Gout

By Dr. Gary Tran Quang Minh 

We get gout because we get old and our kidneys are weak and could not excrete uric acid effectively as when we are young. So, the first thing to do is to strengthen your kidneys and for that matter other ngu tang luc phu with the following substances: 

1. If you have been using noxious medicines on long term basis that adversely affects your liver and kidneys causing heavy toxic overload, detoxify with: Essiac Tonic in gelcap form by Herbals Etc... from Whole Foods. This is a formula perfected by President Kennedy's physician to help overcome the toxic effects of chemotherapy. 

2. Protandim (Super Herbal Anti-Oxidants):  a 5-herbal product can be used to rebuild the liver and kidneys. It strengthens also the brain and the heart. This is the formula formulated by Dr. McCord after 50 years of research on herbal anti-oxidants.p

3. The most valuable mushroom called Cordyceps sinensis (Đông Trùng Hạ Thảo) that in the old days only Emperors could take. Available at www.hostdefense.com.   Use its formula called  CORDYCHI (A combo of DTHT and Linh Chi or Reishi = Ganoderma lucidum). Reishi is another valuable mushroom to promote health.

Or use CORDASTRA, a formula that combines DTHT with Hoang Chi (Radix Astragali) available at Beachbody: http://www.beachbody.com/product/supplements/best_sellers/cordastra-wellness-nutrition.do?code=SEMB_MSN_SUP

4. 100-200 mg Ubiquinone (available at Costco) a day to support your kidneys and heart health. This molecule is the spark plug of your body energy production in the mitochondria powerhouse. You'll like this nutritional supplement because it increases your energy. 

Treat Gout Flare-Up:

1.  Allopurinol 2-300 mg a day in the morning with a lot of water or soymilk. This is a drug used to prevent the purines in food from being metabolized into uric acid. 

2.  A homeopathic substance called Gout Gone by Natives Remedies. This is the safest substance of all as all homeopathic remedies are. It relieves swelling, inflammation, and burning pain of joint. Use it at a different time from the essential oils because the strong vibration of the oils negates the vibration of the weak homeopathic remedies. 

3.  Switching to vegetarian diet a week or two during the crisis to reduce purines intake.

4.  Use 3 oil blends (One blend is for gout, one for swelling caused by intense inflammation induced by uric acid needles formed in the joints because the swelling makes the affected joints so excruciatingly and intolerably painful, and one for pain  called Aches and Pains formula by Wyndmere available at Whole Foods or on the Internet.) Ask Thay Minh for the formulas for the first 2 oil blends.

5.  Michelle's Miracle Cherry Concentrate, available at Whole Foods store. Mix 2 tablespoonfuls of that concentrate with 8 oz of Perrier soda water to drink. Add other juice to make it more pleasant if needed.

6. Drink a lot of water or juices (8 glasses of 8 oz a day) to wash uric acid out of your body. Drink it preventively on a long term basis. Don't drink beer to avoid recurrence.

7.  Do footbath with Epsom Salt (from the grocery store) with hot water that you can stand three times a day (for swelling and numbing the pain).

8.  A soothing gel called Arnica Ginger Gel by New Chapter to rub on your blisters or rashes to see if they heal or not and to see if it gets rid of the itching. Do this only if your messed up liver causes severe skin allergy as manifested by intense itching, red rashes, blistering, irresistible urge to scratch.

9.  An Anti-itching oil Blend that Thay Minh formulates which is stronger in case the gel does not work.

10. Essential oil anti-inflammatory formulas to replace NSAID. They are less harmful than drugs.

11. Marine D-3, a new product that combines the most powerful anti-oxidant extracted from sea weeds, squids oil, and Vitamin D-3 which is a good COX-2 inhibitor to replace the steroid.  This is the only formulation that as D-3 to repair damaged joint ruined by uric acid.

12. Green lipped mussel extract (from Max-a-Life in New Zealand):  Three 500-mg capsules/day for 1 month, then drop down to normal use of 1 capsule per day.  (Max-a-Life's 6-month unconditional guarantee of complete satisfaction: "If you don’t personally see and feel a difference in your overall joint mobility, let us know within 6 months. We’ll refund your order. No hassles. No quibbles. No delays."). This is another harmless but potent anti-inflammatory substance to replace side-effect-prone steroid.

Or Green lipped mussel powder extract available as capsule at: http://greenlippedmussels.org/green-lipped-mussel-extract.html  .  

Also produced by Marine Nutriceutical Corporation: 794 Sunrise Blvd. MT Bethel, PA 18343, USA. 

Name of product: Green-lipped mussel extract........500 mg capsule.  

Formula : glycoMarine + gelatin, titanium dioxide, sodium copper chlorophyllin , polysorbate 80.  Warning= Allergen as sea food.