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How to Make Gin Raisins for Arthritis
Although there are several variations of this arthritis remedy, the basic recipe goes something like this:
- 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.
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you never said how much gin and how much raisons
Please be aware of something…This DOES work. I tried it yesterday and could NOT believe it. BUT.. I am allergic to aspartame ..Equal, Nutrisweet.. and so is most of the nation but they aren’t ‘tuned in’ to it… The process the growers use when they make raisins to keep them plump is made with Sucrose… a form of aspartame. Threw me into a tizzy yesterday.. so now I have to try to make my own…this ought to be good!… Just a heads up! Don’t feed commercial raisins to your kids!
Oh.. and PS.. it’s one cup of raisins…golden… to 2 cups of gin…..they to soak for a week.. naaaa…overnight does it… keep covering with the gin…delicious by the way… hiccup!
and it DOES matter what time of gin you use.. don’t use cheap… get Gordons or Beefeaters.. it has to have been made with juniper berries…it seems that may be the key to the whole pain free theory…
My grandparents both use this remedy – my grandmother had arthritis in her hands so badly that she could not straighten her fingers any more. She is not only nearly pain free, but she has full range of motion in both hands.
Should the raisins and gin be covered and or refrigerated? I have a friend who swears by this. She was very crippled when she started using this remedy quite a number of years ago.
Martha,
You can cover them or leave them open – it is your preference. I would refrigerate them until the gin evaporates and while you are eating them as well to help preserve them longer.
How long do raisins need to soak before eating them ? How long do you have to eat 9 a day to start having some pain relief ?
Let them soak until the gin evaporates. The time that it takes is arbitrary. It might be immediate or it might not ever provide pain relief. It is different for each individual person, but most are willing to give it a try just to see.
Is it possible to use Juniper Berry essential oil instead of the gin?
This information is for Angela dated July 21, 2009. She stated that Sucrose was a form of aspartame. This is incorrect.
Sucrose, more commonly known as table sugar, comes from two different plants: sugar cane and sugar beets. These plants are grown all over the world. The type of sugar-producing plant grown depends on the climate. After they are harvested, the sugar cane and sugar beets are processed to remove the sugar
If that is in fact the active ingredient in the gin, then I do not see why not. It is certainly worth a shot for anyone that may prefer not to drink alcohol.
I have had great improvement in a very arthritic knee with this. I used to take glucosamine and chondroitin every day and if I stopped for a week or more, the knee would swell, lock up and cause me to walk with a noticeable limp. After 2 months on the raisins I stopped the ‘glu/chon’, saving about $20/month. even on the ‘glu/chon/ I could jog at all for the last 10 years…now I can and I am adding length to me runs very gradually. I’m up to 2-1/2 miles.
some deviations I have been using in my treatment:
Mainly because I ‘missed” the caution about using cheap gin, I’ve been using the cheapest. Though I’m obviously very pleased with results so far, I plan to try something better next time.
Concerning cure time I’ve been giving it a week and I find that, between absorption and evaporation the gin is gone pretty soon so I just keep adding it to just keep the raisins covered.
daily dose: about a 1/2-tablespoon, probably more than 9, but saves the hassle of counting.
I hope others will have as much success as I have with this.
Just a follow-up correction on what I just posted…while it is probably obvious, I should state ‘for the record’ that when I said “I could jog at all for the last 10 years” what I meant to say, of course, was that I could NOT jog at all. Now I can and I am definitely a believer.
Just one other note re: concerns about alcohol consumption whether pro or con. If you give it time, the alcohol will be completely gone. How much time?…roughly the suggested week but it may vary depending on temperature, ventilation etc. I’m not sure if it evaporates or converts to a sugar, or maybe both. The latter is suggested by the fact that the liquid becomes very, very sweet…almost ‘too sweet’ even for someone like me who loves sweets. But my main point is that if you give it time, the alcohol will be completely gone.
I read you can use cidar vinigar in place of gin???
I have read you can replace the gin with cidar vinigar… any comment.
I have not read anything about cider vinegar as a substitute for gin. Perhaps you could give it a try and report back with the results?
do you refrigerate the raisins or leave them out?
Claire: I would refrigerate them.
I want to make these for my mom who is 77 and currently taking hydocordone for her back and leg pain….should she take on an empty stomach or eat something first?
Anna,
Contact her doctor before you do anything. Ask if it is okay for her to do anything like this along with pain medication. Mixing alcohol and hydrocodone usually isn’t recommended from what I understand.
Thanks for all your questions. Please feel free to ask more if anything strikes your fancy.
Thanks so much for the info, and all the commentary from admin and other pain sufferers. I am a recovering alcoholic, and would definitely prefer NOT to be in a liquor store, or have alcohol in my home. I’ll try an apple cider vinegar recipe (since i have that at home already) and let you know how it goes.
I have fibromyalgia, and the fibro-bear (as I call it- it hangs on my back, chews at my neck and shoulders, and claws at my legs) has been pretty unrelenting as of late. I end up on muscle relaxers, & more recently, prednisone (very high inflammation levels). I wonder if anyone has checked? Does this recipe reduce inflammation body wide? Would be nice to know…
I would imagine the juniper berry oil might work better, and i may try it eventually, but many of these oils are quite strong, possibly concentrated, and might be awfully strong, esp for someone w/ a sensitive stomach like myself.
I’m going to try this. my mom and two sisters use this and swear by it. I have had two double knee replacements and they have not worked arthritis and working ate my knees up. I am in constant pain and stiffness.I just pray this works for me. My sister said someone told her to put these in a glass bowl and leave out and cover with cheese cloth. I don’t know where she got this but I am going to put them in the fridge and cover with cheesecloth in a half gallon jar.
Hi, I have some dark raisins in fridge w/Seagrams soaking for now, I think I’ll try organic golden and figure out getting some juniper berries to put in with the mixture as well… I’ll see how it goes.