Medicinal Plants Used in Hyperuricemia and Gout - A Review

Hyperuricemia is a clinical condition characterized with excess of uric acid in the blood. It develops either by overproduction of uric acid caused by a metabolic disorder or due to under excretion of blood uric acid due to abnormal renal urate transport activity. Gout is a chronic progressive rheumatic disease in which elevated serum urate levels lead to the precipitation of monosodium urate crystals within the joints and other tissues. Medicinal plants have been used to treat various ailments since ancient times; hence, ethnobotanical investigations play an important role in pharmacological studies. This article provide a comprehensive review ofsome Evidence based In - silico, In - vitro, In - vivo and Clinical studies to support the scientific use of Ayurveda herbal medicine for hyperuricemia and and Gout. Ayurvedic Medicinal plants with Anti - inflammatory, Analgesic, Anti - hyperuricemic, Anti - oxidant property along with M?trar?gahara, ??thahara, V?tahara, ?mav?tahara properties are expected to have effect in Hyperuricemia and Gout. The purpose of this review is to collect and document information of the Ayurveda herbal medicine with anti - hyperuricemic and anti - gout potential.