I have heard that.
And I heard if you soak a box of raisins in gin covering the raisins, waiting seven days and then eating one raisin a day will work.
I think it may be worth a try but I would start out with the cherry juice, I think,
Mild exercise does wonders, too. And losing weight.

I knew an old fisherman who swore by dark cherry juice for gout.

Yes, I have read about the merits of cherry juice for arthritis. Read one woman's story of how she could not open her hand at all from the claw position. She drank cherry juice (from sour cherries) every day and now her hand is normal. I think you can buy cherry pills too.

Just one of countless remedies that have been touted over the years.

If they worked, some pharmaceutical company would have had them available at a price long ago.

IMO

Sue

I have heel spurs that flare up from time to time. My best friend Sue has them too. She told me to eat cherries or drink cherry juice. Not sure if it helped, but the pain always subsides within a couple of weeks.

Sour cherry juice has chemical properties that have anti-inflammatory properties. You would probably have to drink a lot of sour cherry juice to equal the amount in a single OTC like Advil.

I imagine it's more of a placebo effect.

I agree with Monica.

here's one of several articles...

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.seekwellness.com/gout/cherry_juice2.htm

Monica, anyone who's experienced the pain of gout (in my case, I'd describe it as razor wire moving within my knee) can tell you there's no placebo effect strong enough to kill it. But black cherry juice and cherries from my freezer did help. Really.

They didn't do anything for my arthritis or fibromyalgia, though.

My DH has occasional bouts with arthritis and his knees would swell up and be painful. He eats dark red sweet cherries, a small sauce dishfull, 2-3 times a day for a week or so and everything resolves. When he doesn't take the cherries he would suffer for weeks on end. Whatever the reason, he takes them when the need arises.

I have heard raisins soaked in vodka work for arthritis!
Eat 7 a day, or whatever.

I can eat a ton of cherries and I do drink cherry juice because I love the taste but it does absolutely nothing for my aches and pains. I wish it did.

Anne

My father's doctor told him he must drink cherry juice for his condition so there must be some good scientific evidence of the properties that cherry juice has and it's effects.

For those who have tried the "cherry juice remedy" and did not find any improvement, make sure you read the lables and are buying REAL cherry juice. My mother originally just grabbed stuff off the shelve from the grocery store. She doesn't bother reading lables to get the facts. She was buying those cherry flavored juice drinks. I have to inform her that things like 'Juicy Juice' and the other carp she was buying did not contain a speck of cherry. I bought a bottle of real cherry juice from the health food store and she nearly fainted at the price. You get what you pay for.

We have a friend who had gout so bad he couldn't walk. A friend gave him a bottle of black cherry consentrate, and said drink this. He did and spent a few days in the bathroom. He now takes 1 Tbls. per day and has never had another gout problem.

I buy tart cherry juice concentrate. I mix it 1/2c. to 3 1/2c water, then drink 8 oz. daily. Or, you can mix 2 T. with water, lemonade, ect, daily. It took about 2 months to get enough of the antioxidants in my system to notice a difference. Now, if I go without it for more than a couple of days, I can really tell the difference. Do I still feel the arthritis? Yes, and it gets bad when the weather changes or I'm up and down the stairs too many times, but, even when the weather isn't fluctuating a lot, I can tell teh difference with and without it. Email me if you want to know the company I get it from. I am out of town and have internet when we hit the right campground, so it might take a few days to get back to you.

Tami

Thanks everybody: DH stopped drinking the cherry juice until the runs stopped. Now he has gone back on it, but just drinking 1/4 cup twice a day,so we'll see what happens.

My son drinks the cherry juice for his gout.It does work. He was having to use a cane when it would flare up. Maybe it doesn't work for everyone.We are all different and what works for some doesn't work for others. It has to be real cherry juice not flavored drink.

My doctor recommended cherry juice for my arthritis six months and it has worked wonders. I drink it every day. Here is a free book from my doctors office on tart cherries:

Here is a link that might be useful: Cherry Juice Health Report

Yes black cherry juice works for me. I can drink a small juice glass of it every morning and it really helps with the aches and pains, when the weather changes or my knee is acting up. I asked my chiro about it and he says it helps clean the uric acid out of your system and that'a the cause of gout which is a form of arthritis. You do have to get the good stuff from a health food store not the sugar water a grocery store carries.

Would eating the cherries work as effectively?

Freezing wouldn't affect the medicinal properties, would it?

ole joyful