Top 10 des remèdes naturels maison pour la goutte
La goutte est un type d'arthrite qui peut affecter différentes parties du corps telles que les chevilles, les genoux, les mains, les poignets, mais affecte principalement le gros orteil. Les symptômes comprennent une douleur aiguë, une inflammation des articulations provoquant un gonflement et une sensibilité. De nombreux patients atteints de goutte ont expérimenté des remèdes naturels maison. Quelle est la vraie définition d'un remède maison ? C'est simplement un médicament fabriqué avec des ingrédients disponibles à la maison.
Voici les remèdes naturels maison les plus populaires votés par les patients atteints de goutte :
1. Vinaigre de cidre de pomme :Le vinaigre de cidre de pomme est considéré comme le roi en matière de remède naturel maison contre la goutte et c'est mon article le plus populaire voté par les médias sociaux. Le vinaigre de cidre de pomme aide votre corps à devenir plus alcalin et l'acidité peut aider à soulager la douleur aiguë de la goutte. De nombreux patients atteints de goutte rapportent boire 1 à 2 cuillères à soupe de vinaigre de cidre de pomme brut, non filtré et biologique dans un verre d'au moins 8 onces d'eau. Certains boiront ceci 2 à 3 fois par jour pour de meilleurs résultats. Le vinaigre de cidre de pomme peut également être utilisé en traitement topique. Vous pouvez tremper votre pied pendant environ 30 minutes dans un seau rempli de 4 tasses d'eau chaude et 1 tasse de vinaigre de cidre de pomme. Vous pouvez également tremper un chiffon propre et sec dans le vinaigre de cidre de pomme et l'enrouler autour de la zone affectée pendant environ 15 minutes.
2. Bicarbonate de soudeUn autre remède naturel maison extrêmement populaire pour les patients atteints de goutte est le bicarbonate de soude. Comme le vinaigre de cidre de pomme, il rend votre corps plus alcalin. Beaucoup consomment ½ cuillère à café dans un verre d'eau de 8 onces. Beaucoup le répéteront tout au long de la journée jusqu'à ce qu'ils aient consommé au moins 3 cuillères à café de bicarbonate de soude. Cela peut aider à abaisser l'acide urique et soulager la douleur en même temps. Évitez ce remède maison si vous souffrez d'hypertension artérielle et essayez de limiter la consommation de sel dans vos repas pendant la journée lorsque vous prenez du bicarbonate de soude. Le bicarbonate de soude est très riche en sodium. La dose maximale recommandée est de 4 cuillères à café tout au long de la journée.
3. CerisesQu'elles soient sucrées ou acidulées, les cerises sont connues pour être extrêmement efficaces et peuvent aider à traiter la goutte et à favoriser l'acide urique sain grâce à leurs propriétés antioxydantes élevées. Dans une étude, menée auprès de 600 personnes souffrant de goutte, il a été conclu qu'une portion d'une demi-tasse de cerises par jour (10 à 12 cerises) entraînait une réduction de 35 % du risque d'une attaque successive de goutte. Pour ceux qui consommaient 2 ou même 3 portions par jour, leur risque diminuait de 50 % ! Mais c'est aussi trop de sucre, qui peut causer d'autres problèmes de santé. La meilleure recommandation est d'utiliser un supplément d'extrait de cerise aigre et d'éviter la consommation de sucre si possible !
4. Gingembre et/ou Curcuma :Les puissants anti-inflammatoires présents dans la racine de gingembre et le curcuma peuvent être très utiles pour soulager la douleur et l'inflammation de la goutte. Je coupe simplement un petit morceau de la taille d'un pouce, je le fais bouillir pendant environ 20 minutes et je le bois comme du thé. Vous pouvez également ajouter de la racine de gingembre et/ou du curcuma dans des recettes de cuisine. Certains peuvent également manger un petit morceau cru tous les jours. D'autres l'utilisent localement pour réduire l'enflure en faisant une pâte de racine de gingembre avec de l'eau et en l'appliquant sur la zone affectée, en laissant agir pendant environ 30 minutes.
5. L'eauTrès simple, nous en avons tous et c'est généralement gratuit. Buvez-en beaucoup car cela peut aider à éliminer l'acide urique en excès de votre corps. Rester hydraté est un moyen efficace de limiter les crises de goutte. Buvez au moins 8 verres d'eau par jour, eau mais si vous le pouvez, pourquoi ne pas viser 12?! Assurez-vous qu'une bouteille d'eau est avec vous partout où vous allez, j'emporte une bouteille avec moi du matin au soir et je la remplis tout au long de la journée.
6. Jus de citron: Un autre remède naturel à la maison qui peut aider à alcaliniser votre corps et peut favoriser un taux d'acide urique sain dans le sang, est de boire du jus de citron. De nombreux patients atteints de la goutte pressent la moitié d'un citron dans un verre de 8 oz d'eau et le boivent jusqu'à trois fois par jour. D'autres le combinent avec 1/2 cuillère à café de bicarbonate de soude. N'oubliez pas que le jus de citron est également riche en vitamine C, qui peut également aider contre la goutte.
7. Graines de céleri:Un autre remède naturel populaire à la maison qui peut aider à soutenir un taux d'acide urique sain, selon de nombreux patients atteints de la goutte, est l'extrait de graines de céleri. Les graines de céleri stimulent simplement vos reins et peuvent les inciter à excréter davantage d'acide urique hors du corps. Ainsi, cela vous incite à aller aux toilettes et à uriner davantage.
8. Sel d'Epsom: Il n'y a pas de meilleur traitement topique pour traiter une crise de goutte que le sel d'Epsom, largement utilisé par beaucoup pour détendre les muscles, les douleurs et les courbatures. La présence de magnésium, qui est un minéral alcalin dans le sel d'Epsom, peut également aider à traiter la goutte. Avant de prendre un bain, ajoutez simplement 1 à 2 tasses de sel d'Epsom dans votre bain et trempez votre corps entier ou l'articulation affectée pendant au moins 30 minutes.
9. BromélaïneLa bromélaïne est un composé que l'on trouve dans les ananas. Les enzymes qu'elle contient sont fréquemment recommandées aux personnes atteintes de la goutte car elles peuvent aider à maintenir un taux d'acide urique sain et à soulager l'inflammation causée par la goutte. Encore une fois, la bromélaïne est également riche en vitamine C, ce qui est également bon pour la goutte. Bromélaïne est également considérée comme un analgésique naturel pour de nombreuses autres affections.
10. Vitamine CUne vitamine très populaire auprès des personnes atteintes de la goutte est la vitamine C. De nombreuses études ont montré comment vitamine C est efficace pour maintenir des niveaux d'acide urique sains dans le sang.
Enfin, n'oubliez pas de reposer autant que possible l'articulation affectée lorsque vous souffrez de la goutte et de ne pas trop l'utiliser afin de guérir plus rapidement. Réduisez au minimum le temps passé sur vos articulations. Vous pouvez également glacer vos articulations pour un soulagement temporaire de la douleur. Appliquez un sac de glace pour aider à soulager la douleur et l'inflammation plusieurs fois par jour pendant environ 20 à 30 minutes à chaque fois. Élever votre pied aide également à soulager la douleur en permettant au sang de circuler vers cette zone particulière du corps. N'hésitez pas à utiliser une canne pour vous déplacer, évitant ainsi une pression inutile sur l'articulation affectée. Oui, je l'admets, j'ai marché avec une canne pendant ma première crise de goutte car elle a touché mon gros orteil et mon genou en même temps. Vous pouvez le faire aussi !
79 replies to "Goutte et remèdes maison naturels"
Since starting Keto I have went almost one years without an attack, whereas before it was about every 3 to 4 months. I have eggs and Beef every morning. Sometimes I make a Keto breakfast casserole, with a can of Green Chili’s, 12 eggs, 2 cups of cheese, a container of Cottage Cheese, a bunch of Green Onions, a Red Bell Pepper, and 1lb of Hamburger. I am losing 2.5lbs a week and have went from 276lbs to 216lbs, my goal is 188lbs. When I was just eating Vegetable’s all the time I was getting gout attacks all the time. I have completely cut out Rice, Potatoes, Bread, and Pasta, all sugar and sweets. It was only when as a lifelong vegetarian that I started eating Beef, and Tuna, and Cod-liver and Codliver oil and some Sardines, and some Chicken that my lifelong skin issues cleared up. Soooo my question is, why do you always say to stay away from Beef or meat and yet in another month I will have gone a whole year without a gout attack after dropping the veggies pretty much and going meat eater? I have also read about other gout sufferers getting relief by going Keto so mine is not an isolated incident.
Whenever I have a gout attack I start taking 800mg of ibuprofen three times a day and soak the gout area (foot, or thumb) in hot water for a few minutes. I get some relief immediately using the hot water and the ibuprofen reduces the swelling. The key to my way of thinking for doing this is because the gout attack is from Uric acid “crystals”. Crystals have sharp points and the hot water melts the crystals. I don’t do any special diets before, during, or after an attack. Works for me so I hope this can help others.
Nicotine patches seem to help as well as buying a packet of sour cherries and consuming a large handful each day. I have observed the consumption of carbon C 60 (fullerene) in olive oil also seems to reduce the chance of attack considerably. The nicotine patch observation is based on the literature that the incidence of gout among smokers is much lower than in the general public.
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My husband got his first gout attack after a 7 mile walk and on a vacation eating really healthy foods, but yes, a glass of wine with dinners.
We were traveling and he thought he had a stress fracture. He did not change his diet or suspect gout until it was constantly getting worse for 10 days. The photos of his foot are worse than anything I’ve seen on the Internet.
At home, he regularly drinks apple cider vinegar and water and takes antibiotics, But did not do the Apple cider vinegar on the road.
Soaking his foot in Epsom salts increased his pain, but maybe that was good. He is taking Tumeric, cherry juice, tart cherry extract, chanca piedra and eating celery. He just started a celery seed supplement, and it is going away extremely slowly.
I am allergic to dried beans, lentils, chickpeas etc., so we do not have any in the house. I am not sure I can even be around the steam they produce while cooking them. He has not tried the bicarbonate of soda, but his blood pressure has been high with the attack. Any thoughts on probiotics or anything we have not thought of? Is olive oil OK?
At least he is walking again, but his big toe is still very stiff and he could not fit in most of his shoes.
Yes olive oil is absolutely fine. Probiotics as well. Just keep at it, drink lots of water, take his supplements, avoid meat.
I have tried many natural remedies over fifteen years. While some of these remedies help, the one thing that has helped keep gout at bay is potassium citrate which alkalizes urine enabling more uric acid to be removed from the body.
Hi
Is it possible to monitor my uric acid levels at home?
Hi Will!
Yes there are a few uric acid meters in the market if you go a Google search but they are not as accurate as a blood test. Best if you go take a blood test twice a year to measure uric acid levels in order to keep them in check in my opinion.
There is not a lot of point in monitoring uric acid sporadically as any fructose in the diet from fruits eg mango, melons, dates and other dried fruits or from added sucrose on processed foods and condiments will boost uric acid levels. The biochemistry is that the energy carrier called ATP donates a few phosphates in the reaction of fructose to fructose-1-phosphate in the liver. The AMP formed readily turned to uric acid which has many negative reactions in the body even for non-gout sufferers (eg high BP, low nitric oxide, urate crystals in organs and more).
My point is that you could measure a normal blood uric acid level one day and the next it could be way high if beforehand you have a bad sugar hit from cakes, desserts, soft drinks, the fruits I list above.
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I had suffered from Gout for over 20 years. At one stage I was having 2 attacks per week. Cherry juice is a great anti-inflammatory.
I was doing some research on other gout treatment and was lead to the following book – “Candida: Killing So Sweetly”. I followed the treatment using Gum Turpentine. After a few weeks the attacks slowed down and now after 3 years I am Gout free, I can even drink beer again!
Gout can flare up from eating tuna fish and sardines and beer.
Would using DMSO topically help with gout pain or could it possibly make it worse?
To get rid of gout, stop eating grains which cause uric acid buildup and inflammation. Take Magnesium, you’re probably deficient. Dissolve it in your mouth for 15 minutes so it’s absorbed directly into the bloodstream, so it won’t cause diarrhea.
I’m trying AVC and would like to know how long before it works. Days or weeks? And does it work at all.
Thank you for sharing your ideas about gout attack, my husband is now suffering from his second gout attack.His left ankle us swelling badly, he already went to the doctor and been observing the effect of the medicine the doctor gave.He will soak his feet with warm water and rock salt for relief.We will try your suggestions for home remedies
Could you please clarify the language you use in your article. Acidity and Alkalinity are not the same thing.
Getting the details is important as a friend of mine killed himself when his kids convinced him that drinking hydrogen peroxide would help cure his diabetes. Didn’t dilute it properly. Hospital was not able to reverse his blood pH. He was probably already brain dead when they put him on a flight for life to get him to a hospital with a hyperbaric chamber for treatment and he was declared dead mid-flight.
“Alkalinity is the capacity of water to resist changes in pH that would make the water more acidic.[1] (It should not be confused with basicity which is an absolute measurement on the pH scale.)” -Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkalinity
Your friend drank hydrogen peroxide? Either that’s a myth, or your friend was straight up dumb. It’s famously an acid, the corrosive kind. Only a moron would drink this without researching it.
Your nonsense about ‘didn’t dilute it enough’ and ‘reversing his blood Ph’ is meaningless nonsense.
Drinking hydrogen peroxide wouldn’t kill you from making your body too acidic. That’s ridiculous. It’s a fatal, corrosive acid.
Please, learn some basic science.
Hydrogen is not an acid specifically. As per Wikipedia: “Because of its instability, hydrogen peroxide is typically stored with a stabilizer in a weakly acidic solution. Hydrogen peroxide is found in biological systems including the human body.”
It is recommended for oral debriding, but should not be ingested in large amounts.
I take 15 drops 17-1/2% H2O2 in 8oz. water daily. it turns my blood bright red (Oxygenated) A clinic in Olmsted Falls, Ohio has an 84% success rate curing COPD with Hydrogen Peroxide, Intravenous as well as oral.
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How long have you been going this?
What are some of the benefits you have experienced?
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Hello,
Thanks for the great tips for fighting a gout attack.
I’ve been a gout sufferer for about 15 years and swear by Tart Cherry Juice.
It can provide almost immediate relief for me.
I keep Tart Cherry Juice on hand all the time and even take it with me when I travel.
Thank you for all the great information and comments. My father has severe gout and get gout attacks every few weeks now. He maintains a very simple diet. He also has prostrate cancer and high blood pressure. I was wondering if baking soda in water is still ok for him to take or not since it wasnt recommended if you have high blood pressure. Also I would appreciate if anyone can suggest anything to take or avoid in diet for his gout…given his condition (cancer, high bp and slightly high cholesterol) Thank you so much!
It’s not something I can give advice on since he is suffering from prostate cancer and high blood pressure, plus gout. Best to leave this to his doctors and follow their advice. I know for prostate cancer, a food that is good is tomato sauce. Read this article. As for gout, continue eating a diet high in complex carbohydrates like fresh vegetables, legumes, beans, 100% whole grain breads, pastas and rice. Do not fry or stir-fry. Baked or boiled only. Avoid all meats for now. Go strictly vegetarian.
Good luck!
I have been using ACV capsules twice per day for the last few weeks and, yesterday started having a gout pain for the first time. Am I using too much or should I stop taking it. Thanks for your help.
You can keep taking it but go check it, you need to know how high your uric acid levels are and seek your doctor’s advice for best results. If natural remedies don’t work, then that is the next step.
Tomato sauce for prostate cancer? NOT AT ALL bro.
It’s fresh tomatoes because of their lycopene content that may help otherwise enlarged prostate or prostate cancer victims should avoid testosterone increasing foods or drugs as they promote condition. Black people have more testosterone than any other race to explain their susceptibility compared to other races.
Not true Ismail, plenty of studies indicate this.
See–>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12424330
See–>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561416301479
Had my first attack today. Just had a glass of water with 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda. Then made a lemon cider vinegar and turmeric hot drink and the pain went in 45 mins. What a great link. Keep safe in the snow peeps
Thanks a lot for sharing, I will take note them and try. Wish all of you away from attacking.Have good mood! Sleeping enough time and don’t be too tied, it’s also very important.
Thanks for this valuable remedies for treating and preventing gout, I have used apple cider vinegar + lemon juice last time and it completely relieved the pain, now for preventing future gout attacks I drink acv + lemon juice three times a week, so far there are no sign of gout for 1 year.. Hope you will find this helpful and share with other gout sufferers..
After reading this article, I applied ginger paste to my toe joint and it leaved me amazed by reducing swelling and pain.
Thanks for this incredible article, will visit this site often for more natural remedies.
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My husband, brother AND father get horrible gout attacks every year around the holidays (turkey, ham, prime rib, gravy, beer – all the bad stuff). Dried cherries plus diet cran-pineapple juice shorten their formerly week long misery to a few days! And you HAVE TO STAY OFF YOUR FEET!!!
Thanks for sharing this informative article about natural remedies for gout, it is very helpful.
Had no idea antibiotics could cause a gout attack. I reduced my sugar intake, changed my diet and consume blueberries and dark cherries everyday. Hadn’t have an attack for over a year. Antibiotics changed that! Glad I found this web site. Thank you!
I’m glad to be part of this group! Had an attack before Christmas…took Predisone and it worked wonders! But silly me wanted to test beer since I was feeling good…so I drank half a bottle then BOOM, pain in my midfoot the next day…been achy for the past week now. I really don’t want to take steroids again and Advil seems to not do much…Is it time to ask the Doctor for maybe prescription NSAIDs to help?
Hi Jorel!
Advil just removes the edge off the pain for a few hours so you can manage to walk a bit more easier. Regardless, your doctor will check you out and let you know which option is the best to treat your painful inflammation. There is also colchicine that gets rid of the pain and inflammation the fastest.
I’m 31 years old and I’m suffering from very painful gout attack. Is omega3 & drinking apple cider help remove the uric crystal? How about drinking coffee 2x a day it is safe? I’m experiencing on and off pain. Need your advise.
Thank you
Hi Jake!
I have already written posts that answer these questions.
Check out:
https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-apple-cider-vinegar/
https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-flax-seed/
https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-coffee/
I have been a gout sufferer off and on for many years. It usually lasts a couple days and goes away as fast as it comes on. Mostly ankles and knees. Sometimes it travels around. I also suffer from GERD. I manage the gerd with baking soda daily. I also take tumeric daily. Those alone do not seem to prevent attacks. It seems shellfish and organ meat are the primary culprits. The last couple years I have had what I would call a severe attack twice and one of those times is now. I wont take the pharma. Sounds like I need to pay attention to diet.
Hello!
I think I have gout (for about the 3rd time). I have heard that beans are something that should be avoided but I see you saying here that a “vegetarian diet with beans a mostly vegetarian diet eating fresh vegetables, whole grain breads, pastas and rices along with nuts and beans”
I like beans and wonder if I should cut them out? Also what about cereal with soymilk? I eat a lot of that as well.
Thanks for your advice
Hi Lance!
Yes usually bean recipes that get people in trouble are the ones that includes meat in it. Then beans get all the blame. So if you eat beans without meat, it is an excellent source of protein and will not cause a gout attack. Your metabolizes bean protein way differently than meat protein, so kidneys don’t have to work as hard to break it down. I eat beans all the time from lentil soup to chick peas with wild rice and will always include it in my gout diet.Even famous gout research Dr. Choi will tell you the same thing and it’s all backed up by research.
Very interesting article. I would think it not wise to soak in hot/warm warm water. Doesn’t heat make inflammation worse? I am suffering my first time with a severe case of gout.Thank you for the interesting article.
Hi Amber!
Heat helps melt the uric acid crystals, it doesn’t feel as good as cold while you are doing it but afterwards your affected joint does feel better compared to applying cold water or ice.
I’ve enjoyed reading some of your suggestions. I am now soaking my foot in an Epsom salt bucket while applying a tumeric paste to my index finger. Question: Would it make sense to also add the vinegar to the bucket,or will they somehow cancel each other out?
Epsom salt alone should do its’ thing and relax the muscles of your foot, lessening the pain and swelling. I’d suggest you test the vinegar remedy on its’ own and not mix it and see which one you prefer.
Has anyone tried the Gout Care Herbal Mixed products? Did it help or not? I need some information due to the fact that the 3 well known prescription medicines for gout are more of liabilities to our organs. I think natural medication is better than the various side effects of these well known drugs for gout. Thank you.
I suffered gout attacks regularly and found that shrimp, alcohol and red meat caused flares – ALSO EVERY TIME A FLARE WOULD COME IT WOULD FEEL AS IF I ALSO HAD A UTI – started taking cranberry extract and have barely had a flare since! I take 1 or 2 pills each day and it controls it
Hi Everyone,
I find magnesium chloride, topically applied really helps. I have a big genetic component to the gout wit pyroluria and MTHFR gene dysfunction. I’ve always been vegetarian and a non drinker since infancy, so it ain’t that!
If you can keep a small lemon or lime tree and take the juice, along with keeping up your magnesium levels that will help. Also see if you can have your zinc levels checked – no-one ever mentions that!
Good luck, everyone…
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Husband has a 3rd infusion of krystexxa. It has given him a uric acid level of 10.4. No more. we will use your tips & eat healthy. They offer cortisone. He has no pain . Says just leave me alone. We use colchlcine at a flare up. 5 tablets & it is gone. usually 4 days. we soak & watch our diet. Flare once a month or less.
A gout flare every month is or should be unacceptable. You could be doing some long term damage to your joints. Additional dietary improvement may be needed, or perhaps long term allopurinol prescription as well.
I have a quick question. I am recovering from a very recent suspected gout attack (Uric Acid of 7.4). Can I apply heat (hot tub) to my foot?
Yes heat works better than cold in the sense that it helps melt uric acid crystals but cold works better for removing the pain and swelling from the inflammation of the affected joint.
Thank you for sharing all this great & safe home remedies to help treat “Gout”…I was searching for information on how to treat “Gout”. My young 25 year old son just got diagnosed with this very painful health issue. I’m going to take everything I’ve read & learned from all of y’all who has shared what has helped you in treating Gout & start ASAP in treating my son’s “Gout”… Thank you so much for posting this article & sharing these “Safe Natural Home Remedies”….
I have pretty much found the most effective gout treatment so far…
Go and donate blood… do it regularly…
Uric acid and other toxins build up in your blood… So throw away 16th of it with each donation… you can safely donate every 3 months. Think of your body like an aquarium, no matter how good the filter is, you still have to do a water change regularly to get rid of the stuff your filter(kidneys) don’t… I’ve found it can bring relief for a gout attack within 24 to 36 hours… and prevents further attacks as long as you donate regularly… I was even able to eat a bit more meat and not worry…
Hi!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Gout is a family ailment. My dad was bedridden because of it, my siblings are suffering from it, too. My 26-year-ol son is suffering his second gout attack. The first one was last year.
I was wondering why pinto beans are recommended for gout sufferrers. Don’t pinto beans and lentils fall under the same category as white kidney beans? Whenever one eats Favada (a spanish cuisine with white kidney beans), gout attacks.
I’m sharing your post on my FB page – Healing Earth PH
Hi Vera!
The reason beans get a bad rap is because people add other foods along with it, to make it taste better. Right? Ever had a bowl of chili with beef and beans? It’s not the beans that is the culprit there, it’s the beef! So how are you eating those beans should be the question. Beans are beans. It doesn’t matter if they are pinto, black, red or white. They have the very similar properties and nutrients.
Favada from what I see includes diced ham and pork in the recipe. Remove the ham and pork and believe me, your family will not suffer from any other gout attacks.
Very helpful…. thank you so…much
Potassium!! I can’t believe all the stuff online and nobody mentions POTASSIUM. That’s why cherry juice or Smart Water work. Doctors treat gout with something called K-Lite, which is just a fizzy tablet of potassium. But you can just get a potassium supplement at a health food store. Note: Do NOT take a whole bunch of K at once, because it can stop your heart.
Hi Emily!
Thanks for your comment!
You can learn more about gout and potassium on my post on the subject–> https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-potassium/
Cherries are always liked, either sweet or sour. These contain anthocyanins, antioxident properties which can reduce inflammation as well as minimize gout flare-ups. Thanks for sharing such valuable healthy life tips.
My son just experiencing his 2nd bout with Gout on his bigtoe..Sad to see him suffer. I have just started him on gingerroot tea today and drinking lots of water together with advil 400 mg every 8 hours. Poor young man is just hopping around and now relaxing on the couch with his foot elevated for most of the day, so needless to say he cant work for a week or 2 who knows..Will let yah know how its been
He is damaging his joints every day this persists. Go to a doctor NOW and get colchicine and indomethacin.
Then, of course, also elevate the feet and soak in Epsom salt, eat cherries and bananas, take a quercetin and bromelaine supplement, drink more water, have no meat or fish during the attack and only very small portions therafter, etc.
I am going to finally have my blood and urine tested to find out my base Uric acid level when not suffering a gout attack. Should have done so years ago. Hope your son gets tested too.
Spiro,
Thank you, thank you for this site. Similar to you, I have been fighting gout attacks for almost 15 years now. I’ve tried all the normal treatments/prescription drugs. I changed my diet dropping shellfish, asparagus and anything else identified as a high purine food. I did everything the first 12 years but: 1> commit to taking a daily prescription & 2> quit drinking beer. Finally after all else failed leading to basically a permanent gout invasion of my body (ankles, elbow, thumb, toe), I gave up beer 3 years ago. It seemed to work! No attacks other than one day after a strenuous backpacking trip, I drank a single beer. 1 day later, attack comes thus causing my permanent decision to stop drinking beer. So no beer, no shellfish, no asparagus and big cutback on other meats seemed to be the trick.
Until this past weekend. Started feeling that little twinge in my left ankle Friday. By Saturday afternoon, I was on crutches. Sunday was just as bad, truly the worst attack in quite a while. Like always, I started thinking about everything I had eaten or drank in the past week, nothing stood out.
So here I am laid up in my bedroom with crutches next to the bed, totally frustrated but with a positive outlook on the next step in this ongoing battle against high uric acid. I found your website and already perused through many of the articles. I have yet to succumb to big Pharma as I continue to believe this affliction can be addressed through dietary/lifestyle changes. Information on this site is extensive, far better than anything else I have found. I look forward to yet again altering my diet and probably adding some of the natural supplements reviewed here.
Thanks Spiro!
Hi, Sprio. Just came across your site and thought I would throw in what has helped me in the past to relieve the pain from gout. I usually get gout in my thumbs or big toes. This last time around I got it in my ankle. Thought I had a fracture of some sort. The ER doc recommended allopurinol, which I took for 3 days only to have the pain move from my ankle to my big toe. Stopped taking allopurinol and went back to what has helped in the past. Put hot water in the tub and soaked my foot for 10 minutes. I could immediately start to move my toes (not very much, but better than before the hot water). I then take 800 mg of Ibuprofen 3 times a day to reduce the swelling. You can’t the 2400 mg for very days, especially if you’re on blood thinners like me, but this regimen works for me and I just wanted to share this. I do the hot water thing about 3 times a day, also. 2nd day almost all pain is gone and then trying to get back to normal walking. Hope this helps some of your followers.
Hi Spiro,
I purchased your ebook and have found it very useful so far… thank you.
I’m 36 years old and I’ve had gout for about 10 years. It has progressively been getting worse and the time between attacks shorter. The time between my last two attacks was 3 weeks. I take colchicine for relief.
I have regularly been taking tart cherry tablets. I have also been off the shellfish and alcohol for over a year now. In the last month, I’ve been following your advice reasonably closely, with some chicken.
I also had blood tests done last week and all my bodily functions were good (except urate was at the high end). I also do not have thalassemia or anemia.
My doctor wants me to start taking allopurinol. I have been resisting this for years, but now I feel I have no choice but to take a low dosage of it on an ongoing basis.
Do you have any advice for me? I’m at my wits end.
Thanks!
Tell your doctor if you can experiment one last time by going on a vegetarian diet and drinking only water and tea and see how your uric acid level compares then. Give it at least a month or 2. Take the dietary supplements since they are supposed to supplement your gout diet and do help you. On top of that I would also take supplements that help your kidneys and liver which process and expel uric acid, so Milk Thistle, Celery Seeds, Chanca Piedra to name a few.
After that if that doesnt work then taking allopurinol may be your only choice if you want to avoid painful gout attacks in the future.
Thank you for your questions Marcus and good luck!
Hello,
Gout is one of the problems I have which I need to try and control, the other problems are high blood pressure and kidney problems, high triglycerides, It seems no matter what takes care of one problem it will cause the other problems to get out of control.
I don’t want to take the prescribed gout medicine because of the side affects. Is there anything that is safe to take that would not interfere with other medical issues. I am on blood pressure medicine and sleeping pills and inflammation pills.
I can’t eat one type of food good for gout that does not interfere with my kidneys or high blood pressure.
Please help!
Thank you!
Tim King
Hi Tim!
Very hard to give advice since I don’t know your personal situation, I would do what your doctor tells you to since it seems you have an advanced gout problem. If you can stick to a mostly vegetarian diet eating fresh vegetables, whole grain breads, pastas and rices along with nuts and beans, you will do better since these foods don’t aggravate your gout or affect your kidneys. And only drink water if I were you and teas.
A disciplined diet can go a long way in helping with your health.
Thank you for all the great information on your site. I suffer with lots of pain, my father is no longer with us.My brother and myself are gout patients.I just turned 70 but I have still some good years ahead. Question? All these fruit and vegetables; can I just combine together in a blender and drink daily? And also do other things and treatments all at the same time?
Hi Bertha!
Better to eat your veggies cause when you add them in the blender you’re eating mostly the sugar and not the fiber which is very important for your health and gout. You can do many natural home remedies at the same time if you like, that is not a problem, if that is what you mean.
hi Spiro, great website and info…i usually combine 2 or 3 home remedies whenever i get a gout attack. every one is different,so you just have to experiment which combinations work. i also use any combination everyday to help avoid getting an attack or flare up…i also buy organic tart cherry juice or organic black cherry juice. they both work..
I find that drinking high alkaline water ( so called smart water) by Glaceau helps tremendously is staving off a Gout attack. Its expensive compared to std bottle water but well worth it considering the alternative. Im looking into a machine that produces high alkaline water, but they seem shrouded in scams and false claims?
It may help for gout as the very definition is too much uric acid, but yes, alkaline water is scammy and overwrought with false science.
Just wanted to say thank you for taking your time to impart your knowledge. Has been very helpful for me. Thank you.