Alternative treatment for arthrosis of the joints. Preparation of decoctions of herbs for the treatment of arthrosis. Ointment on birch buds

Arthritis herbs are increasingly being used in the treatment of musculoskeletal problems. Such popularity to folk remedies is due to the fact that medications can not always be used. In this case, it is the herbs that provide indispensable assistance in the treatment of the disease.

Proven Recipes

Rheumatoid arthritis is successfully treated using potatoes. To prepare such a product, you need to take green tubers, wash them well and grind them (no need to peel). This mass must be poured with water and brought to a temperature of 38 ° C, after which a compress is prepared from the vegetable.

Note that the layer of the therapeutic mixture should be 1.5 - 2 cm, and it is best to apply the drug before bedtime to increase the time of its therapeutic effect.

Immediately after a rush of heat, sleep will begin, and the pain will disappear after about 30 to 40 minutes. If the compress does not start to warm, this means that it is made using the wrong technology, which means that air will get under the oilcloth. The duration of treatment is a week. In the absence of a pronounced positive result, the use of potato compresses can be slightly extended.

A popular product is prepared on the basis of lemon and celery. It is required to take 500 g of such fruits and a similar amount of celery. The ingredients should be chopped, and then rotated through a meat grinder until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Add 0.5 kg of buckwheat honey to the composition and mix everything again. Next, you should insist the medicine in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days. The drug should be drunk 1 tbsp. l at least 3 to 4 times a day 30 to 40 minutes before eating. When the remedy is over, you need to take a break, and after 2 weeks repeat the cycle of therapy.

With arthrosis knee joint   very often used tincture on vodka. To prepare it, you need to take 50 g of golden mustache and 1 g of propolis, pour the components with 500 ml of pure alcohol, and then insist for 14 days. Use this drug should be 1 tbsp. l., while the product must be diluted with water. Multiplicity of use - 2 times a day before meals.

With arthrosis, an ointment based on apple cider vinegar is very often used. To cook it, you need to take a chicken yolk and stir it with 1 tbsp. l turpentine. Add 60 ml of apple cider vinegar and mix well. Apply the medicine in a thin layer on the skin and gently rub into the diseased joints until completely absorbed, the course of application is 2 to 3 times a day. Such a tool has a pronounced warming effect.

In the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the noble laurel has long been used. To prepare the medicine, you need to mix this plant, juniper and butter in the proportions of 6: 1: 12. Such an ointment should be rubbed into the joints, it has a pronounced analgesic and soothing effect.

Garlic Rescue

With arthrosis, garlic is often used. Every housewife has such a vegetable, so the remedy is considered publicly available. Chop the garlic (5 heads), pour 0.5 l of vodka and place to infuse in a cool, dark place. After 10 days, the medicine is ready for use. You need to drink it for 1 tsp. before eating. If the drug seems too strong, it must be diluted by adding to the required dose of 2 - 3 tbsp. l water.

You can be treated with another recipe based on garlic: grate 3 heads of vegetable on a grater, introduce into the mass lemon juice   and 1 tsp horseradish (pre-ground). Such a mixture must be infused in a warm and at the same time dark place for 3 weeks. To use the solution, you need to dilute 1 tsp. elixir in 200 ml of water. Drink this remedy twice a day.

There is another garlic recipe:

• finely grate the vegetable;
• squeeze juice out of it;
• take the drug 10 drops 4 times a day.

Note that it is recommended to breed such a product in warm milk. In addition, garlic lotions, which are prepared from the juice of this vegetable, are used to treat joints. To avoid burns, lubricate the skin with a greasy cream before applying the drug.

There is another effective way by which rheumatoid arthritis is treated - the use of garlic ointment. To prepare it, you need to grind 3 cloves of vegetable and mix with honey. Rub the resulting medicine into diseased joints 1 - 2 times a day. The course of therapy is 10 to 14 days. Note that there are some contraindications to the use of garlic products:

• individual intolerance to the substance;
• arterial hypertension;
• liver and stomach diseases.

With this product, you can relieve the symptoms of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

The use of herbal preparations in the treatment of arthrosis

Herbal treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is a fairly popular method, since such substances can not harm health, and if they are used for a long time and regularly, they have a pronounced therapeutic effect. Widespread recipes herbal fees:

1. The product is based on the flowers of black elderberry, birch leaves, as well as willow bark in a ratio of 1: 4: 5. Such a drug has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and anesthetic effects. All ingredients need to be crushed and mixed. Take 1 tbsp. l finished mixture and pour 200 ml of boiling water. Insist the medicine for 30 minutes and drink 3-4 times a day before meals.
2. Mix birch leaves, dioecious nettle and tricolor violet in equal amounts. Pour boiling water over the mixture, insist and apply 2-3 times a day.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis is also treated with a mixture of burdock roots, naked hernia, high elecampane and yarrow. Note that it is allowed to use both the infusion of one component, and their combination. To prepare a decoction, take 2 tbsp. l dry raw materials, pour boiled water and boil over low heat for 10-15 minutes.
4. From arthritis, an infusion of chestnut and lilac inflorescences helps. A glass jar is filled with such ingredients to 2/3, and then alcohol or vodka is poured into the container. After this, the medicine is insisted for 30 minutes in a dark room, and then a substance is used to rub the joints. Note that after the procedure you need to wrap yourself well.

With inflammation of the small joints of the hands and feet, you can make special baths based on birch leaves. The components need to be poured with boiled water, hold for a little over low heat, then dilute with cold liquid and lower your feet or hands in the bath. When deciding to boil the drug, pine needles and sea salt are added to it. The course of such therapy is 10 days.

Help other herbs

Herbs with rheumatoid arthritis   can be used as ointments, baths or tinctures. An affordable recipe is to take 20 - 30 g of elderberry flowers, boil them in 1 liter of water, and then take inside up to 3-4 glasses a day, instead of tea.

Another drug - take 2 tsp. yarrow herbs and tansy flowers, then pour 200 ml of boiling water and insist for 2 hours in a warm place. After this, the therapeutic drink must be filtered and drunk 1 tbsp. l before eating.

You can make a lime decoction. To do this, prepare 3 tbsp. l dry linden flowers, 1 tbsp. l horse chestnut, 35 g elderberry flowers, and then mix all the ingredients. Next, you need to take 2 tbsp. l of the finished mixture and pour it with 0.5 l of boiled water. The broth should be kept on low heat for 15 minutes, then cool and strain with gauze. To use such a medicine is recommended three times a day for 0.5 cups.

Another effective drug is prepared from 100 g of dry calamus root (pre-ground), after which it is poured with 0.5 l of vodka and insisted for 9 days. Note that regularly such an infusion needs to be shaken and filtered. Take the drug is allowed for 1 tsp. before eating food. In addition, medicinal vapors from black elderberry, melilot, hop and chamomile effectively reduce pain. The grass needs to be poured with water, brought to a boil, folded in linen bags and applied to sore joints. They must be used very carefully, pre-wrapped with a cotton cloth or slightly cooled. Otherwise, there is a high risk of skin burns. The course of such therapy is 2 to 3 weeks.

An effective tincture is prepared from the heads of flowering dandelions, which are poured with vodka in a ratio of 1: 1 and insisted in a dark room for 12 to 14 days. After this, you need to lubricate the skin in the affected joints for 5 minutes with such a preparation, and then rub it until a burning sensation arises.

A popular recipe is made from the flowers of a bear’s ear (mullein). 100 - 150 g of such a plant should be sprinkled in 1 liter of vodka. Everything needs to be mixed well and left for 2 weeks to insist. After the specified time, the medicine must be filtered and rubbed into the affected joints every day. Such a drug effectively helps in relieving the pain that was caused by arthritis.

Good results are given by an ointment based on sweet clover and hypericum. It is necessary to take the flowers of these plants (2 tbsp. L.), Combine them with petroleum jelly (50 g) and grind to obtain a homogeneous consistency. An excellent herbal preparation is made from honey, vodka and nettle. It takes 5 tbsp. l components, mix them together, and then insist for 7 days. You need to take medicine in the morning and evening after eating 1 tsp. The duration of the course of therapy is six months.

The simplest and most common herbal treatment is the use of cabbage and bee products. It is necessary to take a cabbage leaf, grease it with honey and apply it on sore joints. The course of such treatment lasts until the disappearance of painful symptoms.

Treatment of arthrosis with herbs is an effective way to get rid of such an ailment.

This choice of therapy allows you to forget about joint pain without the use of medications.

Arthrosis   (osteoarthrosis, deforming arthrosis) is a rather heterogeneous group of diseases, which are based on the defeat of the components joints. Main cause of arthrosis   - change cartilagedue to joint injury, overweight, heredity, estrogen deficiency in women undergoing joint operations.

Arthrosis First affects articular cartilage, then there is a deformation of the bone located under the softened cartilage. Further, the articular membrane, ligaments, capsules and periarticular muscles are involved in the degeneration process.

The main manifestations of arthrosis are:

• - morning stiffness
• - pains felt deep in the joints, which intensify with physical exertion and decrease at rest
• - rust in the joints
• - joint stiffness
• - joint deformation due to bone growths

Usually, at the initial stage of the disease, pain occurs periodically, only after serious physical exertion, and quickly disappears. However, as arthrosis progresses, the intensity of pain increases, and the pain no longer passes after rest, but often appears at night.

The basic methods for the prevention of this disease are:

• - timely and proper treatment of an injured joint
• - high physical activity throughout life
• - decrease in body weight
• - timely correction of congenital or acquired disorders of the joints.

Because the causes of arthrosis still not precisely established, in the popular medical literature it is often hypothesized that premature "wear of the joint" is caused physical activity. Serious medical research refutes this erroneous message and demonstrates on the basis of factual material that sports activities do not lead to osteoarthrosis. On the contrary, any form of motor activity aimed at strengthening muscles, preserving joint mobilityand better coordination of movements, helps the body resist arthrosis.

Doctors recommend that all patients at risk of this disease (low physical activity, joint injuries and overweight) perform exercises with a dosed load on the joints. These include cycling, swimming, climbing stairs and walking.

Turning to the description of methods for treating arthrosis with medicinal plants, it should be said that they help to achieve the desired result only in the general set of measures of internal and external effects, from proper nutrition to herbal baths and massages. Cartilage tissue in our body is restored extremely slowly and unevenly, so the treatment of this disease can take more than one year.

An important auxiliary factor in the treatment of arthrosis iscalcium Calculation, which is found in almonds and fermented milk products, as well as vitamin E, which is rich in sprouted wheat and oil from its sprouts (wheat germ oil). Critical to treat this disease and b vitamins. Replace table salt in your diet with spicy and vitamin-rich herbs   such as cilantro, parsley and basil. But sour fruits - oranges, lemons and grapefruits should be completely remove from menu.

Starting to take any herbal collection, first be sure to familiarize yourself with the possible contraindications that the herbs that make up its composition have.

Here are some of the simplest recipes for which you can find in any pharmacy:

Compresses for arthrosis:

Mix 100 grams of aloe juice, 200 grams of honey with 300 grams of vodka. After insisting in a dark place for 3 days, make a compress and apply it overnight. The course of treatment is 10-12 days with a repeat in a week.

For compresses on the metatarsal joint   you need to take a sheet of burdock and put turpentine on its back with a thin layer. The sheet is attached to the joint, closed with polyethylene and fixed with a bandage.

Juniper - Another useful plant for the prevention and treatment of arthrosis. The needles and fruits of juniper contribute to the improvement of metabolism and have powerful anti-inflammatory effect. Prescriptions for their medicinal use are very simple. To do this, scalp the dry needles of juniper with boiling water, cool and evenly spread it on gauze. After this, the compress is applied to the joint. From above it is covered with polyethylene, insulated with a woolen cloth and left overnight.

Preparation of infusion of juniper fruits for oral administration:

1 tablespoon of chopped fruit pour 200 ml of boiled water, heat in a water bath for 15 minutes, then cool and strain for 45 minutes, squeezing the rest of the fruit into the solution. Adults can take an infusion of 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day after meals, but not more than 2 weeks. The internal intake of juniper fruit extracts promotes the excretion of uric acid, which is extremely important for patients with arthrosis in combination with gout.

Broth for bathing with arthrosis:

Boil 200 grams of pine needles and juniper fruits for 30 minutes in 2 liters of water, strain and add to the bath. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes at a water temperature of + 37 ° C.

Alcohol tinctures based on available plants — burdock root, root — have proven themselves in the treatment of arthrosis.   comfrey, herbs of melilot, hops, ledum, wheatgrass and thyme. They are prepared according to traditional technology: chopped grass or roots (50 grams) are poured into 0.5 liter of vodka and insisted for 2 weeks in a dark place. After filtering, the solution is ready for grinding and ingestion.

I would especially like to cancel the powerful regenerative effect   root preparations comfrey officinalis. This is one of the few plants that activates the regeneration of cartilage tissue. Tincture prepared according to the above recipe should be taken for at least 3 months, 20-30 drops per half a glass of water 3 times a day before meals.

It relieves pain with arthrosis. feesconsisting of several medicinal herbs. For example, from birch leaves, nettles and tricolor violet flowers. 1 tablespoon of a dry mixture of these herbs is enough to pour a glass of boiling water and heat for 15 minutes in a water bath. Take the infusion 4 times a day in half a glass.

Regenerating Properties the bark of some trees very useful in the treatment of arthrosis. To do this, take 100 grams of birch bark, 100 grams of aspen bark and add 10 grams of oak bark to them. Everything is well crushed in a coffee grinder, and then 1 tablespoon of the bark mixture is poured with boiling water, boiled for 7-8 minutes and filtered. Reception is carried out in half ½ cup 1 time per day.

Good for the treatment of arthrosis are calendula flowers mixed with willow bark, birch and nettle leaves mixed in equal shares. Two tablespoons of this mixture is poured with 1 liter of boiling water and insisted for 12 hours. Drink a decoction in half a glass half an hour before a meal 3 times a day. The duration of admission is 2 months.

In recent decades, it has become a leader in the treatment of joint diseases. marsh saber. Alcohol tincture from this plant can not only be used for compresses, but also taken orally by 0.5-1 tablespoon, diluting them with one glass of water. The course is long - 6 months.

Compared to the therapeutic effect of taking the marsh cinquefoil, the more powerful analgesic effect on the joints has alcohol tincture of fruits of orange maclore. At treating joint problems   Maclura is the first remedy. The maximum effect is achieved by the combined use of tinctures of maklura, ointment of maklura and water extract of marsh cinquefoil (1 tbsp.spoon of stalks of sabretnik brew a glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain and drink in equal parts per day). As you know, saberfish effectively relieves joints of salts, but often causes severe exacerbations, which can be mitigated with the help of macular preparations. The effect of taking the cinquefoil comes after 4-6 months of taking, maclura acts almost immediately, so the combination of these two means gives the most noticeable and lasting results even with advanced stages of the disease. In the complex of treatment are also used maclura Ointment   externally on the joints of the arms and legs, as well as on the spine 2-3 times a day, rubbing intensively.

Herbal baths with decoctions of not only needles and fruits of juniper, but also chamomiles, valerian root and St. John's wort have a beneficial effect on diseased joints, after which a light massage of the joint is necessary. Ideal for such a massage: 30% Terpentine Balm   - a mixture of vegetable oils with cedar resin (gum) or Maclura Oil (infusion, which is prepared by 2-month infusion of fresh fruits of maklura with any vegetable base oil). Baths + grindings allow you to quickly relieve pain, providing a relaxing, anti-inflammatory and powerful local therapeutic effect directly on the affected joint.

When using herbal remedies, it should be borne in mind that herbal medicine course   It brings improvement not earlier than after 3 weeks of regular intake of herbal preparations, baths, rubbing, ointments. The persistent effect in the treatment of arthrosis in its early stages occurs only after 9-12 months.

Repeated courses of phytotherapy of osteoarthritis should be carried out after 1.5-2 months, as well as during surgical interventions, respiratory diseases, in the spring and autumn for 4-5 years. Reducing or increasing breaks between courses should be focused on the general condition of the patient.

Be healthy!

Veselova Maria Vyacheslavovna

specialist of Russian herbalism