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Currant with gout: is it possible or not, good or bad?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Gout is a complex and serious disease. The first and main symptom of this disease is a very strong pain in the area of the big toe. In addition, the joint becomes red, inflames, increases to such a size that walking in shoes becomes very difficult. After some time the pains pass, but not for long. Gout rarely comes to women than to men, especially if the latter have already exchanged the fifth decade. Gout develops in those who often abuse alcohol, eat meat products, overcools or leads a sedentary lifestyle.
Currant with gout helps to avoid many troubles, like some other berries (grapes, dogrose, gooseberry, honeysuckle, strawberry). Thanks to the special substances that are part of the currant helps prevent the accumulation of uric acid in the tissues and joints. How many currant berries are there in gout? It is best to eat a large amount. If the currant season has not started, you can use the juice from these berries. Thanks to this you can reduce the frequency and strength of gout attacks.
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Black currant with gout
Black currant is a shrub of medium height (up to one and a half meters). Its fruits are dark purple or black. Fructifies fairly abundantly every year. Black currant berries are rich in limited acids, sugar, phosphorus, iron, manganese and potassium. They contain a lot of ascorbic acid. It is due to the rich composition of black currant often called "home doctor." When gout is usually used a variety of tinctures or extracts, and also eat a lot of berries.
The most common recipes for black currant with gout are:
- Take one tablespoon of leaves and add one cup of hot boiling water. Put for a few hours in a dark place. After that, strain. Tincture take up to five times a day for half a glass.
- Rub black currant with sugar (proportions 1: 2). Eat at least three tablespoons a day and you will forget about frequent attacks of gout.
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Red currant with gout
Despite the fact that the red currant is not so popular in the medicinal plan, as her sister is a black currant. It has been used in alternative medicine for as long as. Firstly, these berries are often used to treat colds, as they help reduce fever. Secondly, the red currant helps to cure the symptoms of allergies. Even if you just drink juice from this berry every day, it will help to remove uric acid, bile, slag from the body faster.
Also red currant helps to improve appetite, restore the body after surgery, strengthen immunity. The main recipe with red currant is as follows: take three tablespoons of berries, add them in a glass of hot boiled water and insist up to four hours. After that, strain and take 1/4 cup to four times a day.
Currant leaves for gout
Currant leaves with gout are used very often in order to reduce pain and inflammation. Usually, for making tinctures use dry leaves or twigs, which must be crushed. Spoon one tablespoon of the raw material with a glass of hot boiled water. Insist for about an hour, strain. Infusion is taken as an independent drink or together with honey. Drink half a glass of warm drink, three times a day before meals.
Despite the medicinal properties, currant has contraindications. It should not be taken to patients with thrombophlebitis if you have high stomach acidity, with hepatitis or ulcers. It is not necessary to use during pregnancy.