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Post by toshtego on Sept 11, 2020 18:59:11 GMT -5
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Post by pepesdad1 on Sept 11, 2020 19:40:39 GMT -5
Think I'll just stick with the gin.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 11, 2020 19:44:45 GMT -5
I don't know about Fox, or any of the current "news" providers, but I have heard about this from several sources for years and I have read many glowing endorsements. I don't really know why I haven't tried it, especially the way I feel right now.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 11, 2020 19:46:57 GMT -5
I have a jar of Golden Raisins soaking up Gin.
I shall use them judiciously and report back.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 11, 2020 19:48:35 GMT -5
I don't know about Fox, or any of the current "news" providers, but I have heard about this from several sources for years and I have read many glowing endorsements. I don't really know why I haven't tried it, especially the way I feel right now. From what I read it is the compounds in the raisins and the gin which when combined have some sort of effect. There is a rational basis here. It is not juju. |
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Post by jay on Sept 11, 2020 20:57:35 GMT -5
Dang, I'd prefer the juju.
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Post by swampgrizzly on Sept 11, 2020 23:20:55 GMT -5
I tried gin soaked raisins a number of years ago for bone on bone knee pain. Sorry to report that it didn't help. Put up with the pains for a number of years longer and finally in July, 2014 had a titanium knee replacement. 6 years later at age 73, I still feel like I have the pain free knee of a 20 year old! At my 5 year follow up check up last summer with my bone and joint surgeon, following x-rays, he sees absolutely no deterioration at all to the new titanium knee. He expects me to continue to live pain free with the new knee until I pass away. I do have a couple of friends with regular arthritis who have used gin soaked raisins and they have experienced some relief from consuming them. I suppose the relief potential varies depending on the degree of bone damage/deterioration vs. mainly inflammation issues from arthritis. I hope you find them helpful! |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 12, 2020 0:57:24 GMT -5
I tried gin soaked raisins a number of years ago for bone on bone knee pain. Sorry to report that it didn't help. Put up with the pains for a number of years longer and finally in July, 2014 had a titanium knee replacement. 6 years later at age 73, I still feel like I have the pain free knee of a 20 year old! At my 5 year follow up check up last summer with my bone and joint surgeon, following x-rays, he sees absolutely no deterioration at all to the new titanium knee. He expects me to continue to live pain free with the new knee until I pass away. I do have a couple of friends with regular arthritis who have used gin soaked raisins and they have experienced some relief from consuming them. I suppose the relief potential varies depending on the degree of bone damage/deterioration vs. mainly inflammation issues from arthritis. I hope you find them helpful! Whether they help or not, at least I will enjoy them. This is the first I heard of this home remedy. |
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Post by chasingembers on Sept 12, 2020 3:40:06 GMT -5
"gin soaked raisin"
Huh, all these years I've been wrongly pronouncing painkiller as moonshine. Who knew?
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Post by mcganksta on Sept 12, 2020 6:41:28 GMT -5
I don't know about Fox, or any of the current "news" providers, but I have heard about this from several sources for years and I have read many glowing endorsements. I don't really know why I haven't tried it, especially the way I feel right now. because...Gin.....I would rather hurt |
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Post by lizardonarock on Sept 12, 2020 10:29:23 GMT -5
Sounds safer than Bextra that stuff worked but it killed a bunch of folks with heart attacks. I take Celebrex these days works pretty good after about a week of starting it. Naproxen will give you stomach ulcers. Gin will give you cotton mouth for days and RAISINS well they are not chocolate.
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Post by peteguy on Sept 12, 2020 12:43:45 GMT -5
I use gin soaked Oxycontin. Seems to work for me. ")
I am actually going to give this a try. Not a fan of raisins or gin but any way to get more alcohol is a win.
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Post by swampgrizzly on Sept 12, 2020 13:49:48 GMT -5
I use gin soaked Oxycontin. Seems to work for me. ") I am actually going to give this a try. Not a fan of raisins or gin but any way to get more alcohol is a win. I tried rum soaked raisins, as well as gin soaked ones. Unfortunately for folks who aren't fond of gin, the best anti-inflammatory drunk raisins are the ones soaked in gin. The antioxidants in tart cherries also help reduce pain and inflammation. Before my knee replacement surgery I tried the drunken raisins and then also tried consuming tart cherries. The tart cherries appeared to have helped me a bit more. They have other health benefits beside pain and inflammation relief that you can read about at the link below: www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/ways-cherry-juice-benefits-you |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 12, 2020 20:18:15 GMT -5
I tried drinking the tart cherry juice and it seems to help, but it got hard to find. Gin and raisins are everywhere. Is Bombay Sapphire a good gin for making the raisins? I have a litre but I much prefer Tanqueray.
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Post by lizardonarock on Sept 12, 2020 20:34:08 GMT -5
I have tried the cherries and it did not help me much but it did help my neighbor Dan. They were dried cherries probably still got a quart mason jar of them.
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Post by Stearmandriver on Sept 12, 2020 21:07:37 GMT -5
This kinda strikes me as being like drinking willow bark tea for the salicylic acid to cure a headache. You COULD do that... or you could take a couple aspirin. Or in this case, you could eke whatever anti-inflammatories you can out of gin-soaked raisins... or just take an NSAID  . That said, I would try these as a bar snack! |
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Post by briarbuck on Sept 14, 2020 10:39:33 GMT -5
Speaking of voodoo, who remembers DMSO-4? Another "wonder cure".
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Post by sperrytops on Sept 14, 2020 12:33:27 GMT -5
I don't know about Fox, or any of the current "news" providers, but I have heard about this from several sources for years and I have read many glowing endorsements. I don't really know why I haven't tried it, especially the way I feel right now. From what I read it is the compounds in the raisins and the gin which when combined have some sort of effect. There is a rational basis here. It is not juju. Since Gin is ethyl alcohol and Juniper, I'm guessing its something in the Juniper that reacts with the raisins. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 14, 2020 12:51:06 GMT -5
From what I read it is the compounds in the raisins and the gin which when combined have some sort of effect. There is a rational basis here. It is not juju. Since Gin is ethyl alcohol and Juniper, I'm guessing its something in the Juniper that reacts with the raisins. That is what I read. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 14, 2020 12:53:48 GMT -5
Speaking of voodoo, who remembers DMSO-4? Another "wonder cure". I remember DMSO. I tried it when I was a teenager and had been clearing land. It worked and quickly. Never heard anything bad about it. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Sept 14, 2020 15:15:51 GMT -5
I would like to hear more about the Oxycontin soaked in Gin.
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Post by jay on Sept 14, 2020 15:46:21 GMT -5
Raisins...gin...oxycontin...gin...anything but gin....gin and anything....or just everclear.
Seems like there are a variety of options...which may or may not require gin.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 15, 2020 17:08:18 GMT -5
Raisins in Gin aging on shelf.
Meanwhile I have to make do with Gin soaked olives. Let me just say this about that... They Good! About the only thing Richard M. Nixon and I have in common.
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Post by lizardonarock on Sept 15, 2020 17:26:46 GMT -5
Maybe stuff the RAISINS in the olives and have ten martinis a day.
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 16, 2020 6:57:49 GMT -5
Speaking of voodoo, who remembers DMSO-4? Another "wonder cure". I'm assuming you're not referring to Dimethyl Sulfoxide? I remember using that stuff when doing my PhD - get it on your skin and you immediately taste garlic...very strange. After writing the above, I did a search for DMSO-4 - turns out it IS DMSO (albeit diluted with water, but it's still around 70%). WOWSER |
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Post by briarbuck on Sept 16, 2020 8:24:07 GMT -5
Speaking of voodoo, who remembers DMSO-4? Another "wonder cure". I'm assuming you're not referring to Dimethyl Sulfoxide? I remember using that stuff when doing my PhD - get it on your skin and you immediately taste garlic...very strange. After writing the above, I did a search for DMSO-4 - turns out it IS DMSO (albeit diluted with water, but it's still around 70%). WOWSER I remember it being distilled from pine tree resin. Supposedly helped with arthritis and other joint pains. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 16, 2020 8:47:35 GMT -5
Maybe stuff the RAISINS in the olives and have ten martinis a day. There is already either a pimento or a garlic clove in my Spanish olives. Ten Martini's in a day might be pushing the envelope for me. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 16, 2020 8:55:56 GMT -5
I'm assuming you're not referring to Dimethyl Sulfoxide? I remember using that stuff when doing my PhD - get it on your skin and you immediately taste garlic...very strange. After writing the above, I did a search for DMSO-4 - turns out it IS DMSO (albeit diluted with water, but it's still around 70%). WOWSER I remember it being distilled from pine tree resin. Supposedly helped with arthritis and other joint pains. The one time I tried it it did help a lot. I think they still use it for horse linement. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Sept 16, 2020 20:02:38 GMT -5
No sign of John today I wonder how many martinis he made it to before he fell asleep full of RAISINS, olives and gin.
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Post by Goldbrick on Sept 16, 2020 20:08:59 GMT -5
I used D.S.M.O. for knee pain ,before I had the knee replaced. An old friend told me about it ,and sed to put it on with a 100% cotton towel, he sed the D.S.M.O. would bind any man-made fabric to my skin...I was told to leave it on for half an hour ,then wash it off with a cotton rag.
It seemed to help a bit,but prooved to be a pain in the a$$...as for gin ,I found that,after my knee was replaced ,gin ,with tonic and lime, works well for pain in the evening, but not so well in the morning!
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