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12 Amazing Home Remedies to Reduce Uric Acid

Home remedies have been found to be especially beneficial in reducing uric acid levels in blood. Purines content in food is metabolized to uric acid. Excessive intake of purine containing food causes increased level of uric acid. Excess amount of uric acid is changed to urate. Urate crystal deposits causes gout. It is extremely important to maintain lower level of blood uric acid level to prevent gout. Most of blood uric acid 2/3rd is excreted in kidney and remaining is removed by liver and discharged in to intestine.

Normal Level of Uric Acid

Range is wide for male and female. It is recommended to maintain level below 6 mg / dl in male patient suffering with gout1 and less than 5.5 mg /dl in female patient suffering with gout.

Female- 3 to 5.7 mg/dl

Male- Range of 4 to 7 mg/dl is considered normal.

12 Amazing Home Remedies to Reduce Uric Acid

Causes of Excessive Uric Acid in Blood

Higher uric acid concentration in blood is observed in individual suffering with following genetic disorder, diseases, taking medications and consuming food that contains higher quantity of purine.2

    1. Metabolic Disorder-

      1. Alcoholism
      2. Diuretics
    2. Diseases-

      1. Hypothyroidism
      2. Kidney diseases
    3. Genetic Disorder

      1. Genetic disease
      2. Obesity
      3. Psoriasis
    4. Immune Suppression

      1. Corticosteroids
      2. Chemotherapy

Vitamin Deficiency

    1. Niacin deficiency
    2. Vitamin B3
  1. Purine-rich Diet

  1. Sardines
  2. Dried Beans
  3. Mushroom
  4. Liver in diet
  5. Peas

12 Amazing Home Remedies to Reduce Uric Acid

Not only can they help in reducing and controlling uric acid in mild cases but can also control in advanced cases as well by combining this method with other medications.

So, here are some things that are readily available in most of the food lover’s kitchen and can work wonders in reducing high uric acid in our body. Let us start with the most obvious one-

  1. Water 3

    Who knew that the plain old H2O can be so miraculous? But it is true, drinking ten to twelve glasses of water per day can not only make your skin healthy and glowy but can also stimulate your kidney to excrete uric acid by diluting it. Thus, it reduces uric acid level in blood.

  2. Cherries and Berries 3

    If you want to reduce your uric acid level through home remedies, cherries are your new best friends. Eat fresh cherries, canned cherries, cherry extract and drink cherry juice, in fact, go all out on cherries. Not only this but other dark berries can also help you in reducing uric acid levels.

  3. Olive Oil 5

    It contains Vitamin E, antioxidants as well as monounsaturated fatty acids which do not get destroyed when heated. All these things make it an excellent home remedy to help reduce uric acid level in blood.

  4. Lemon Juice 6

    Lemon juice contains Vitamin C which helps in reducing uric acid. It also, shockingly enough, produces alkalinity and as such helps in neutralizing uric acid. It is, therefore, an excellent home remedy to reduce uric acid in the body.

  5. Baking Soda

    It can not only cleanse your utensils but also your body by maintaining the alkalinity of body and helping in excretion of uric acid by making it more soluble. Wonderful home remedy for reducing uric acid; wouldn’t you say? Just mix half teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and drink it up!

  6. Apple Cider Vinegar

    One teaspoon of this in a glass of water can help enormously in eliminating uric acid from the body as it contains malic acid which helps in breakdown and excretion of uric acid. It is an excellent home remedy for cleansing, detoxifying and reducing uric acid in our body.

  7. Potassium-Rich Diet 6

    Potassium is present naturally in various fruits and vegetables in the form of potassium malate and potassium citrate which helps in neutralizing uric acid and its subsequent elimination from the body, thus reducing its levels in the blood.

    Avocado, bananas, apricots, dates, figs, kiwis, mangoes, oranges, coconut water, carrots, squash, beets, artichokes, cantaloupes, tomatoes etc. are some of the foods rich in potassium.

  8. Cream of Tartar

    Potassium Hydrogen Tartrate, commonly known as cream of tartar, helps in increasing the alkalinity of urine as well as blood. It is a very good home remedy for reducing uric acid. Just dissolve half teaspoon of cream of tartar in a glass of water and well; cheers!

  9. Celery Seeds

    Eating celery seeds can be useful home remedy to reduce uric acid level in body as well as in gout and arthritis. It can be taken as fresh or dried seeds or it is also available in the form of capsules and as celery seed extract, so you can choose any of those options.

  10. Stinging Nettle

    It is an herb that can cleanse the body of harmful metabolic wastes. It affects lymphatic system, promoting the excretion of waste including uric acid through kidneys. Simmer the leaves in boiling water for ten minutes and drink as tea. You can also add some honey to it.

  11. Sea Salt

    If you want to reduce your uric acid level, say no to salts. Avoid foods rich in salt as well as packaged foods that have a high quantity of sodium in it. Instead of regular table salt, use sea salt only sparingly. Just follow the low salt rule for a few weeks and you will notice that your taste buds have adapted and you can no longer tell the difference in taste.

  12. Soaking in Hot Water

    In acute cases, where high uric acid has developed into arthritic gout, soaking hands and feet in hot water can help in dissolving uric acid crystals and thus helps in reducing uric acid level naturally at home.

    Some other home remedies to reduce the level of uric acid in our body involves using turmeric, honey, garlic, ginger etc.

    So, these were some of the “minimal pain, huge gain” type of home remedies to help you in reducing your uric acid level and bouncing you back to health and happiness.

References

  1. Chronic Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid Deposit and Cardiovascular Risk

    Davide GrassiLivia Ferri,# Giovambattista DesideriPaolo Di GiosiaPaola CheliRita Del PintoGiuliana Properzi, and Claudio Ferri*, Curr Pharm Des. 2013 Apr; 19(13): 2432–2438.

  2. Gout: Overview

    Created: March 11, 2015; Last Update: May 17, 2018; Next update: 2021.

  3. Short-Term Tolvaptan Increases Water Intake and Effectively Decreases Urinary Calcium Oxalate, Calcium Phosphate and Uric Acid Supersaturations.

    Cheungpasitporn W1Erickson SB1Rule AD2Enders F3Lieske JC4., J Urol. 2016 May;195(5):1476-1481.

  4. Blueberry Consumption Affects Serum Uric Acid Concentrations in Older Adults in a Sex-Specific Manner

    Carol L. Cheatham,1,2,* Itzel Vazquez-Vidal,2 Amanda Medlin,3 and V. Saroja Voruganti2,4 , Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, Academic Editor, Antioxidants (Basel). 2016 Dec; 5(4): 43

  5. The ameliorative effects of virgin olive oil and olive leaf extract on amikacin-induced nephrotoxicity in the rat.

    Abdel-Gayoum AA1Al-Hassan AA1Ginawi IA2Alshankyty IM1., Toxicol Rep. 2015 Sep 30;2:1327-1333.

  6. Can lemon juice be an alternative to potassium citrate in the treatment of urinary calcium stones in patients with hypocitraturia? A prospective randomized study.

    Aras B1Kalfazade NTuğcu VKemahli EOzbay BPolat HTaşçi AI., Urol Res. 2008 Dec;36(6):313-7.

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Written, Edited or Reviewed By: Team PainAssist, Pain Assist Inc. This article does not provide medical advice. See disclaimer
Last Modified On:May 13, 2019

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