What is the best remedy for gout?

My grandfather use to get gout a lot. I know it has something to do with uric acid and pain and swelling of joints. So first you want to stop building up the uric acid in your body, you can do this by diet. It is a little like arthritis and all the stuff that works for arthritis will work for gout. I use plain old aspirin for arthritis and so did my grandfather. You also need to drink a lot of water to flush the uric acid out of your system. And i know my grandfather used baking soda to soak his foot in.

try adding half a teaspoon of baking soda into water. drink this solution twice a day for a week max. you should see less swelling on the fourth day. hope this works.

Perhaps you could get some good ideas from my answer to dynaweb about food that should be avoided and what I did to get rid of gout. I cannot copy and paste here yet but you will find the discussion in his profile.

I hear cherries are the best thing. But they didnt really work for me when I got gout. For me it is prevention, which means staying away from shellfish and staying hydrated.

My dad has gout and he does the cherry remedy. Instead of eating cherries though he buys a cherry extract at the health food store. It is much cheaper and works the same maybe better because it is more concentrated.

hey there! Ya I have heard that cherries should work for gout but from everyone I have talked to it does not work for them! There are some great gout home remedies. Check out www.agouttreatment.com

I found a site that says there is more then just cherries to help with gout. Here is the link and I hope that it is helpful. I know that this is 3 year old discussion but if you haven't tried some of these cures they might work.. and probably might be cheaper.. http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/remedy/Gout.html

Whenever I have a gout attack, I eat about 6-8 bananas per day and I drink more than the normal 8 glasses of alkaline water. High potassium and hydration is the key.

This is quite an old discussion started 4 years ago and the last respond was 11 months now. However, I feel that it might be good for me to reactivate the discussion again as gout is an ailment that is very much neglected, though there are many people suffering silently. I found a very effect remedy that works very well in relieving gout pain and inflammation. I know because I tried it myself and I have recommended to friends and relatives and it worked for them too. It is "black bean broth". You may be surprised that beans are know to cause gout and yet black beans are doing the opposite. To find out more you could go to the following link which discusses it in greater detail: http://www.gout-pal.com/gout-pal-forum/gout-cure ("Black bean cure for gout")

hey there! Ya I have heard that cherries should work for gout but from everyone I have talked to it does not work for them! There are some great gout home remedies. Check out www.agouttreatment.com