Complete list of Chinese medicine formulas for treating gout

Gout patients have abnormal purine metabolism in their bodies, which will immediately cause swelling and pain in a certain joint of the body, or even a slight pain from a blow dryer will immediately make the patient unbearable. During treatment, patients can use the drug colchicine to help reduce and metabolize purine in the body, or they can use Chinese medicinal materials for conditioning and treatment after Chinese medicine diagnosis.

1. Dampness-cold arthralgia type: The treatment is mainly based on promoting qi and blood circulation, dispelling wind, clearing heat and removing dampness as the key methods, and Wutou Decoction can be used with modifications. The medicines included are Chuanwutou, Ephedra, Scutellaria, fried white peony root, Millettia reticulata bracelet, Chuanxiong, raw Job's tears, Radix Dioscorea, licorice, cinnamon twig, asarum, Smilax glabra, and ginger slices.

2. Cold-dampness arthralgia type: Treatment is based on clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and unblocking collaterals. A commonly used prescription is Xuanbi Decoction. Stephania tetrandra, sweet almond, lotus forsythia, silkworm feces, red bean, turmeric, gentiana macrophylla, feldspar, pittosporum bark, angelica dahurica, radix polygoni multiflori, orientalis, gardenia, pinellia, coix seed, wild yam, and polygonum cuspidatum.

3. Phlegm (dampness) blocking blood stasis type: For treatment, you can choose medicines with the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm and unblocking meridians. The commonly used prescription is Shentong Zhuyu Decoction. Peach kernel, rose, Chuanxiong, Notopterygium wilfordii, Gentiana macrophylla, earthworm, Achyranthes bidentata, Aconiti lobata, Notopterygium wilfordii, myrrh, Cyperus rotundus, raw licorice, whole insect, beehive, black-necked snake, white mustard, and stir-fried silkworm.

4. Blood heat and toxic invasion type: It is necessary to use medicines with the effects of clearing away heat and fire, removing blood stasis and promoting diuresis. In clinical medicine, patients are often treated with gout analgesic soup (experienced prescription). Rehmannia root, red vine, Cyathula officinalis, Centella asiatica, Smilax glabra, honeysuckle tea, Cortex Moutan, Phellodendron chinense, Polygonum cuspidatum, Red Peony Root, Plantago seed (wrapped and decocted), Fructus Smilacis Glabrae, Antelope Horn, Pheretima, and raw licorice.

5. Liver Qi stagnation and spleen invading type: You can use medicines with the effects of soothing the liver, relieving heat, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, and interact with Soothing the Liver, Regulating Qi and Eliminating Big Bone Decoction (experienced recipe). Bupleurum, rose, fructus aurantii, nardus galangus, cyperus rotundus, curcuma, moutan bark, papaya, selfheal, yuanshen, gentian, bupleurum, phellodendron, akebia, salvia miltiorrhiza, radix scutellariae, corydalis, scutellariae baicalensis.

6. Spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction type: The treatment can be carried out by using medicines with the functions of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, purging turbidity and unblocking meridians, such as Yunpi Shenshi Decoction (experienced prescription). The interactive effect is one of the common prescriptions with significant effect. Radix Dioscoreae, Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Cynoglossi, Pyrrosiae, Polyporus, Feldspar, Semen Persicae, Dianthus Superbus, Polygonum Multiflorum, Plantago Seed (wrapped and decocted), Rhubarb, Rose, Pangolin, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Cassia Twig, Raw Coix Seed, Smilax glabra.

7. Liver and kidney deficiency type: The medicines suitable for treatment are those that warm the spleen and kidney, remove dampness and dredge the meridians, and use Duhuo Jishe Decoction together. Angelica dahurica, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Qianghuo, Gentiana macrophylla, Chuanxiong, Rehmannia glutinosa, Paeonia lactiflora, Eucommia ulmoides, Cyathula capitata, Coix seed, Millettia reticulata bracelet, Asarum, cinnamon powder, ginseng, licorice, and internal parasites.

The above is the complete collection of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating gout that I introduced to you today. Patients with this disease must not take the above-mentioned medications at will, because the condition of each patient is different, and the dosage of the medicine required is also different. The best therapeutic effect can only be achieved through the doctor's dialectical medication treatment.