Is acupuncture effective for gout patients?

First, acupuncture treatment of gout, acupuncture mainly plays a therapeutic role by conditioning the human body's own nervous function, without side effects, and is a kind of "green therapy". Acupuncture treatment of gout is unique. When gout is acute, acupuncture should be used to relieve pain first.

Second, you can use acupuncture at the distal point, which has two advantages: first, it is painless to enter the needle; Secondly, the joints with pathological changes can cooperate with exercise during acupuncture, which is beneficial to promote blood circulation and make the symptoms disappear faster.

Third, acupuncture stimulates the small intestine Shu point, the main purpose is to reduce the absorption of purine-containing substances. Acupuncture stimulates Shenshu point in order to increase uric acid excretion. The less uric acid enters the body, the more it is excreted, and the symptoms can be controlled.

Fourth, how to treat gout with acupuncture, acupuncture treatment needs to be carried out in a regular hospital, to find a professional doctor. If you use acupuncture therapy, you must go to a regular hospital or clinic. Once the patient is found to have gout in the early stage of illness, he must go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause, take treatment measures, and pay close attention to his own physical changes so as not to aggravate gout.