Research Progress of Tibetan Medicine in the Treatment of Gout and Hyperuricemia
Gout and hyperuricemia with annually rising incidence have become metabolic disorders.Tibetan medicine has a long history of treating gout,offering numerous effective therapies,including Tibetan patent medicines,Tibetan medicines,and characteristic Tibetan medical therapies with definite efficacy and mild side effects.This paper gathered the information about the current clinical applications and the pharmacological and clinical trials on Tibetan medicine for treating gout and hyperuricemia by literature retrieval.It summarized the clinical application char-acteristics and pharmacological mechanisms of Tibetan medicine,providing new ideas and strategies for the high-quality development of Tibet-an medicine for gout.