Apple cider vinegar — by being drunk or applied directly to the affected area — can help treat your gout symptoms. When I tell people about this particular natural gout remedy, they are gobsmacked that something they’ve probably had lying around in their kitchen for ages can actually help get rid of their symptoms.

But it shouldn’t be surprising, apple cider vinegar has been used for thousands of years as a home remedy for many ailments. Hippocrates himself used to use it, mixed with honey, for coughs and overall general well-being. Since then it has been used to treat such things as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma and acne and, of course, as a gout cure.

Apple cider vinegar works, when ingested, by altering your blood pH to help lower your high uric acid levels. Bear in mind that high uric acid leads to the formation of gout crystals in your joints.

Just add 2 teaspoons of the vinegar to 8 ounces of water and mix well. Now, some people say to drink this once a day, others twice a day and even three times a day. I myself tend to go for the three times a day lobby.

As a topical application, it probably works more by the fact that you are actually soaking your affected joint in hot water, rather than anything the vinegar is doing, but I admit I’m not sure.

Just add half a cup of cider to three cups of  hot water and soak the affected area for 30 minutes. Reheat as required and repeat the process as necessary.

Now for the apple cider vinegar itself. It has to be the raw, un-distilled, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar you normally get in health food stores or other specialist natural health stores. It should have what they call the ‘mother’ at the bottom, which is the sediment. Ask for assistance to be sure.

Apple cider vinegar is just one of many natural gout remedies available to you. There are others such as cherries and cherry juice, celery seeds and celery seed extract, herbal remedies, gout diet, etc.

The thing is that not all home remedies work for everybody. You need to identify what there is out there and through trial and error discover what works best for you.

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