What can Hei Shun Pian be combined with to treat gout?
The common herbs paired with Heishunpian (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata) for treating gout include Clematis root (Weilingxian), Gentiana root (Qinjiao), Notopterygium root (Qianghuo), Angelica root (Danggui), and Phellodendron bark (Huangbai). If there are any concerns, it is recommended to consult a doctor in advance. Detailed analysis is as follows:
1. Clematis Root (Weilingxian): When used together with Heishunpian, it enhances the effects of dispelling wind-dampness and promoting circulation to relieve pain. It is suitable for gout caused by cold-damp obstruction, alleviating cold joint pain, restricted movement, and symptoms worsened by cold exposure.
2. Gentiana Root (Qinjiao): Combined with Heishunpian, it relaxes tendons and promotes circulation, disperses cold, and removes dampness. It is used for acute gout with red, swollen, hot, and painful joints accompanied by cold signs, synergistically improving local blood and qi stagnation.
3. Notopterygium Root (Qianghuo): When combined with Heishunpian, it disperses cold-dampness and promotes joint mobility. It is used for cold-damp bi syndrome pain in the upper body or gout accompanied by shoulder and back cold pain that worsens with cold exposure.
4. Angelica Root (Danggui): Used together with Heishunpian, it promotes blood circulation to remove blood stasis and warms the meridians to dispel cold. It improves joint stiffness during the chronic phase of gout, purple-dark tongue, and blood stasis combined with yang deficiency syndrome.
5. Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai): When combined with Heishunpian, it clears heat, dries dampness, and balances cold and heat. It is suitable for gout caused by a mixture of damp-heat and cold pathogens, alleviating red, swollen, hot, painful joints accompanied by cold intolerance and cold limbs.
Gout patients should follow the principles of standardized and systematic treatment and should not blindly believe in folk remedies or the therapeutic effects of single herbs. Patients with gout should also adjust their diet, avoiding high-purine foods to reduce uric acid production and accumulation.