Uses. This medication is used to prevent or treat gout attacks (flares). Usually gout symptoms develop suddenly and involve only one or a few joints. The big toe, knee, or ankle joints are most often affected. Gout is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. When uric acid levels in the blood are too high, the uric acid may form hard crystals in your joints. Colchicine works by decreasing swelling and lessening the build up of uric acid crystals that cause pain in the affected joint(s). This medication is also used to prevent attacks of pain in the abdomen, chest, or joints caused by a certain inherited disease (familial Mediterranean fever).
What is Cocoa processed with alkali? Cocoa powder is processed when chocolate is made into a liquid and is pressed to remove 3/4's of the cocoa butter it contains. The remaining cocoa solids left from being pressed are processed to make unsweetened cocoa powder. The two types of cocoa powder are natural (not processing) and a Dutch processed version. Dutch-Processed cocoa powder is put in with an alkali to neutralize its acids also known as Alkalized Unsweetened Cocoa Powder.
In chemistry, an alkali (/ËaelkÉlaÉª/ ; ËÃ¦lkÉlaÉª From: arabic-al qaly, Ø§ÙÙÙÙ, âØ§ÙÙØ§ÙÙ ashes of theâ) saltwort is a, basic ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical. Element an alkali also can be defined as a base that dissolves in. waterlkali salts are soluble hydroxides of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, of which common examples are: 1  Sodium hydroxide-often called caustic soda. 2  Potassium hydroxide-commonly called caustic potash. 3  Lye-generic term for either of the previous two or even for a mixture.