Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), based on the combination of previous experience
and modern medical theory , devides Gout into thirteen types and three stages.
Gout is a complex disease with varying duration of lengths. In some cases, Gout
is recurrent or even progress and lead to gouty nephropathy. What’s more, Gout
is prone to be mixed with other types of arthritis.
As is introduced by director Zhang Kaifu, Gout was called a "noble disease.
Because patients often joint pain treatment, so it is classified as "
Arthralgia" range in traditional Chinese medicine. Over prolonging course, Gout
can cause organ dysfunctions, with metabolic disorders in the spleen and kidney
as the most prominent. In traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), base on the
combination of previous experience in medicine and modern medical theory, Gout
is divided into three stages and thirteen types. Gout is a complex disease with
varying duration of lengths and high recurrence rate, and the clinical
manifestations are not the same. Some patients have high uric acid without
symptoms. In some cases, the disease progress or even develop to Gouty
Nephropathy. In the early stage, the disease is prone to be mixed with other
kinds of arthritis. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine applies the method
of syndrome differenation, which has obvious effects in alleviating symptoms and
reducing uric acid. In the following, Director Zhang Kaifu Director will
introduce several common kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, prescriptions
and dietary therapy.
Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)
1. Functions of Ginseng Guipi: nourishing spleen, used for deficiency of yang
and overbundance of yang. The pills are used three times a day with warm
water.
2 . Functions of simiaosan: get rid of phlegm and dredge channels. It is used
for blood stasis type. Three times a day, drink ginger juice to take the
medicine.
3 . Functions of jinkui shenqiwan: nourish the kidneys, which is applied on
the type of liver & kidney deficiency. Take one pill every time and three
times a day.
Prescriptions
1 . Plantago 30g. add 500 ml of water to boil the medcine for 30 minutes.
Take it once a day. This is applicable to all types of Gout.
2 . Mulberry 500g, contact Ishido 200g, honeysuckle, millettla and
pittosporum skin for 60g seperately, siegesbeckiae sea breeze rattan, Jianshui
bathing to treat joint pain and swelling in Acute Gouty Arthritis.
Dietary therapies
Barley porridge and barley of 10g to be boiled once a day. And take it for
one week to prevent heat blockage type of gout .
2 . Peach peach porridge 15g, 60g rice, smashed drunks, used to treat blood
stasis type of Gout.
The above introduces the treatment of Gout by traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).
As Chinese medicine treatment is a process to be based on the patients’
condition, the patients should treat Gout under the guidance of practitioners or
doctor of Oriental medicine.
