1, key discharge urate
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that gout belongs to the category of arthralgia syndrome, and its etiology is divided into cold-dampness arthralgia, damp-heat arthralgia, phlegm and blood stasis, blood-heat toxic invasion, liver depression and spleen deficiency, spleen deficiency and dampness resistance, liver and kidney deficiency and other types. , need syndrome differentiation and treatment.
Western medicine believes that gout is due to the disorder of purine metabolism in the body, which leads to excessive uric acid production or disorder of uric acid excretion, which leads to the increase of uric acid in the blood. Then urate crystals deposit on joints or other tissues, causing severe joint pain. Moreover, it will recur, which is not only particularly painful, but also may lead to joint deformity and make people have dyskinesia.
Therefore, in the treatment of gout, the most important thing is to excrete urate as soon as possible to ensure the formation of new uric acid as little as possible. This requires limiting alcohol consumption, eating less foods with high purine content (mainly meat, especially animal viscera) and eating more foods with low purine content (mainly fruits and vegetables).
2, winter melon: diuretic heat.
Wax gourd has diuretic, heat-clearing, expectorant and thirst-quenching effects, and is effective in treating nephritis, edema, phlegm and asthma, summer heat, hemorrhoids and other diseases. Moreover, the "Interest-bearing Diet Spectrum" said: "If pregnant women eat it often, the fetus will be poisoned and the child will be disease-free." It can be seen that wax gourd is a very safe food, and pregnant women can eat it often.
Recommended eating method: winter melon soup
The first step is to peel the wax gourd and cut it into pieces (of course, the skin is also excellent, but it is too hard, so you can boil water to drink)
Step 2, soak some dried seafood (fresh shrimp, clams, etc.). ).
Step 3, add some ginger slices to the pot and cook until the melon crystal is transparent, and add the soaked seafood.
The fourth step, seasoning.
Step five, serve and eat.
Efficacy: This soup is very light, diuretic and suitable for patients with nephropathy, edema and gout.
Description: winter melon is cold, spleen and stomach are weak, kidney deficiency is cold, long illness is slippery, yang deficiency is cold, and women eat carefully during menstruation.
3. Cucumber: diuresis and diuresis
Cucumber, which Chinese medicine considers sweet, sweet, cool, bitter and nontoxic, enters the spleen, stomach and large intestine; Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Indications: polydipsia, sore throat, etc. Besides clearing away heat and toxic materials, it can also dispel wind, clear away heat and relieve pain.
Western medicine even affirmed the efficacy of cucumber in reducing uric acid level in the body. Pharmacological experiments show that the silicon contained in cucumber is helpful to strengthen the health of joint connective tissue and relieve arthritis and gout pain.
Recommended way to eat: cucumber and carrot juice
Materials: 1 cucumber and 1 carrot.
Exercise:
1, preparation materials: cucumber, carrot, cucumber, head and tail removed;
2. Put the cucumber and carrot into the juicer and follow the instructions;
3. Pour the squeezed juice into the cup.
Efficacy: When cucumber and carrot juice are eaten together, the taste is good, and the uric acid level in the body can be reduced, effectively relieving arthritis and gout pain.
Note: You can also mix cold dishes with cucumbers, but in any case, don't peel cucumbers. After careful cleaning, eat it raw with the skin, and the acid discharge effect will be better.
4. What kind of meat can I eat?
1, chicken
Chicken is rich in protein, phospholipids and potassium, and has the characteristics of low fat, low calorie and high potassium. It can reduce cholesterol, promote uric acid excretion and prevent atherosclerosis, and is suitable for gout patients complicated with hyperlipidemia.
Note: Patients with gout should eat chicken in limited quantities, but it is not advisable to drink chicken soup and eat chicken liver and other internal organs, because it contains a lot of purine; Don't eat chicken ass, because viruses, bacteria and carcinogens are concentrated here.
2. Duck meat
Duck meat is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids and potassium, which has a protective effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, can promote the excretion of uric acid, and can be combined with Euryale ferox to treat gout complicated with diabetes.
Note: Gout patients should limit the consumption of duck meat, and duck heart and liver should not be eaten, because there are more purines in it. Not suitable for eating duck meat, such as abdominal pain leading to loss of appetite.
3. pigeon meat
Dove meat has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing blood, clearing away heat, expelling wind and detoxifying. Contains a variety of vitamins, minerals and potassium elements, can strengthen the body and promote uric acid excretion, and is suitable for moderate consumption during gout remission.
Note: Pigeon meat is warm, people with yin deficiency and blood dryness should not eat it, pigeon broth has high purine content, and gout patients should not drink soup when eating meat.
4. black-bone chicken
Black-bone chicken contains more than ten kinds of amino acids, and the contents of protein, vitamins, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium are also quite rich. It has the effects of nourishing blood, replenishing essence, nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones, reducing blood lipid and promoting uric acid excretion, and has adjuvant therapeutic effect on gout complicated with diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
Note: Black-bone chicken should not eat more, and it is easy to produce phlegm, so it is fatter and has serious skin diseases. Those with severe exogenous diseases should not be eaten; Gout patients should not eat chicken heart and chicken liver because of their high purine content.
5. Quail meat
Quail meat is rich in protein and potassium, and has the characteristics of high protein, low fat and low cholesterol. It can lower blood pressure, promote uric acid excretion, and play an auxiliary role in preventing gout complicated with obesity and hypertension.