痛风中医药研究进展

Advancements of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research on Gout

痛风的发病率在世界范围内呈逐年上升趋势,并且与高血压、高脂血症、动脉粥样硬化、肥胖和胰岛素抵抗等疾病的发生密切相关。痛风切合中医“湿”理论,痛风辨证分型及体质舌象研究的关键点在于辨证、体质、舌象“湿”为主。本文根据痛风中医辩证特点对其中医药研究包括食物性中药、提单药、对药取物研究、优选药及剂量研究、单味药研究、复方研究进行综述,旨在挖掘阐述中医药治疗痛风的客观疗效与确切作用机制。

Gout has an increasing morbidity rate around the world,correlating well with hypertension,dia-betic mellitus,hyperlipemia,coronary heart disease and stroke.In view of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),gout belongs to arthromyodynia.Keys to syndrome differentiation of TCM are in differentiation,corporeality and coated tongue(characterized to be damp).Focus of TCM re-searches includes food herb,medicine,active ingredients,dosimetric study,pared/optimized herbs,individual herbs and compound medicine.Emphasis should be placed on objective effect and exact mechanism of TCM in treatment of gout.