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Black Cherry Juice
Posted by Diane (Pennsylvania) on 10/24/2023
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Black Cherry Juice Concentrate for Gout
I had a second gout attack this year, which began a couple of weeks ago (left big toe). The first time it happened, I drank lemon juice, and it took it away in a day. This time, it went on almost a week, until I was at my wit's end, and I called the local health food store. The lady who owns it told me to use Black Cherry juice. 1 TBSP black cherry juice CONCENTRATE with 3 TBSP water. So my sweet husband went right away and picked some up for me. Within one hour after the first does, the pain began to subside from a 9 to a 3. After two more doses, the pain left entirely. It did take a few days for the redness and the pain to the touch only, along the left side of my foot to go away.
Before trying the black cherry juice, I tried the lemon juice, baking soda, apple cider vinegar (with the mother), celery seed, tart cherry juice, and even the activated charcoal.
Reduce Protein Intake
Posted by Donna (Nyc) on 01/05/2016
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My husband had gout and after cutting back his protein intake, the gout goes away. Also, tart black cherry, which he gets at the health food store in capsule form helps.
Black Cherry Juice, Malic Acid Supplements
Posted by BJM (Albany, Oregon) on 11/06/2025
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I have suffered with gout for many years now. My first experience with gout was triggered by scallops in a seafood mix from Trader Joes. That first time I ended up on crutches for a little over a week. The doctor had given me an anti-inflammatory. I don't like the idea of anti-inflammatories, because they can cause kidney damage, I assume with took much use. It took some of the pain away, but not all of it. For several years I would have periodic gout attacks, some minor and some major where I could hardly walk. I have tried many things and have come up with a combination that works for me pretty much every time.
I usually can tell when gout is going to come on because I start experiencing some stiffness and minor pain in one of the joints around my toes, foot or ankle and sometimes some stiffness in my finger joints. When I notice this starting to happen I start drinking at least 8 oz of pure black cherry juice every morning and to attach the gout more aggressively, I will drink 8 oz of the black cherry juice multiple times in a day. There are times where I may go through multiple 32oz jars of the black cherry juice before it goes away. On those times where the black cherry juice only puts a dent in the pain, I start taking "Malic Acid" supplements. In my search for natural things I could use for gout, I was drinking apple cider vinegar tea I would make. Upon more research I learned that ACV has malic acid in it, so I tried the supplements and it worked. I normally will take just one malic acid pill at a time, but if I have a bad bout of gout I will take 2 pills in the morning and 2 right before I go to bed. As my last product I will take if I have a particularly bad case of gout, I will take prednisone to help take the inflammation and pain away. For me it works better than anti-inflammatories. This seems to help the black cherry juice along with the malic acid to be able to work faster. One other thing is that I found that alcohol can be a trigger for gout for me.
Recently I decided to go ahead and have an 8oz glass of black cherry juice every morning, just to be proactive at reducing the uric acid buildup in my body.
Hope this information might help others who suffer with gout.
Red Light Therapy
Posted by DebraM (Sydney, Australia) on 06/19/2024 64 posts
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I have had an agonizing pain come up in my big toe over the years and only just realized it's gout. I knew that cherries helped with gout so I started drinking cherry juice and eating jars of cherries but when I did, I felt the gout everywhere in my body, my wrists, neck, jaw, lung, shoulder blades, it was agonizing. I remembered last time it flared in my big toe, I used a wand I have that has infrared heat, near infrared light and negative ion release and when I used it on my big toe years ago, it didn't come back for years. So I'm using it again now and the pain in my toe is almost completely gone. Red light therapy is amazing for pain conditions.
Red Light Therapy
Posted by Debra (Sydney, Australia) on 07/03/2024 64 posts
The red light wand I have isn't available anymore but there are many other red light wands on them market. Amazon carries one that is close to what I have. It doesn't have the negative ion release but it does have 630nm which was shown in studies to be the only frequency to heal many cancers.
Red Light Therapy
Posted by peter (chicago) on 06/19/2024
Can you share the red light wand brand?
Burdock
Posted by J.S-Dell (San Diego Ca) on 06/18/2026 10 posts
Hi, I've got pseudogout in my knee. IT's also called cppd. From what I've watched on U-Tube I gather this came from calcium that is high and I have CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease). Will you please email me and tell me how to use....." Remove the crystal in the joint with celery seed and lots of water"? I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks for anything you can suggest....I've have to have my knees aspirated (crystals taken out of knee in the ER by a Dr. inserting a needle into my knee...no fun) in the past and I'm hoping not to do that again!
Black Cherry Juice
Posted by Becky (Dickinson, TX) on 07/27/2022
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This response "with more pain" showed up on my thread for calcium deposits. Gout is caused by a buildup of Uric Acid Crystals. Try a table spoon of black cherry juice daily as a preventative. Also bananas, apples, citrus and other common fruits are good but cherries are best. I know we can't get the fruit year round but you can get the juice.
Black Cherry Juice
Posted by J. S-Dell (San Diego, Ca) on 06/18/2026 10 posts
Hi thanks for your post...I have a question, would you share where you found a thread for calcium deposits? BTW I have pseudogout that is brought on by hi calcium from ckd (Chronic Kidney Disease). It's also called cppd. I'm having problems finding natural cures or help for it. Do you have any suggestions?
