Can Gin-Soaked Raisins Really Help Arthritis?
Friday March 11, 2005
Just as with anything, you have believers and non-believers. Eating gin-soaked raisins for arthritis is often touted by its faithful as a natural "cure" or an effective folk remedy for arthritis pain. Do they have anything to back up their claim?
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This has been a life saver for me. I have been on this regimine for a little over a year. I was at the point where the back specialist was going to do a nerve deadening procedure on my T12-L1 area. I heard about this from a guy in my church and I never had to have the procedure done. I would say it took about 3 weeks before I began to feel some relief and full relief after 3 mo. I’ve been told that if I go off it, my pain will return. My chiropractor nephew says tart cherries are also a high anti-inflamatory fruit but I found them way more expensive than ther gin and raisins. I soak the golden raisins in a glass container for a week, open on the counter, then transfer to a plastic storage container and keep in ref. I used to count out the 9 raisins but now just take a teaspoon full every morning. I now have several ladies in the church eating them as well. If it didn’t work, ladies in a Baptist church would never think of eating anything where gin is involved—these ladies claim it works.