How to treat gout in the elderly? Chinese medicine strongly recommends diet therapy

If elderly people experience inexplicable swelling, pain in the joints and redness of the skin, they must not blindly assume that it is a rheumatic attack and apply plasters to treat it casually. This may also be a symptom of gout. Gout is a joint disease. To treat gout in the elderly, they need to adjust their diet and daily life.

1: Safflower and Sappan Wood Drink: 5 grams of safflower and 5 grams of Sappan Wood, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 20 minutes, remove the residue, take the juice, add appropriate amount of sugar for seasoning, take it warm before meals 3 times a day. Suitable for those with swollen joints and subcutaneous nodules.

2: Papaya, plantain and coix seed drink: 30 grams of papaya, 60 grams of fresh plantain (30 grams of dried plantain), 20 grams of coix seed, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 20 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice, drink it as tea at any time for those with swollen and painful joints and yellow and hot urine.

3: Job's tears porridge: 15 grams of Job's tears, 30 grams of rice, add appropriate amount of water and cook porridge. Take once in the morning and evening, one course of treatment is 10 days. Suitable for people with high blood uric acid but no obvious symptoms.

4: Lily porridge uses the stomach-nourishing properties of glutinous rice and the diuretic effect and nutritional supplement of rice porridge to significantly reduce the side effects of colchicine contained in lily, and gently plays an auxiliary therapeutic role. The specific method is as follows: 50 grams of fresh lily (25 grams of dried product), 100 grams of glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar (or white sugar). Put it into a pot (preferably a casserole), add water and cook until the rice soup is thick, then serve while warm. Take 3 to 4 times a day for about a month to see results.

1: (1) Prevent the occurrence of hyperuricemia and avoid gout. (2) Detect gout early and treat it effectively. (3) Prevent acute attacks of gout, prevent the progression of gout, stabilize the condition in the long term, and improve the quality of life.

1: (1) Correct bad eating habits, eat a balanced diet, quit smoking and drinking, and eat less salt. (2) Control your weight, exercise regularly, and prevent obesity. (3) For people at high risk of hyperuricemia, uric acid synthesis inhibitors or excretion promoters may be used as appropriate.

, it will cause a lot of inconvenience to life. Gout can be treated by eating, which can prevent the elderly from suffering from the side effects of drug treatment.