With the arrival of summer and rising temperatures, barbecue, seafood, and chilled beer have become the most popular choices for many people during summer gatherings. However, while enjoying these tempting delicacies, a health hazard - the risk of gout attacks - quietly increases. How to reduce gout attacks while enjoying delicious food? Below, Traditional Chinese Medicine provides you with a scientific, comprehensive, and effective set of guidelines for preventing gout, to help you survive the summer safely. Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidneys in the treatment of gout. Gout is an inflammatory disease caused by excessive intake or insufficient excretion of uric acid, resulting in high levels of uric acid in the body. Uric acid crystals deposit in the joints and surrounding tissues, leading to joint redness, swelling, heat pain, restricted movement, and even joint deformities and kidney damage. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that gout is a disease caused by improper diet, excessive consumption of fat, sweet, and thick flavors, and a preference for cold and cold drinks, resulting in insufficient spleen and kidney function, external pathogenic obstruction, and phlegm and blood stasis accumulation around the joints. After entering the summer, the humidity increases, and many people have poor appetite. They will choose cold and refreshing foods such as seafood, beer, etc. This type of food is often cold and can easily damage the spleen and stomach, causing the spleen and stomach to lose their function, and the essence of water and grains to be slightly blocked in the middle burner. Over time, it will become damp and hot, and dampness and heat will combine, causing joint swelling, redness, heat, and pain when placed in the joints; However, the essence of water and grains cannot nourish the internal organs. Over time, the internal organs become deficient, especially the kidney qi, which cannot transform into spleen qi and promote the transformation of the spleen and stomach, leading to an exacerbation of dampness and heat accumulation, a vicious cycle, and lingering diseases that cannot be cured. Therefore, in the prevention and treatment of gouty arthritis, traditional Chinese medicine mainly adheres to the principles of strengthening the spleen and kidney, clearing heat and eliminating dampness. Tea drink with small squares to remove dampness and acid. Stir fry 10g of water chestnuts, 10g of adzuki beans, 10g of Job's tears, and 10g of corn silk. Boil the tea leaves to clear heat and dampness, promote diuresis, and eliminate acidity. Green beans can also be added to make soup for drinking. Suitable for patients with gout or hyperuricemia, damp heat constitution, or accompanied by yellow and red urine, low appetite, and abdominal distension. Kunyuan Shujing drink contains 15g of mulberries, 15g of stir fried water chestnuts, 15g of stir fried yam, and 15g of cherry blossom meat. Boiling the tea leaves can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the essence, and invigorate the spleen, reducing turbidity. Suitable for patients with gout or hyperuricemia accompanied by cloudy urine. Drink 10g of corn silk and 10g of light bamboo leaves from Longxu drink. Brew in boiling water and let it steep for 15-20 minutes before drinking. Can promote urination, clear heat and reduce turbidity. Suitable for patients with gout or hyperuricemia accompanied by burning urine and excessive heart fire. Adjust the body according to the time, have a light diet to eliminate dampness and promote diuresis. In summer, the climate is humid and hot, so it is advisable to have a light diet and choose ingredients that have the functions of clearing heat, promoting dampness, and diuresis, such as luffa, winter melon, cucumber, Job's tears, adzuki beans, mung beans, etc. We should reduce the consumption of foods with dry and hot properties, such as barbecue, deep frying, and spicy hot pot, which are easy to promote dampness and heat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive consumption of fat, sweet, and rich flavors, as well as a preference for cold and cold drinks, can easily damage the yang qi of the spleen and stomach, leading to weakened functions of transporting and dissolving water and dampness, cessation of dampness and turbidity, and exacerbation of uric acid metabolism disorders and crystallization. It is recommended to focus on seafood cooked food and drink beverages at room temperature or warm. Dietary therapy can assist in reducing discomfort for patients with gout or hyperuricemia. During the non attack period, some medicinal and edible ingredients with warming and tonifying effects on the spleen and kidneys, promoting diuresis and diuresis can be added to the daily diet in moderation, such as ginger, Poria cocos, yam, wolfberry, walnut kernels, etc., to assist in enhancing the body's metabolic function. Finally, remember the golden principle of "three less and one more" - consume less high purine foods, drink less alcoholic beverages, drink less sugary drinks, and drink more plain water. By scientifically and reasonably adjusting the diet structure and actively managing a healthy lifestyle, we can stay away from the troubles of joint pain and embrace a healthy, comfortable, and painless summer. (New Society)