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Just arthritis pain? Heh. I'm a little tired today, maybe I'll have a beer...
I believe Maxwell is set to publish his results in the august and revered Journal of Obvious Discoveries.Other articles in this month's issue include:
"Whacking Thumb With Hammer Hurts Like Heck"
"The Pope is Catholic"
"Narcotic-induced Coma Leads to Decline in Worker Productivity"
Jonathan wrote: "I believe Maxwell is set to publish his results in the august and revered Journal of Obvious Discoveries.Other articles in this month's issue include:
"Whacking Thumb With Hammer Hurts Like Hec..."
Cute.
Next up: Scientists discover sleeping a possible cure for drowsiness. News at eleven...
My great aunt Minnie had bad arthritis in her early 80s. She came upon the gin-soaked raisin remedy, which goes as follows:Take some golden raisins
Place the raisins in a shallow container.
Cover the raisins with gin.
Let the raisins soak in the gin for a few weeks until the gin evaporates.
Eat nine raisins a day to help your arthritis.
She lived to 92 and didn't have arthritis pain again.
Of course, we joked that the trick with this remedy was:
Take some golden raisins.
Put them in a shallow container.
Cover them in gin.
Take a big swig of gin...
etc...
she didn't deny it.
Wait...You mean it was the gin and not the raisins that cured her?
You're right! Dr. Maxwell's prescription is making me forgetful...
My Grandmother always had prunes soaked in gin daily. It seemed to work for her. She was always a happy old thing. :)
Misha wrote: "My feet hurt today. Maybe I'll buy some gin on the way home from work."
Don't forget thetonic & some fresh limes golden raisins. :)
Don't forget the
But Misha, you lose the beneficial qualities of the alcohol in the cooking process!!!!!
I love Tequila in the morning and in the afternoon, I love it in the evening and in the month of June! 8)
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I saw at the bottom of the article, naturally, a note that many RA patients on immunosuppressant medication should not drink alcohol regularly because it greatly increases the chance of damaging their livers, which is already one of the biggest concerns of taking that medication.
Cosmic Sher wrote: "I love Tequila in the morning and in the afternoon, I love it in the evening and in the month of June! 8)"Don't know why, but tequila is one drink I could just never get behind. The taste I guess.
The liver complications are an important point, LobsterGirl and Sher. Alcohol, come to think of it, would also be a problem for people taking common over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol or Advil. The labels on both of those warn about bad interactions with alcohol, including possible liver damage.
Clark wrote: "Cosmic Sher wrote: "I love Tequila in the morning and in the afternoon, I love it in the evening and in the month of June! 8)"Don't know why, but tequila is one drink I could just never get beh..."
I can't drink tequila, either. I can't even smell it or I'll barf. Some bad experiences as a teenager have ruined the agave for me forever...
Gail "cyborg" wrote: "My Grandmother always had prunes soaked in gin daily. It seemed to work for her. She was always a happy old thing. :)"Ice cubes soaked in gin can make me happy. Now I can call it "medicine".
"Ice cubes soaked in gin." That's a good one.
"We found that patients who had drunk alcohol most frequently had symptoms that were less severe than those who had never drunk alcohol or only drunk it infrequently."
Full story at BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-1077...
Modern medicine!