Understanding and treating Gout

• Severely reduce the amount of red meat in your diet. Two or three red meat meals a week are plenty and you should have only moderate portions. There are people who don't eat meat in excess but whose kidneys are badly weakened by other factors in their medical and health history. These people should try a vegetarian diet for a month or so to give the kidneys a break as well as follow the other suggestions below.
• Prepare a drink made up by boiling a jug of water and putting 4-6 Rosehips Tea Bags in the water and let them brew. This drink is taken cold and should replace all other cold drinks (even water) for a trial period of time. Rosehips is a major Kidney Tonic and Blood Cleanser as well as being an energy boost and high in Iron and vitamin C.
• If you are a big coffee or tea drinker reduce these beverages drastically by replacing them with cups of hot Rosehips if you don't habitually take much in the way of cold drinks. Both Coffee and Tea contain tannins, which interfere with kidney function.

• Alfalfa as an aid to digestive efficiency and to alkalise the blood which assists in neutralising acidity and preventing the deposition of uric acid crystals causing Gout.
• Dandelion is another Kidney tonic, which dramatically supports the Liver as well. Harmonising Kidney and Liver function is an excellent way to ensure that once healed the Kidneys don't easily slip back into poor health.
• Uva Ursi and Buchu are specific herbs, which soothe and restore to good health the structures within the kidneys and urinary tract generally. Inefficient operation and acidity will produce inflammation within these tissues and it is important to address this as well.