Natural Remedies for Gout – Treatments to Try Along with Medical Care

Anyone who has ever experienced the sudden shocking ripple of pain that come with an attack of gout are willing to try most anything to lessen the severity. Gout, sometimes called gouty arthritis is a form of the disease.

For whatever reason, the big toe is big favorite target area and those who have suffered from this malady explain that they cannot even bear the feeling of a bed sheet over the tender toe during a flare-up. Gout attacks tend to take anywhere from five to ten days to go away.

There are a number of natural suggestions for gout remedies and while few have been clinically documented, one never knows what might work in each individual’s case. One of the most popular home remedies is adding Vitamin C to daily vitamin regimens. Adding extra C is has show to lower uric acid for some who suffer from gout.

It is hard to find a more natural remedy for gout than a fruit right off of a tree.  The juicy red cherry is favored by some as a preventative.  Advocates prescribe a cherry dosage from a half cup to a whole pound and some eat them out of hand while others add water and juice the cherries. It is thought that regular consumption of cherries is another way to cut uric acid accumulation.

In the past gout was called the rich man’s disease and this was because those who diets are heavy in fatty rich foods tend to experience gout more often that those with more fruit and vegetable based diets. Those who eat lots of seafood, not necessarily fish, but shellfish and red meat seem to experience more flare-ups.

There are also now a number of gout natural remedies offer by companies that have packaged herbs and other natural supplements to fight gout and put them together in tablet or gel cap form.

One of them is Flamasil, which claims to up to seven times stronger than other similar products.  Its main ingredient is cherry extract. It is available online and must be easier than consuming a pound of cherries each day!

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