup should not be drunk. In addition to diet, gout attacks are also triggered by exertion, psychological stress, trauma and surgery, certain drugs such as thiazide diuretics, vitamin B12, insulin, penicillin, anti-TB drugs, etc. If you really have a gout attack, you need to go to the hospital for treatment.