Folk healers let their patients consume the plant’s leaves raw, have it dipped in water like tea for drinking ... in contrast to conventional gout remedies such as allopurinol or febuxostat—which may ...

And green tea’s polyphenols reduce joint inflammation and swelling caused by high uric acid (gout). It is also said that green tea has an alkalizing effect, which helps neutralize uric acid.

2007;57(5):816-821. High uric acid levels in the blood are a precursor of gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis in adult men. It is believed that coffee and tea consumption may affect uric ...