Gout Treatment

Gout is a painful, debilitating form of arthritis which attacks the joints, commonly in the knee, ankle, or foot. Uric acid builds up in those joints from eating excess amounts of high purine foods, like beef , pork, asparagus, and spinach. The best thing you can do is prevent it by educating yourself with information on which foods have high levels of purines. Then limit those foods to one serving a week. Most foods have purines but consuming foods with higher levels of purines a few days in a row will definitely put you at risk for gout.

What can you do if you have gout now? Here are some natural remedies:

Cherry Juice, Strawberries or Blueberries. Helps cleanse your blood of uric acid.

Water. If you have nothing else, drink lots of water to help flush out the uric acid and toxins.

Burdock Root Soup. This soup can be made as a preventative measure as burdock root cleanses the liver.

Magnet therapy. This actually worked for someone I know. The acupuncturist was out of town so he was desperate. He had gout on his foot so he taped 2 card sized bio-magnets on the top and bottom of his foot, to increase circulation in that area and kept it on overnight. And it worked! In the morning, the gout symptoms went down. He used the magnets again the next night. Over 2 -3 days the gout went away.

Acupuncture. Acupuncture is a great remedy for gout as it enhances your body’s natural healing abilities, to increase circulation in the area of the gout attack.