Gouty Tophi in elbow

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm new to the group,and was wondering if anybody has any ideas on

herbs to use to dissolve the tophi in joints. I have chronic gout and

have been on 300mg of allopurinol a day for years. I have large tophi

built up in my left elbow.It was operated on once. The Doctor is

reluctant to operate on it again to remove the tophi. He wants

to see if it will eventually dissolve on it's own. I currently take

several tablespoons of organic apple cider each day. Haven't

really seen any difference. I've been taking it for the past year.

I'm wondering if there is something more I could do, maybe something

applied directly to the elbow? I would welcome any suggestions on this.

Thank You,

Rick

[Guest guest]

hey rick, i'm kinda new to all of this, but my father suffers from gout as well and he eats cherries or something containing cherries whenever it bothers him, with considerable success...you might give it a go. mathewrhb8134 <rhb8134 wrote: Hi, I'm new to the group,and was wondering if anybody has any ideas onherbs to use to dissolve the tophi in joints. I have chronic gout and have been on 300mg of allopurinol a day for years. I have large tophibuilt up in my left elbow.It was operated on once. The Doctor is reluctant to operate on it again to remove the tophi. He wantsto see if it will eventually dissolve on it's own. I currently take several tablespoons of organic apple cider each day. Haven'treally seen any difference. I've been taking it

for the past year. I'm wondering if there is something more I could do, maybe something applied directly to the elbow? I would welcome any suggestions on this.Thank You,Rick