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Mommy2 (Atlanta, Ga, USA) on 08/25/2009
5 out of 5 stars

My husband has been bothered with a nagging knee pain for years now. He knows he needs to have surgery, but keeps putting it off. He had the worst flare up, I've seen him have and we've been married for 12 yrs. The pain was so tremendous he could hardly walk and you could see the pain all over his face. I've been a believer in ACV for years now, but it takes more convincing for him. After he'd fallen asleep, I took a hand towel and saturated it in ACV, wrapped it around his knee and wrapped saran wrap around it to hold in place. He slept with it on all night and could not believe his knee was 99% better when he woke up. That's been about a month ago now and he hasn't had anymore flare ups!!!

I love this site and always refer to it for cures. I also make sure to tell friends and family too!!!

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Replied By Julia (Bryson City, Nc) on 08/27/2009

regarding the ACV putting it on the knees. Will this burn the skin in any way? thanks, julia
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Replied By Talia (Redondo Beach, California, Usa) on 08/27/2009

Hi Julia, Apple cider vinegar can cause a burn-like reaction on the face if you apply it straight (without diluting it) for more than 10 minutes because the face is delicate. But I've never had any problems when I have applied it to other parts of the body undiluted. However if you have a scab in the area, acv may irritate it.
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Replied By Rob (Kentucky) on 08/20/2024

Apple Cider Vinegar Hot Compress for Arthritis –

You don't need fancy specialists and expensive drugs to help you deal with your arthritis. A few changes in your habits and some tried-and-true folk remedies can help just as much – at a fraction of the cost.

Try this effective arthritis treatment:

Mix 1 quart of hot water with 1 quart of apple cider vinegar. Cover sore areas with a compress made of a cloth soaked in this hot liquid and covered with a heating pad. Continue treatment for 30 minutes, and pain should be relieved.

From Weekly World News, December 9, 1997.

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Replied By Rob (Kentucky) on 09/28/2024

I found these references to HOT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WRAPS in old medical books.

Apple Cider Vinegar Hot Compress for Arthritis – You don't need fancy specialists and expensive drugs to help you deal with your arthritis. A few changes in your habits and some tried-and-true folk remedies can help just as much – at a fraction of the cost.

Try some of these effective arthritis treatments:

Mix 1 quart of hot water with 1 quart of apple cider vinegar. Cover sore areas with a compress made of a cloth soaked with this hot liquid a covered with a heating pad. Continue treatment for 30 minutes and pain should be relieved.

From Weekly World News, December 9, 1997.

LECTURES ON MASSAGE & ELECTRICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE 5th Ed. by THOMAS STRETCH DOWSE, M.D. ABD., F.R.C.P. ED., page 404,1903.

In joint pain from sprain, rheumatism or gout, my mode of procedure is very simple, but efficacious; the joint is swathed (wrap in several layers of fabric) in flannels which have been wrung out of hot vinegar and water, and over this is placed a piece of very thin plastic sheet forms the moisture barrier. The poultice is allowed to set for ten minutes; after this the joint must be well extended and flexed some twenty times, and then masséed (massaged). This mode of procedure will be found very advantageous for the knee, shoulder, and elbow joints, but for the wrist and ankle joints the foot and arm bath are very convenient and useful. A joint which is too tender to bear movement or pressure before these applications will be comparatively painless after, and the opportunity should be taken to manipulate them freely. You must clearly understand that I do not advise the application of or massage to a joint in a state of acute inflammation, take the muscles of the forearm, for instance, after Colles' fracture. By massage the arm is restored to use in one third of the time that it would be if left to the ordinary modes of manipulation, and without the patient experiencing a tithe part of the pain.

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