Gin and Raisins Recipe Variation for Arthritis
Some people have reported that using a variation on the recipe has yielded good results for them. This includes the use of sloe gin instead of regular gin and dark raisins instead of golden raisins. Sloe gin is made from blackthorn shrub berries. A syrup of sloe berries has been used for digestive disorders in Europe for quite some time.
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