Gout Attack Relief: Understanding and Managing Acute Gout Flare-Ups

Gout, or the "disease of kings," has affected roughly 5 million people in the United States alone. Encountered mainly in males 40 or older, gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis. Needle-like uric acid crystals deposited in the connective tissue of a joint cause painful attacks. Under normal circumstances, uric acid produced by the breakdown of purine in human tissue is promptly eliminated by kidneys, but when concentration of uric acid increases to an extent that the kidneys are unable to keep up, it gets deposited in various parts of the body as uric acid crystals.

Things You'll Need

• Lemons
• Mustard powder
• Whole wheat flour
• Water
• French beans

Show More

Instructions

• 1

  Squeeze the lemons. Filter the extract and remove the seeds. Mix the lemon extract with water and drink it three times a day. Lemon extract bears antibiotic properties that are effective in the treatment of gout.

• 2

  Grind the mustard powder along with the whole-wheat flour and add the water. Mix all the ingredients and work them into a smooth paste. Apply this paste to the affected region daily until the gout subsides.

• 3

  Take an anti-inflammatory such as indomethacin. This might be helpful.

• 4

  Grind the French beans and extract the juice. Drink the bean juice twice a day to assist in treating gout.

• 5

  Mix a teaspoon of honey with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and take this concoction twice daily to also aid in the treatment of gout.