Petrolmica (Tasmania) on 06/06/2024
This is my 2nd bout of gout and on my other big toe.
I have been taking anti inflammatory meds for 5 days along with celery tabs and drinking "ural" and water and lemon juice drinks. This has has made an improvement but still in pain and walking with a limp still.
I had woken up during the night in more pain than usual on the 6th day.
The next day I did more research on the net and decided to do the following:
1) Soak my toe/foot in the hottest water I could stand for about 20/30min
2) Then straight after I used a massager on high vibration and put my foot on it firmly for around 20min, concentrating on the painful area of my joint and around my whole toe area.
Within a couple of hours I couldn't believe it! ....I could walk normally with all my weight on my foot and just a bare minimum of pain. I woke up and was still the same.
I will be doing this method again today and for the next few days or more.
I believe the hot water loosened or help dissolve the crystals and the vibration helped remove them from my joint.
Please try this for yourself as if it worked for me it may work for you.
Vitamin C for Gout Donna (WI) on 06/03/2024
For Gout:
High potency vitamin C.
A-C Carbamide for Gout Jay (Coos Bay) on 04/10/2024
I had suffered with a painful ankle for a long time. It hurt so badly, I actually wondered if I had cracked a bone and didn’t know it.
Looking on earth clinic for a cure for my sisters gout problem, I suddenly wondered if I too might have gout. I had seen a chiropractor on you tube recommending a product by standard process called A-C Carbamide for gout. I just so happened to have some I had bought for my husband for another condition, so I tried it just before bed. Woke up with no pain in my ankle after weeks of excruciating pain. Since then I have had gout flare up in different joints. Each time I think I must have cracked a bone it’s so painful and literally made me cry it ached so bad. Finally a light bulb will go on and I’ll think, hey, maybe it’s gout! And I will take the pills and the pain will go away. I’ve discovered painful joints start after eating sugar. If I take one capsule a day I usually can prevent any flare ups, unless I eat sugar several days in a row. Then I’ll take three capsules to get rid of the pain. Usually only takes one day, but a few times two or three days. But it ALWAYS works. I hope this helps someone as there is no pain like gout. Just horrible. I believe sugar is the culprit, not meat.
Castor Oil for Gout jjames (Cleveland, Ohio) on 03/25/2024
My husband had recurring gout near big toe area. Last time he had it, we put castor oil pack (spread oil on foot area affected, covered it with oil-infused sock. covered that with plastic bag (used food baggie), covered that with clean sock. He wore it overnight and part of next day. Repeated this for 2-3 days. Foot was very much improved after 1st application and after 3 days healed. The time BEFORE that when he had gout, we did nothing - he had it very painful for 3 months ( a very long time to have gout).
Activated Charcoal and Gout Kay (Redstone, Colorado) on 03/06/2024
Gout and activated charcoal
Has anyone tried monitoring their uric acid levels with pee strips? Has anyone used activated charcoal to keep gout at bay and if so, was it successful?
Thank you.
Apple Cider Vinegar for Gout Pauline (Suffolk, England) on 02/12/2024
Apple cider vinegar does work on gout!
I came on this site earlier because I woke up with a painful toe joint this morning. I read a comment about apple cider vinegar being used internally and externally and lo and behold this afternoon I am able to walk without any pain!! Thank you!
Apple Cider Vinegar for Gout Liz (Victoria, Australia) on 01/28/2024
What a great product ACV is, I always have a bottle in the cupboard, I had Gout in my left foot 2 days ago and looked up remedies here on Earth Clinic and the top remedy is ACV, I immediately took 2 tablespoons in half a glass of water and within a few hours the pain was gone, when I woke the next day I could stand on my foot and no pain, I then took 2 more tablespoons in water just in case and it has not returned, if you have had Gout you will know how quickly it comes on and how painful it is. Earth Clinic is a wonderful site with so many great remedies and contributors. Art, Rob, Mama, Bill, etc. all helpful people.
Black Cherry Juice for Gout Diane (Pennsylvania) on 10/24/2023
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.
Baking Soda for Gout CK (Virginia) on 10/13/2023
Gout? It's caused by acid. And a small amounts of baking soda reduces acidity (increases Ph) VERY fast. Had gout eight different times over 40 years. Couldn't even walk. Added one teaspoon of Baking Soda to a small glass of water and drank 3 of them on day one, two on day two and one on day three. Completely gone by the third day, every time. Never fails.
Bentonite Clay for Gout Beto (TX) on 04/22/2023
I recently had the first gout attack of my life. One of the worst pains I ever had, along with jaw bone infection and kidney pain.
What helped was bentonite clay plasters applied externally. I always keep bentonite clay and so I made a thick plaster that wrapped most of the forefoot. Then I placed my foot in a plastic bag, tied the bag handles loosely around my ankle, and punctures a few small holes on the bag (top side). It's very important to let bentonite breathe because the evaporative effect is what draws the toxins. When the clay is nearly drying, it needs to be replaced with fresh one and the old one discarded as it has absorbed lots of toxic materials.
The main problem with clay plasters is that they are somewhat slow in acting, so the first night I did not sleep from the extreme pain. But after approx. 24 hours the pain had subsided enough and after 3 days was nearly gone.
The second day I tried skipping the clay plaster and the night the pain grew worse again keeping me awake. Then the 3rd day I reapplied a generous amount and the improvement was confirmed.
So clay is not the fastest remedy, but it works.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda for Gout Marlon (Orlando, FL) on 04/08/2023
I have been having issues with gout now for the past 6 years. My last attack before this one was just about 2 years ago and I have since changed my diet by cutting out most meat and beer and that seemed to help for a while until this last attack in my ankle. After a couple of days I could not take the pain anymore and I try to avoid prescription medication so I found this site and saw the relief ACV gave a lot of people and decided to try it, I did 2 tbl and 1/2 tsp baking soda with 8 oz of water and a tsp of honey 2 times per day and by the end of the 2nd day of taking this the pain had been almost gone. This is now day 6 of taking this and my ankle is almost back to being normal. EC is a truly blessed site and I will be looking here for all my treatments
Burdock for Gout Stuman (Oceanside, CA) on 02/05/2023
What makes burdock root particularly interesting to gout sufferers is that the herb is a very powerful xanthine oxidase inhibitor, the enzyme in the body that produces uric acid. Blocking this enzyme is how the prescription drugs like Allopurinol and Febuxostat decrease uric acid levels in the blood.
https://goutandyou.com/gout-and-burdock-root/#:~:text=What makes burdock root particularly, acid levels in the blood.
In the past I've successfully used celery seeds for gout pain. This time the celery seeds worked but the pain came back 4 times in different location on my left foot and ankle. The burdock seems to stop the crystals from forming.
A good approach would be:
- stop eating high purine food and stop overeating. When I overate low purine food, it seemed to cause a flare up.
- Eat burdock to prevent crystal formation. I've been eating about 2-4 ounces of the root as food 3-5 times a day.
- Remove the crystal in the joint with celery seed and lots of water.
- Reduce the swelling turmeric and resveratrol helped short term but I eventually used the pharmaceutical Aleve for 12 hour relief.
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Collagen Prevented Gout Rh (Iowa) on 12/29/2022
I use to get gout terribly. 3 years ago I bought a liquid collagen supplement and take it daily. No gout for 3 years. Lately I have gotten off schedule and missed my daily dose for 2 or 3 days and I have a gout flare up.
Apple Cider Vinegar Dosage for Gout Usman N. (Columbia, MD) on 08/07/2022
Apple Cider Vinegar Dosage for Gout
The key is to increase the dosage to 4 tablespoons per glass of water with 1 teaspoon of honey 3 to 4 times a day. As per my blood work for uric acid it was 10(mg/dL) and it needed to be under 4.5(mg/dL). I am diabetic and have a stunt in my artery, so I take heart medication. I started with the above dosage once a day for the first day. Second day twice a day. Third day three times a day. Fourth day four times a day. Fifth day, I was able to walk. I maintained this dosage till the seventh day. Remarkable improvement. I hope it will help.
Re: Apple Cider Vinegar for Calcium Deposits Becky (Dickinson, TX) on 07/27/2022
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.
Bicarb Soda for Gout Maria (Canberra, Australia) on 06/15/2022
Bi-Carbonate Soda ( baking soda) saved me when on a group tour of Italy. After drinking wine I suffered from terrible inflammation pain in the joint of my big toe. I always carry bi- carb, it's my go to for acidity generally so I put one teaspoonful in a glass of warm water from the tap and drank it down. I was right by the next morning. A full teaspoon loosens my stools so usually I would only use half a spoon but this was urgent as we had a lot of walking to do.
