Gout night flash disturbs sleep prevention and health care 2 diet therapy + 4 acupoints

Did you eat too much good food and get gout again? Taiwanese cuisine is world-famous, and many people do not restrict their diet, especially during festivals or when friends and family get together. They cannot resist eating a lot of meat and fish. While chatting, they also drink beer with snacks such as peanuts and melon seeds, which can lead to gout attacks in the long run! Chinese medicine practitioners said that gout is prone to acute attacks in the middle of the night and interfere with sleep. In addition to a moderate diet, it is recommended that you can also take 2 dietary treatments and massage 4 acupoints on a daily basis to strengthen your health and avoid gout!

Eating too well causes gout to occur at a younger age!

Chen Jiaming, attending physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Changhua Christian Hospital, said that gout is caused by abnormal metabolism of "purine" in the body or dysfunction of the kidneys in excreting uric acid, which leads to excessive uric acid in the blood and deposition of urate in the joints, causing joint pain, swelling and deformation. Generally speaking, gout is more common in middle-aged people between 40 and 60 years old. However, in recent years, due to changes in eating habits, people generally "eat too well", and the age of onset has tended to decrease, and people in their 20s may also suffer from gout.

Gout attacks are like a gust of wind, and patients often wake up in the middle of the night in pain

Clinically, it has been found that people who are overweight have a high risk of developing gout. Obese people are prone to reduced urine volume due to sweating. As the urine is concentrated, the uric acid level increases, forming uric acid crystals that accumulate in the body. Naturally, they are more susceptible to gout than ordinary people. What is special is that gout often has acute attacks in the middle of the night. Many patients are awakened by pain in their toe joints in the middle of their sleep. The pain is unbearable when they touch them with their hands, and they toss and turn unable to sleep.

Why do acute gout attacks tend to occur late at night when people are sleeping? Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Jiaming pointed out two main reasons: First, people do not drink water and urinate less when they sleep, so the concentration of purine in the body is relatively high; second, people's body temperature is low when they sleep, and the blood flow is slow, which will invisibly aggravate the deposition of uric acid and form uric acid crystals in the joints, thereby triggering gout attacks.

Seek medical attention immediately during an acute gout attack, and be patient and take care of yourself during the chronic phase to prevent recurrence!

When gout attacks acutely, whether you seek medical treatment from a Chinese or Western doctor as soon as possible, the symptoms can usually be relieved quickly. To avoid similar situations from happening again and again, you should take good care of your body during the chronic stage, but never take medicine on your own or believe in folk remedies, so as not to end up losing more than you gain!

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, gout, also known as "painful arthralgia", "wind arthralgia", "Baihu Lijie", and "Baihu disease", can be divided into syndromes such as damp-heat accumulation, cold-damp arthralgia, damp-heat invasion, dampness and turbidity internal obstruction, spleen and kidney deficiency, liver and kidney yin deficiency, and qi and yin deficiency according to the symptoms. The disease must be treated according to the symptoms in order to be effectively controlled.

Prevent gout from happening again ~ Chinese medicine: Strengthen the health of the liver, spleen and kidneys

Can’t figure out the difference between the various syndromes? It doesn't matter! Most people just need to remember that gout is mainly related to dysfunction of the three internal organs and meridians: liver, spleen, and kidney. The professional medication part should be left to a qualified Chinese medicine practitioner, and for personal health care, you can refer to the advice of Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Jiaming, starting with two dietary therapies and four acupoints, which can help prevent the recurrence of gout.

【2 Diet Therapy】

Red bean and coix seed soup: Take 15 to 20 grams of red beans and coix seeds, soak them in water, put them into a pot with appropriate amount of water and simmer until the ingredients are soft and ready to eat. Try not to add sugar to this soup. Job's tears are diuretic and detoxifying, and have the effect of excreting uric acid.

Corn silk tea: Take a handful of corn silk, rinse it clean, put it in a cup, add hot water, simmer for about 10 minutes and then drink. The same handful of corn silk can be rinsed repeatedly until it has no taste. Corn silk can clear away heat, remove dampness and act as a diuretic, helping to lower uric acid concentrations, but it is cold in nature, so people who are prone to diarrhea should reduce the amount they consume.

【4 acupoints】

Sanyinjiao: It is the common point of the Liver Meridian, Spleen Meridian and Kidney Meridian. Located on the posterior edge of the tibia, 4 finger widths above the tip of the medial malleolus.

Zusanli: It belongs to the spleen and stomach point, which can help improve gastrointestinal digestion, absorption and excretion functions, and eliminate uric acid in the body. This point is located about 4 finger widths below the depression on the outer side of the kneecap.

Taichong Point: Located in the depression behind the first and second metatarsal bones on the dorsum of the foot. This point is the original point of the liver meridian. Regular massage has a good health-care effect.

Hegu point: located at the base of the thumb, where the thumb and index finger meet. This point belongs to the original point of the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand Yangming. Regular massage can help the intestines function normally and thus achieve the health care effect of preventing gout.

Basic skills cannot be wasted! 4 principles of gout diet

In addition, the dietary taboos that gout patients should pay attention to should not be ignored! These dietary principles include:

1. Avoid foods with high cholesterol: including: seafood (such as oysters, shellfish, crabs, shrimps, cuttlefish, etc.), mushrooms (such as shiitake mushrooms), alcohol (especially beer), eggs (especially egg yolks), meat (especially offal, liver, gizzard, heart, kidney, etc.), beans and soy products, broth or hot pot soup.

2. Develop the habit of drinking plenty of water: Drink at least 2000cc of water every day to help the excretion of uric acid.

3. Salt intake should be controlled: long-term intake of too much salt will accelerate the progression of hypertension and arteriosclerosis symptoms, and easily cause gout attacks in patients with increased uric acid.

4. Eat more alkaline fruits and vegetables every day: Most fruits and vegetables are alkaline, especially dark green vegetables. You can eat more of them on a regular basis, which can help increase the solubility of uric acid and prevent gout attacks.

[Gout Tips]: Although the higher the uric acid concentration in the blood and the longer it lasts, the greater the chance of developing gout, Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Jiaming reminds us that not all people with high uric acid levels and arthritis have gout, so correct diagnosis is very important. If you have any questions, it is recommended to consult a professional doctor as soon as possible!