How does Chinese medicine treat gout?

In view of gout, traditional Chinese medicine mainly treats gout based on syndrome differentiation, which is divided into oral drugs and external treatment. The treatment method is as follows:

1. Oral drugs: According to the types and stages of gout, whether acute or chronic, the methods of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and toxic materials, strengthening spleen and promoting diuresis can be used for syndrome differentiation treatment;

2. Acupuncture treatment: Acupuncture at distal acupoints combined with local acupoints can achieve the therapeutic effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, and relieving swelling and pain;

3. At the same time, for gout with severe pain, local bloodletting can also be used;

4. You can also treat gout with local fire needle.

The comprehensive treatment of gout has a good effect, especially the analgesic effect is very fast. Generally, 1-2 times can obviously relieve the pain, and then it will be slowly conditioned, or it will be gradually improved by acupuncture or traditional Chinese medicine for a long time.