Can plantain cure gout?

Plantago can not treat gout, plantain as a traditional Chinese medicine, its effect has the effect of activating the meridians, diuretic detumescence. On the basis of this effect, gout patients take plantain, can play a diuretic effect, help uric acid from the body. However, plantain it does not reduce the role of blood uric acid, so it can not fundamentally treat gout. Gout is not a drug or food can be treated. The treatment of gout is a comprehensive treatment process. First, patients need to intervene in lifestyle, maintain ideal weight, drink more water at ordinary times, adhere to a low-purine diet for a long time, prevent colds and infections, and strictly abstain from alcohol. Patients also need to apply uric acid lowering drugs to reduce blood uric acid levels during treatment. This can fundamentally prevent gout recurrence and transition to chronic diseases.