My mothers friend swears by it too, for her arthritis and COPD. I think it might be the gin makes you not care if you ache or cant breathe lol

 

Maybe I should try it. Don't the raisins taste really bad though? How many raisins in how much Gin & can you keep using the gin over as you eat the raisins out of it?

 

Why would the raisins taste bad?

 

From soaking up the gin I thought.

 

My mothers friend swears by it too, for her arthritis and COPD. I think it might be the gin makes you not care if you ache or cant breathe lol

LOL :hysterical:

Seriously though....I hadn't heard of this. I may have to give it a try! I have terrible carpal tunnel in my right hand. I'm willing to try anything

 

It's been a "cure" since before the Internet. Seriously. Dr. Oz didn't invent it.

http://arthritis.about.com/od/alternativetreatments/f/raisinsgin.htm

 

Thanks for the link Alice. I put Gin & Golden raisins on my list for my next trip to town.
I'm going to try it.

 

Can I just drink the gin and use the raisins to make raisin pie?

At the estate auctions in southern Missouri, one of the concession ladies makes the best pies in the Universe. Her raisin pie is a good reason to attend an auction, even if you don't want to buy anything!

http://www.food.com/recipe/golden-oldie-old-fashioned-raisin-pie-125144

 

I Love raisin pie & I used to love Gin to with grapefruit juice. Maybe I thought the grapefruit juice made it a healthier drink.
Did you ever hear the old saying "Gin Makes You Sin"?

 

I take a teaspoon of gin soaked raisins each day for my arthritis in my fingers. My father in law sold me on them a couple of years ago. His arthritis was so bad that he couldn't open his hand, after a couple of weeks of the mixture, you wouldn't even know that he had arthritis. It takes a few days to kick in.

 

I actually tried this a few years ago didn't seem to help and I started having awful nosebleeds.

 

Dr. Oz does not say that he invented this - he just reminds us of old natural cures.

I fill a mason jar half way with raisins and then cover them with the gin - they do expand so that will fill the jar. I did not have golden raisins at first so I just used regular ones.

It is the combination of the juniper berries in the gin and the raisins that make it work. The raisins taste good and I did not like gin before. I do take them at night since they have a good kick.

 

One of the best things for chronic pain is a low glycemic, low(er) carb diet. Not all out Atkins, but much less or no grain, get your carbs from low glycemic sources like vegetables, sweet potatoes etc, eat plenty of protein and healthy fat (coconut oil, avacadoes, palm oil, fish oil, grass fed animal fat etc). I had chronic back pain that was becoming pretty severe. Since I use my back for everything (I do natural hoof care, plus lifting feed around here, cleaning out stalls etc) it was becoming a huge problem and limiting my ability to work. I also had wrist pain particularly in my right wrist (went through a few months where I had a lot of numbness in my hand as well, every morning my arms were numb and in the day my hands would be numb some of the time). Took about a month and a half to two months but after years of back pain my back is about 99% (gets a little stiff after I work hard- perhaps that is normal anyway). Was a little while back I was sitting in the theater watching a movie and I realized something was different in my back, I realized it didn't hurt! I've also lost about 9 lbs and I come from a family of people who could live off of air.

Get yourself a blood sugar monitor from Walmart, take it every morning when you get up before you eat anything. Ideally, it should be below 90, but at least below 100. Above 120 is diabetic range. Also, test your sugar about 30 mins to 1 hr after you eat it should never go above 140, above 140 you are actively damaging your body, particularly your eyes. Test again at 2 hours, it should be below 120. When your blood sugar is off, nothing in your body can work right and it's not just about diabetics. Most people in this country are insulin resistant. With a blood sugar monitor, you can find what foods and meals you do well on and which ones are silently killing you. Because I work physically so much, I didn't believe I coudl have blood sugar problems (exersize increases insulin sensitivity). I didn't believe it until I saw the numbers on the monitor.

If a person was only going to have one tool for monitoring their health I wouldn't pick scales or even a measuring tape, but a blood sugar monitor.

Healthy blood glucose levels were a big common factor they found in people who lived to be 100.

Good article on blood sugar: http://chriskresser.com/when-your-“normal”-blood-sugar-isn’t-normal-part-2

 

Thanks for the link Alice. I put Gin & Golden raisins on my list for my next trip to town.
I'm going to try it.

I can picture your jar of gin and raisins right next to your jar of brewing kefir on your kitchen counter lol!:clap:

I MUST try this!!! Gin and golden raisins on my list too :happy:

 

Snoop dog must be in great health

Hadn't heard about mixing with the raisins. Interesting

 

I can picture your jar of gin and raisins right next to your jar of brewing kefir on your kitchen counter lol!:clap:

I MUST try this!!! Gin and golden raisins on my list too :happy:

Maybe I'll at least forget about the pain after all the above!

 

Ditto on the "eliminate or reduce grains" thoughts above.

We started the Paleo lifestyle in the summer. I wanted to lose a few pounds, and hubby had a heart attack. We've both lost weight, and hubby's sciatica and finger joint pains have all but disappeared. Grains (especially wheat) are HIGHLY inflammatory.

Maybe that's the key to the raisins and gin? Anti-inflammatory?

 

Thanks for the link Alice. I put Gin & Golden raisins on my list for my next trip to town.
I'm going to try it.

A pharmicist told me the cheaper the gin is, the better it works!
An analization narrowed it down to a specific chemical compound found in gin, that creates the physical relief.
And that compound is found at a higher concentration in the cheap gin.

 

I have 2 friends that do this and it works for both of them. I don't know how it would be for your goats. BUT dogs cannot have raisins! Raisins (and grapes) are toxic for dogs.

 

Ditto on the "eliminate or reduce grains" thoughts above.

We started the Paleo lifestyle in the summer. I wanted to lose a few pounds, and hubby had a heart attack. We've both lost weight, and hubby's sciatica and finger joint pains have all but disappeared. Grains (especially wheat) are HIGHLY inflammatory.

Maybe that's the key to the raisins and gin? Anti-inflammatory?

I'd like to loose a few pounds as well & have been trying to eat healthy.
I thought the keifer was good for you but hadn't read about the grains being bad for arthritis. I have it bad in my neck & spine. Also in my knee's & hands.
I want to try both keifer & the raisins. Is one going to take away from the other?

 

It's been a "cure" since before the Internet. Seriously. Dr. Oz didn't invent it.

http://arthritis.about.com/od/alternativetreatments/f/raisinsgin.htm

Thank YOU!! My Daddy used to do this, as did my Gammy, as do I now that I am getting up there in years, it helps, I don't know why, but it does, a LOT!

Dr. Oz, bah!

Annie

 

I think mix the raisins and gin in with the keifer.

Here's a link to the problem with wheat and other grains:
http://whole9life.com/2010/03/the-grain-manifesto/

Note: some of the paleo programs are anti-diary products, but it's store bought cow milk that is the problem. Raw milk and goat milk are ok on Paleo/Primal. It sometimes takes some digging to find that, as most people don't think dairy as in raw like us goat folks.:nanner:

 

Kefir has no real grain in it. The starter just looks like grain. I found this out by looking for what type of grain I needed to start a kefir starter - I love being blonde sometimes

 

Snoop dog must be in great health
Hadn't heard about mixing with the raisins. Interesting

Snork. I thought the same thing.

 

My babysitter when I was a kid swore by them. She said either they really helped or the gin in the raisins made her not care.