How to Dissolve Uric Acid

The human body produces uric acid when it breaks down other substances, most commonly purines. The uric acid produced most often dissolves into the blood and moves to the kidneys. In the kidneys, the uric acid transfers into the urine and usually exits the body in urine. However, if you consume too much purine or your body overproduces uric acid, the acid may form into crystals and deposit in joints, causing gout, or create large crystals in the kidneys, also known as kidney stones.

Things You'll Need

• Water
• Measuring cups
• Baking soda
• Measuring spoons
• Vitamin A supplements
• Vitamin C supplements
• Folic acid supplements
• Alfalfa supplements

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Instructions

• 1

  Consume between 80 and 96 oz. of water each day. This amounts to between 10 and 12 measuring cups full of water. The water flushes uric crystals out of the body by increasing the frequency with which you urinate.

• 2

  Add 1/2 tsp. baking soda to each cup of water you drink. You may have to hold your nose to tolerate the bitter and bubbly taste, but the alkalinity in the baking soda will travel to your kidneys and dissolve deposits of uric acid already formed into crystals.

• 3

  Take vitamin supplements each day to break down existing uric acid crystals and prevent reformation. Health Guidance.org suggests that consuming extra vitamin C or taking vitamin C supplements helps the body dissolve uric acid faster. In addition, Health Guidance suggests that folic acid supplements help to lower the uric acid level in the body. Medical professionals at Gout Treated with Natural Medicine suggest that vitamin A supplements also lower uric acid levels.

• 4

  Use herbal supplements to control the uric acid level in your body. Alfalfa grass provides an abundant source of nutrients and minerals that dramatically lower uric acid levels.

• 5

  Avoid foods and medications that may cause your body to increase production of uric acid. Consume less of the foods high in purine levels, which include livers and kidneys of other animals, beans, anchovies and alcohol. In addition, you should avoid and substitute medications like aspirin that blocks the kidneys from breaking down and dissolving uric acid into the urine.