Ginger

• Use a ginger compress on affected joints daily. Boil two quarts of water. Remove from heat and grate a two inch piece of ginger into the water. Cover and steep for ten minutes. Soak a washcloth in the liquid while it is still hot. Wring out the cloth and apply to the joints. Leave the compress in place until the heat disappears. Immediately follow the ginger compress with a cold compress that has been soaked in ice water. Place on your joints for three to four minutes. Alternate the ginger and cold compress for fifteen minutes. Reheat the ginger liquid when it cools. Always check the temperature of a hot compress to prevent getting burned. Apply this hydrotherapy treatment daily until the joint swelling goes down. Always begin with the hot compress and end with the cold compress.
  
  

Black Cherry

• Drink one tbsp. black cherry juice three times a day to get rid of excess purines. Black cherry juice concentrate is found in health food stores. Dilute the black cherry juice with eight oz. of water. Take the high dose for acute attacks until swelling and pain in your joints have gone away. Take one tbsp. once a day to prevent uric acid build up.
  
  

Horsetail

• Drink three cups of horsetail tea daily. Horsetail is a mild diuretic that will clean purines out of your blood. Add three tbsp. dried horsetail to three cups of boiling water. Steep ten to twenty minutes to create a medicinal strength tea.
  
  

Celery Seed

• Drink one cup of celery seed tea daily until joint pain and swelling subsides. Celery is a cleansing herb. Add one tsp. celery seed to eight oz of water. Boil for three to four minutes. Remove from heat and steep for another five minutes. Add honey to sweeten.
  
  

Nettle

• Drink three to four cups of nettle tea daily. Nettle is a cleansing herb full of minerals. Add one tsp. dried nettle to eight oz. of boiling water. Steep for one hour and strain before drinking. When purchasing dried nettle look for a leafy mix without too many stems.
  
  

Burdock

• Take twenty to thirty drops of burdock tincture mixed in eight oz. water three to four times a day. Burdock gently cleans uric acid from the blood. Continue to take burdock for three days after you feel better.