Clinical experience of professor Qiu Xiaotang in treating hyperuricemia
ZHOU Hongzheng QIU Xiaotang
Department of Endocrinology, Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hainan Province Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Hainan Province, Haikou 570100, China
Abstract:Along with “preventing disease from exacerbating” thought of “preventive treatment of disease”, and in combination with years of clinical experience of professor Qiu Xiaotang, he summarizes pathogen and pathology of TCM in hyperuricemia. He promotes that the pathogenesis of this disease is wet phlegm stagnating the blood. It should be treated by principles as “dispelling wet muddy, regulating qi, dredging collaterals, and clearing heat”. His modified prescriptions are usually based on Simiao Powder, and he founded Huashi Jiangzhuo Decoction, in which Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae and Radix Clematidis are put in high dose, with significant hypouricemic effects. The whole prescription plays the roles of eliminating dampness, invigorating the circulation of blood and tendons.