| Many herbal remedies are useful for arthritic sufferers. | | | | hands, hips, knees, and spinal joints of osteoarthritis |
| Depending on your condition, and the availability of | | | | patients. Many doctors now use acupuncture in |
| herbal products, some remedies might be more | | | | conjunction with chiropractic techniques when treating |
| suitable than others. Fresh juices are more easily | | | | osteoarthritis, and it has been used for centuries with |
| absorbed by the body and capture the whole | | | | Chinese manipulative techniques.To treat hand and |
| synergistic complex of healing ingredients locked in the | | | | finger pain, the practitioner may focus on Small |
| plant The effectiveness of herbal remedies for arthritis | | | | Intestine 7 (located on the forearm) and the Shang Pa |
| sufferers varies from person to person, so you may | | | | Hsieh sites that lie between the fingers. Additional |
| need to experiment a bit. Try one of the following | | | | points may be added, depending on where in the hand |
| treatments.Take a combination tincture of | | | | the arthritis is located. More than six different acupoints |
| meadowsweet, willow bark, black cohosh, prickly ash, | | | | are stimulated in the treatment of hip pain, and up to 12 |
| celery seed, and nettle to help temper arthritis | | | | points may be manipulated to alleviate arthritis related |
| symptoms. To make the blend, mix equal amounts of | | | | knee pain.Acupressure To lessen the severity of |
| the tinctures; take 1 teaspoonful of the mixture 3 times | | | | arthritis symptoms, a practitioner may use acupressure |
| daily. The blend is safe and can be taken for a period | | | | on points that correspond to the liver, gallbladder, |
| of time.Use yucca and devil's claw to reduce | | | | kidneys, bladder, stomach, and the governing vessel. |
| inflammation. Other herbs to try include licorice, alfalfa, | | | | The practitioner also may massage the points that |
| turmeric, ginger, skullcap, and ginseng.Rub a tincture of | | | | correspond to the affected area to relieve pain and |
| lobelia and cramp bark over the sore areas to | | | | inflammation.Chinese Herbal Therapy Chinese |
| decrease muscle tension.Take a combination of 2 | | | | herbalists consider osteoarthritis to be a y inrelated |
| parts of willow bark, 1 part of black cohosh, and 1 part | | | | "external damp" illness, and treat the disease by |
| of nettle to ease aches and pains.Rub cayenne over | | | | concocting a remedy that will nourish yin and dispel the |
| the affected joints to lessen pain.Herbal products are | | | | damp wind while it alleviates swollen, painful |
| available in health food stores and in some pharmacies | | | | joints.Asarum Sieboldi may be helpful in relieving joint |
| and supermarkets. Follow package for specific | | | | pain; take 3 to 4 grams daily. Foxnut has analgesic |
| directions.HomeopathyOsteoarthritis may respond to | | | | properties and is used to reduce pain and inflammation. |
| homeopathic treatment. However, the selection of a | | | | It can be taken in pill form (9 to 15 grams per day) or |
| remedy-more than one is available-depends on your | | | | as a 10-to 20-gram daily decoction. polygonatum |
| symptoms and the stage of the condition. Don't try | | | | cirrhifolium is said to not only cure arthritis, but to |
| treating this disorder yourself. See a homeopathic | | | | combat premature aging.If the pain shifts from one joint |
| professional.HydrotherapyWarm, moist heat packs | | | | to another, Corydalis Tuber Forumula may be helpful. |
| used for 10 to 20 minutes every 4 hours can bring | | | | For fixed pain accompanied by heavy, swollen joints, |
| Welcome relief from stiffness and deep pain. | | | | try Tu-Huo and Loranthus Formula or Stephania and |
| Exercises performed in heated water and swimming | | | | Astragalus Combination (by mail order). Most of these |
| have also been effective. Drink distilled water to help | | | | remedies can be found in health food stores.Yoga and |
| absorb and eliminate mineral salts and other waste | | | | MeditationExercise plays an important role in improving |
| products throughout the skin.Traditional Chinese | | | | circulation and helping the body eliminate waste. Yoga |
| MedicineAcupuncture According to the WHO, | | | | poses improve flexibility, yet place little stress on joints. |
| acupuncture is a vital addition to the arthritis fighting | | | | Focus on gentle poses, such as the Tree, Triangle, |
| arsenal. Acupuncture can be used to help restore the | | | | Forward Bend, Spinal Twist, Boat, Bow, Camel, Cow, |
| body's energy balance, and it can also help lessen the | | | | Locust, Moon Salutation, Chest-Knee, Maha Mudra, and |
| pain and inflammation that commonly occur in the | | | | Half Bridge. |