Acute gouty arthritis is a sudden attack of pain in the joints, especially in the feet and legs, that occur when uric acid builds up in the joints.in other word,Gout is caused by uric acid crystals deposited in the body's tissues, which lead to recurrent attacks of joint inflammation. A gout attack causes sudden and intense joint pain. Most often, a gout attack affects a single joint, but it is possible for a few joints to be involved
Chinese Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi High Training School of TCM has done a research about effect of surrounded needling therapy on acute gouty arthritis.
The surrounded needling therapy was treated with shallow needling on local affected area as main and 4-5 distant acupoints as adjuvant, once each day.
Their conclusion is surrounded needling therapy is superior to the western medicine in the therapeutic effect on acute gouty arthritis, and it is a safe and effective method for acute gouty arthritis.
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Reference:Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2009 May;29(5):375-7.
I suffer terribly with arthritis in my hands but as soon as I stopped eating red meat it made a huge difference. I still eat fish and I can't resist bacon (who can!) but I'm sure it is because I'm no longer eating the fats in the meat that has helped me.