The best folk remedies for the treatment of osteoarthritis at home

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative-dystrophic joint disease that develops due to the damage to their cartilaginous tissue. When the disease occurs, bony growths spine shaped, which cause severe pain and limit the mobility of the joints.

At the initial stage of the disease, the pains appear only with increased stress and pass at rest, over time they intensify and become permanent, in the morning stiffness is noted, and walking brings terrible discomfort.

Osteoarthritis can develop with increased weight, as a result of injuries or after an infectious disease. Various methods are used to treat this disease - drug therapy with painkillers, non-steroid drugs, chondroprotectors, laser therapy, physiotherapy, exercise therapy, massage and much more.

Of great importance in the treatment of osteoarthritis are traditional medicine. For example, many medicinal herbs and other natural components are widely used for the manufacture of various medications.

Decoctions and tinctures based on medicinal herbs

Decoctions are prepared from herbal remedies and contribute to reducing pain, relieve inflammation and prevent further cartilage deformation in case of osteoarthritis. Here are some of their most useful recipes:

1. Decoction # 1 .Ingredients: marigold flowers, juniper fruits, buckthorn bark, elderberry flowers, nettle, field horsetail, willow bark, birch leaves.
2. Decoction №2 .Ingredients: poplar buds, birch buds, elecampane root, nettle leaf, linden flowers, mint, chamomile flowers, dill fruits.
3. Decoction №3 .Ingredients: root of ara, bark of aspen, hawthorn fruit, oregano, St. John's wort, mint, pine buds, three-color violet, thyme, eucalyptus.
4. Broth №4 .Ingredients: kalgan root, root of elecampane, flax seeds, yarrow, string.
5. Decoction № 5 Ingredients: shoots of Ledum, mumps, leaves of cowberry, sweet clover, St. John's wort, flax seeds, nettle leaves, mint, three-color violet, rhizome and sprouts of medicinal asparagus, turn.

The principle of preparation for all broths is the same. It is necessary to mix the ingredients and pour boiling water in the proportion of 2 tbsp.spoons per liter of water. To insist drink it is necessary approximately 8-10 hours, after that to drink on third of a glass in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. Treatment should be carried out for several months.

It is very useful to carry out herbal therapy in combination with the main therapy. Improvement of the condition can be felt already after 14-20 days from the moment of the beginning of the reception of the decoction.

Topical application agents

In addition to herbal decoctions, the following topical agents can be used to treat osteoarthritis that have a beneficial effect on joints:

1. Peel and finely chop 1 head of Indian onion, pour vodka. Infuse for two weeks, then drain. The resulting mass must be rubbed into sore spots, and then wrapped with a warm cloth. Do not worry, if the skin starts to pinch or oven, it should be!
2. 2 tbsp. Spoons of castor oil mixed with 1 tbsp.spoon of turpentine. With medicine, rub the joints for the night. This procedure should not be done more than twice a week.
3. Take 1 large spoonful of honey, dry mustard, vegetable oil, mix and boil. After the medicine has cooled, its needs to be put on a bandage and wrapped around the affected joint. Over the compress should be covered with a film and wrap it with something warm, do not remove it for several hours.
4. Healing ointment from flowers of sweet clover, hop cones, St. John's wort flowers. You need to take 2 tablespoons of each ingredient and add a little butter, then mix. Use the mixture as a compress.
5. 2 tbsp. Spoon the needles with water( half a glass), boil for half an hour. After the tincture you need to strain and cool. After that, moisten the gauze in it and make a compress.
6. Grind several pods of red pepper and fill it with a bottle of vodka. Insist for about two weeks in a dark dry place. Tincture is used for rubbing sick places.
7. Two large tablespoons of common salt to dilute in water( 0.5 liters).In the solution, moisten the gauze and make a compress.

Means against inflammation and edema

If, in addition to severe pain, there is swelling and redness of the skin around the joints, very welcome are such recipes:

1. Compresses with ice .Ice has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. It should be put in a heating pad or in a regular package and attached to the joint. Important! Keep the compress should not more than 20 minutes.
2. Essential oils - a powerful remedy for inflammation. For this purpose, oils of lavender, peppermint and rosemary are suitable. You need to add a few drops to the Vaseline, mix and anoint the inflamed skin. Top of the warm wrap.
3. Honey wraps is an excellent remedy that will be most effective in the early stages of the disease. Sick place should be smeared with honey, and then wrapped with a bandage, which is also impregnated with honey. The bandage can be done before bedtime and not removed throughout the night.
4. grated radish root radish or radish well. The agent can be rubbed into the skin or used for compresses.
5. White clay is also excellent for the inflammation of .To do this, take 100 g of clay powder and the same amount of vegetable oil and mix well until the moment you get a thick porridge, a consistency resembling sour cream. Ointment should be rubbed into the joint.

Fundamentals of proper nutrition

Patients with osteoarthritis need to eat properly, because the body must receive all the necessary substances that will help to develop a special joint lubricant. Efficiency of a diet can be confirmed by any specialist and must necessarily be prescribed on an equal basis with other therapeutic methods.

The main objectives of this treatment are to replenish the body's deficiency of essential trace elements, improve metabolic processes in the joints and reduce weight. Excess body weight leads to increased stress on the joints, which further exacerbates the course of the disease.

There are also several basic principles of nutrition for osteoarthritis:

• per day needs to consume no more than 1800 kcal;
• restrict the consumption of carbohydrates and animal fats;
• to eat fractional, ie, small portions, but many times a day( for example, 2 large, usual portions of food divided into 6 small portions);
• eat foods rich in fiber;
• to reduce the amount of salt consumed;
• discard spices, spices and alcoholic beverages.

The substances necessary for the formation of lubricants, mucopolysaccharides, can be found in cold and meat broths. In addition to bones and meat itself, it is advisable to use cartilages and ligaments, since these elements contain these elements.

As for meat, it must necessarily be lean. It is very useful to eat poultry. Fish on the contrary, you need to eat fat, because it contains useful fatty acids.

So, what are the recommended foods for osteoarthritis:

• fruit;
• vegetables( preferably raw, so that they do not lose the necessary vitamins);
• sour-milk nonfat products;
• jelly( mucopolysaccharides are contained in gelatin);
• cereals;
• onion;
• garlic;
• asparagus;
• garlic;
• black bread.

To exclude from the ration it is necessary: ​​

• tomatoes;
• carbonated sweet drinks;
• black pepper;
• egg yolk;
• confectionery;
• chocolate.

In some cases, under the strict supervision of a specialist, therapeutic starvation is performed. Especially this method is effective during the exacerbation of the disease, because due to prolonged starvation, metabolic processes are improving.

Completely get rid of this disease unfortunately impossible. However, due to compliance with the diet and the use of traditional medicine in combination with other methods of therapy, you can get a good result and achieve a long-term remission of the disease.

It should be remembered that before you start self-medication, you need to consult a doctor.