Beetroot (preferably home-made) and beetroot juice to my experience relieves urinary tract discomfort. How to prepare: Buy 3 or 4 beetroot from the market/Macro superstore. Don't cut or trim them, but wash under the tap to remove any dirt. Carefully place in boiling salted water (1 tablespoon of salt). Boil for an hour then turn off the heat. When it has cooled off, remove the beetroot but retain the water in the pot. Allow the beetroot to cool. Skin the beetroot - removing just the outer skin; sometimes it will just peel off. Cut each beetroot in half/or quarter. Slice the segments. Get some sterilized jars. Pour in an inch or so of the (hot, warm or cold) beetroot juice, some white vinegar and 1 teaspoon of sugar into each jar. Fill the jars with the sliced beetroot and top up with white vinegar. Keep in the fridge; you can eat the beetroot the next day, but it will keep for months in the fridge to my experience, but only use sterilized utensils to get the beetroot out of the jar.