• Get a box of golden raisins (15 ounces) or as many as you want to make at one time (they are sometimes called white raisins, the key being not ordinary black raisins)
• Put the raisins in a container (shallower makes it easier).
• Pour gin (1 pint) over the raisins just enough to cover them (how much depends on how many raisins you have).
• Let the raisins soak for a few weeks until the gin evaporates.
• Then eat approximately nine raisins per day. (you will see this number change for different variations of the recipe)

What type of gin you use doesn’t really matter as long as you don’t buy the cheapest bottle. You can learn more about gin here. If you have any more questions about making gin raisins for arthritis, feel free to leave a comment and I will try to answer it on the site.

Update: You can make any amount that you feel comfortable with using a ratio similar to one cup of raisins to every 2 cups of gin.

Warning: If you have a sulfite allergy, then you can’t eat golden raisins as they are bleached using a sulfite preservative.

Fun Fact: “The berries of juniper (‘Wacholder’) were a favorite remedy prescribed for a variety of ailments by the 19th-century priest and healer Sebastian Kneipp, who was revered as a saint by his patients and dismissed as a quack by the medical profession.

According to a German chart in our house that describes herbal remedies, juniper cures rheumatism, gout, skin disorders, and the common cold, presumably in that order of effectiveness.”

-H.H. Stadelmaier, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University