How to treat gout

Gout is a chronic, painful disease. We all know that patients with this disease are in great pain when they are sick and have an attack. If you want to get rid of this pain, you must have persistent determination and the courage to fight the disease. We all know that a disease must have its nemesis, and gout is no exception.

Many gout patients are looking for the best way to treat gout. Traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular among gout patients because it is safe and has no side effects. Similarly, there are many traditional Chinese medicine treatments for gout, and patients need to choose the traditional Chinese medicine treatment that suits them according to the doctor's advice. Next, we will introduce several common methods of TCM treatment for gout.

1. Liver and kidney deficiency type: gout lasts for a long time, joints become swollen and deformed, and cannot be flexed or extended. In severe cases, there is pain, soreness in the waist and knees, and difficulty in limb movement. The condition worsens with fatigue or cold. There is sometimes low fever, fear of cold and preference for warmth, pale tongue with thin white coating, and deep, fine and rapid pulse or deep, fine and weak pulse.

Traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating gout: nourishing the liver and kidneys, removing dampness and unblocking meridians.

2. Damp-heat obstruction type: The main symptoms of this type of gout include red, swollen, hot and painful joints, severe swelling and pain, stiffness of tendons and veins, inability to touch with hands, and even more difficulty getting out of bed to move around. The symptoms are milder during the day and worse at night. The tongue is red with yellow coating and the pulse is slippery and rapid.

Traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating gout: clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians.

3. Cold-dampness arthralgia type: The symptoms of cold-dampness arthralgia type gout mainly include severe pain in limb joints, mild redness and swelling, which is relieved by heat, difficulty in flexion and extension of joints, local cold sensation, pale red tongue with white coating, and tight and stringy pulse.

Traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating gout: warming the meridians and dispelling cold, removing wind and dampness.

Our ancestors passed down to us more than just these few traditional Chinese medicine treatments for gout. There are many more. Although many traditional Chinese medicine treatments for gout do not show quick results, they are also popular among patients due to their advantages such as no side effects, no pain, and radical cure.