By: John Cielo
Submitted: 2010-05-13 03:55:15 | Word Count: 576
Herbal remedies are an effective alternative to gout drugs. Here, you'll find 3 simple herbal remedies for gout that you can carry out at home.
Gout is caused by uric acid crystals in your joints and surrounding tissue. This gives rise to the swelling, inflammation, stiffness, heat, and excruciating pain of an attack.
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Uric acid crystals can form when there are higher-than-normal levels of uric acid in your blood. So, as a gout sufferer, you need to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and, reduce the uric acid levels in your blood. But, you don't need drugs, you can use simple natural remedies to help eliminate your gout.
Herbal remedies have been used for thousands of years to combat many ailments and conditions. And many herbs have properties that make them ideal natural remedies for gout, e.g., anti-inflammatory, pain relieving, and uric acid reducing properties.
Here are just three herbal remedies for gout to get you started...
1 - Celery Seeds
These have many natural anti-inflammatory properties. So they can be very effective in reducing your inflammation and relieving pain.
Add a tablespoon of seeds to two cups of water and boil until they are soft. Strain out the seeds. Drink a half cup, four times a day until your symptoms disappear.
But, due to their diuretic properties, this herbal remedy shouldn't be used by folks with kidney problems, or, by pregnant women.
2 - Bilberry
Bilberry also has natural anti-inflammatory properties to reduce inflammation and relieve your agonizing pain. But it also contains flavonoids which helps to make it an effective herbal remedy for treating the symptoms of gout.
3 - Cayenne Pepper
This herbal remedy can be used to treat the affected joint by external application. Make a paste of 1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper, and, 1 to 3 tablespoons of wintergreen oil.
Carefully apply to the joint and surrounds, and then gently rub in using your fingers. Always make sure you never go near your eyes or other sensitive areas. And always wash your hands thoroughly afterwards.
These herbal remedies can work well. But they are really only of use during an actual gout attack...
You also need to address the serious issue of recurring gout that can eventually lead to kidney problems (e.g. painful kidney stones) and even permanently damaged joints. And once having had one attack you're highly likely to suffer more. So you need to prevent these future gout attacks.
You're in luck though. There's a special gout report available online [see below] that has all the information you need on natural gout remedies in one place. It is what thousands of ex-gout victims worldwide have successfully used to prevent their gout returning. It also contains a special 2 hour gout pain relief program.
And it uses fully-researched, totally natural methods. So that you benefit two ways: (1) you get rid of your excruciating pain very fast, and, (2) you prevent your gout returning, so that you reduce the risk of permanent damage.
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