Gout? I have it. When I have a painful attack, and can hardly walk, I chomp a lot of dried sour red cherries, and drink pure sour red cherrie juice. Attack over in less than two days. Luckily, it seldom bothers me. If he has it, I hope it hurts like Hell!
You are right about the cherry juice. When I get an attack my heel hurts to look at it. The cherry juice clears it up quickly. Why? Who cares?
Allopurinol works for me.