2 Chinese patent medicines, which can relieve dampness and heat, unblock meridians and activate blood circulation, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and help relieve gout attacks.
Gout attack, the pain is unbearable. Not only will it seriously affect life, but repeated attacks can easily lead to kidney disease.
Although gout is difficult to cure, it is a preventable and controllable disease. The onset of gout can be delayed if the correct treatment is taken aggressively.
Gout can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. In the acute stage of gout, Chinese medicine often focuses on dispelling evil spirits, and adjusts the treatment with drugs that clear away heat, diuresis, reduce swelling, relieve pain, and activate blood circulation. During the remission period, drugs that clear away dampness and heat, unblock meridians and activate blood circulation are usually given for treatment. In addition, treatment based on syndrome differentiation and treatment must be given based on the patient's different clinical manifestations. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines for treating gout include Simiao Pills, Danggui Zhuantong Pills, etc.
The main ingredients in Simiao Wan are Atractylodes rhizome, Achyranthes bidentata, salt cork, and coix seed. The main function is to remove dampness and heat from the lower burner, that is, to remove dampness and heat from the legs, feet, and lower abdomen. Dampness and heat in the lower burner are mostly related to the liver and gallbladder.
The prescription of Simiao Wan mainly uses salt and yellow cypress as the royal medicine. Salt cork enters the kidney meridian and has the main effects of nourishing yin, reducing fire, and reducing deficiency heat. It can be used to treat swelling and pain in feet, knees, etc. Moreover, modern medical research has found that Yanhuang Bo has strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects; Atractylodes rhizome and Coix Seed are used as ministerial drugs. Atractylodes has the effect of drying spleen dampness and strengthening spleen, and is often used to treat edema. Coix seed has the effects of diluting water and dampness, detoxifying and dispersing stagnation, and has a good therapeutic effect on edema. Modern research has found that coix seed has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and immune-regulating effects; Achyranthes bidentata is used as the medicine. Beef knee has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, diuresis and treating stranguria, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and strengthening muscles and bones. It has a very good regulating effect on the symptoms of heat in the body. These herbs have the same effect and can clear away heat and dampness, activate blood circulation and reduce turbidity. It can be used to treat muscle and bone pain caused by damp heat. In addition, it can also be used to treat arthritis, acute nephritis, etc.
Modern medical research shows that Simiao Pills have antibacterial, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, kidney-protecting, and analgesic effects. It is commonly used clinically for the adjuvant treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, gouty arthritis, and knee osteoarthritis.
Danggui Niantong Pills are mainly composed of Astragalus, Artemisia, Polyporus, Alisma, Scutellaria, Sophora flavescens, Fangfeng, Cimicifuga, Pueraria, Stir-fried Atractylodes, Atractylodes (fried), Aesthesia, Angelica, Made from Chinese herbal medicines Anemarrhena and Licorice.
The prescription uses Qianghuo and Yincheng as the king medicine. Qianghuo has the effects of relieving the surface, dispersing cold, dispelling wind and removing dampness. It is a Chinese herbal medicine commonly used to relieve pain in joints. Not only does mushrooms have the effect of clearing away heat and promoting dampness, but modern medical research has found that the flavonoids, coumarins, volatile oils and other ingredients contained in mushrooms have strong analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. The combination of the two herbs can exert a strong heat-clearing and dampness-removing effect, and can well relieve pain symptoms in shoulder and back joints. In other words, these two herbs are good at relieving joint pain above the waist.
The ingredients in the prescription include Zhulian, Alisma, Scutellaria baicalensis, Sophora flavescens, Fangfeng, Cimicifuga, and Pueraria lobata. Zhu Ling has the effect of expelling water and diuresis, and is often used to treat swelling and swelling; Alisma has the effect of clearing away dampness and heat, diluting water and expelling dampness, which can help discharge excess water from the human body and help promote metabolism; Scutellaria baicalensis and Sophora flavescens are used in the prescription. Its main function is to clear away heat and dry dampness; Fangfeng has the effects of relieving dampness and relieving pain, dispelling wind and relieving the surface, and modern research shows that Fangfeng has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and other effects, and is often used to treat rheumatic paralysis; Cimicifuga has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. , heat-clearing and cooling effects; Pueraria lobata has the effect of unblocking the meridians and activating collaterals. Those herbs have the same effect and can help the medicinal herb to dispel wind and dampness better.
The Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes macrocephala, Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis and Anemarrhenae in the prescription are used as adjuvants. It can exert the effects of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, replenishing qi and nourishing blood, activating blood and relieving pain, strengthening the body and dispelling evil. Use licorice to harmonize the herbs in the prescription to help the prescription exert a better effect of dispelling wind and removing dampness.
Danggui Niantong Pill has the effect of diuresis, clearing heat, soothing wind and blood, and is suitable for numbness and pain relief. Treats internal dampness and heat, external wind evil caused by troublesome pain in the limbs and joints, and heaviness in the shoulders and back.
Pharmacological research: The active ingredients contained in Danggui Zhuantong Pills have antibacterial, antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and enhanced phagocytosis and immune functions. Clinically, it is often used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, periarthritis of the shoulder, chronic calf ulcers, sciatica in the active stage of rheumatism, or rheumatic heat paralysis and athlete's foot in the acute stage of gouty joint disease.