Purple Pectin for Pain

Home Remedies

This home remedy for arthritis pain has generated almost as much mail as the gin and raisins. One newspaper column reader related that her grandmother had been using it as long ago as 1945.

Purchase Certo in the canning section of your local grocery. It is a thickening agent used to make jams and jellies. Certo contains pectin, a natural ingredient found in the cell walls of plants.

There are two recipes: Take 2 teaspoons of Certo in 3 ounces of grape juice three times a day. As the pain disappears, this can be reduced to 1 teaspoon in juice twice a day.

An alternate approach is to use 1 tablespoon of Certo in 8 ounces of grape juice once daily.

Reader Comments

I tried many home remedies and some, like drinking fiber and such can be not so fun. I found a site where I can get empty capsules for very reasonable price. Fill them with physilum husk, flax seed etc.. and take them with my daily vitamins.

Posted by: mercike | May 5, 2007 7:35 AM

My father was suffering from swollen hands, joints, etc. I felt so bad they just looked so painful. I received an advertisement for a book from PEOPLE'S PHARMACY that spoke of this remedy. I ran to the store and he has been taking it ever since. It is amazing. The swelling went down tremendously, making it much easier for him to move around. I am hooked on People's Pharmacy. Thank you.

Posted by: Nancy Belmudes-Gambill | May 25, 2007 4:27 PM

I started using Certo & Welch's Grape Juice after I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my lower spine. It's wonderful! I wasn't 100% pain-free, more like 90% (without any pain meds), a huge improvement over previous weeks. To just regain some mobility without the constant aches I'd been suffering was a great relief. The pectin makes the grape juice more tart, which I prefer to its natural sweetness.

Posted by: Peggy Bassett | June 18, 2007 6:56 AM

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