The Home Remedy: Eating raisins soaked in gin every day reduces the pain and inflammation associated with arthritis.
I had never heard of this home remedy until I joined Health Central. But this is a popular topic on the website and many people have tried it, so I wanted to look into the subject more.
There are several versions of the recipe listed on this site, but they all require a bowl of yellow raisins and gin or sloe gin. The raisins are placed in a bowl and gin added until it...
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A reader of The People's Pharmacy who suffers from severe swelling in her hands and arms every morning says eating a few gin-soaked raisins every day... Read more »
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