What is gout?

Gout, also known as hyperuricemia, is a disease caused by uric acid accumulation due to purine metabolic disorder, which belongs to arthritis, also known as metabolic arthritis. Zhenfeng Plaster is a classic plaster for treating gout in Sihuatang. According to the pathogenesis of gout, careful compatibility, selection of fine and precious medicinal materials, and manual decoction alone ensure that the effective components of the medicine are not lost and the curative effect of the plaster is guaranteed. Compared with western medicine, Sihua decoction pays more attention to the focus and adopts a step-by-step method to achieve the purpose of treating gout by treating both the symptoms and the root causes.

Dietary principles of gout

Gout is often complicated with obesity, diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Patients should follow the following dietary principles:

1. Maintain ideal weight

If you are overweight or obese, you should lose weight. But lose weight step by step, otherwise it will easily lead to acute ketosis or gout.

2. Carbohydrate can promote uric acid excretion.

Carbohydrate can promote uric acid excretion, and patients can eat rice, steamed bread and pasta rich in carbohydrate.

3. protein can be ingested according to weight and proportion.

1 kg body weight should consume 0.8 g to 1 g protein, and mainly milk and eggs. If it is lean meat, chicken and duck meat, etc. , should be boiled, soup to eat, avoid stew or braised pork. Eat less fat.

Eat less fat because fat can reduce uric acid excretion. In patients with gout complicated with hyperlipidemia, the fat intake should be controlled within 20% ~ 25% of the total calories.