Ayurvedic Alternative Health Care: Arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism Related Pains

To Relieve Pains and Aches: Pains and aches not only disturb body they also disturb of mind of the sufferers.

Since human life came into being, all systems of medicines have been trying relentlessly to alleviative and intensity of pain and ache. Herbal remedies affect aches/pains in the following manners, as they-

(i) Rid the boy of irritant toxins

(ii) Repair the damaged tissues and

(iii) Improve circulation

(iv) Do not act as superficial analgesics.

Following methods may be tried, keeping in view a patient’s reaction or allergy to certain ingredients.

(i) For Arthritis and Rheumatism Related Pains/Aches

Yarrow -20 gms

Celery seeds -20 gms

Dried Meadowsweet -60 gms

Dried Elder berries -50 gms

Dried Burdock Root -50 gms

Mix yarrow, celery and meadowsweet and prepare a decoction by adding 15 gm berry to 750 ml of water. Now strain on the yield 10 gm of herbal mixture in a teapot and infuse for 10 minutes. Normal does being a cupful of tea thrice daily-Before a dose is taken, the mixture should be reheated.

(ii) To relieve Muscular Pains and Aches

Essential oil of Lavender Oil

Essential oil of Rosemary Oil infused in 20 ml of St. Essential oil of Thyme Oil Johns’ Wort

Take a sterilized bottle (dark bottle of glass) and add all the above ingredients to St. John’s Wort oil, and shake well. Take ½ TSP of the said mixture of oils on your palm and rub the same with the other hand and massage over the aching and painful parts quite gently, with a soft hand. Such local application my be repeated twice daily. It will ease muscular pain and stiffness.

(iii) To get rid of damage caused by previous injuries to joints and adjoining areas ( in case arthritis joints) rub cream/oil of comfrey to the affected joints. It your really wish to gain fullest advantages from this local application, you should eliminate animal foods/products and carbohydrates from your diet, as these foods leave acid wastes in the body, thereb7y aggravating arthritic and rheumatic conditions.

(iv) Devil’s Claw’s (taken in capsule form, 500/600 mg thrice daily per dose, for at least, six weeks) used in arthritic and rheumatic pains and aches in a age-old remedy in above conditions and their curative effects have been substantiated by prolonged research.

Devil’s Claw is an effective and powerful anti-rheumatic, anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic agent, but must not be used in pregnancy.

Note: Reference may be made to relevant pages in this book for cautions which prohibits use of the said drugs under certain physical conditions where whey can prove harmful, counter-productive and reactive.

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