Natural Arthritis Remedies.

LEMON JUICE AND OTHER NATURAL REMEDIES

• Lemon juice seems to work in some cases while in others it will exacerbate or cause the condition to worsen.

• Lemon juice is usually taken internally, and seems to work by virtue of its action in eroding the calcification in the joints. Lemon juice has been used successfully to both assist in cleansing the kidneys and alleviating arthritis pain and its accompanying stiffness. Tooth protection is necessary to prevent injury to the enamel. Rinse your mouth thoroughly when you have completed the lemon tea. Lemon tea is prepared by boiling four lemon leaves and three cups of water. Boil until water is reduced by about half. Add to this the juice of a lemon half, and a tablespoon of unprocessed honey, which has not been heated in any way. This should be drunk at night, just prior to bed.

OLIVE OIL

• Olive oil has been used in folk medicine as an arthritis treatment and has been discovered to have a basis in medicine as well. Olives and olive oil are taken internally and used as a substitute for animal fats when preparing fried foods or salads. The way in which olive oil works appears to be twofold. It is thought that the acids in olive oil interfere in some way with the immune responses that promote the joint inflammation in the body. Olive oil also contains antioxidants which relieve some of the inflammation. Additionally, it has been found recently that some of the properties of olive oil mimic those of ibuprofen, which is a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug.

• They both possess a chemical called oleocanthal, which causes both substances to inhibit the pain of inflammation, particularly that of arthritis because of the activity that is undertaken by the oleocanthal, which is a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory. They are not alike in many ways; however, they do share the same chemical and surprisingly, the potency of effect. Olive oil is a naturally occurring pain killer with the added benefits of helping to reduce heart disease when used as a replacement for animal fats.

STINGING NETTLES

• This is a remedy which has its origins so far back into time that it is nearly impossible to be traced; however, it has been a documented health provider for over 2000 years.

• In nearly every community and country where stinging nettles grow, they have been used to alleviate the pain and joint stiffness of arthritis. In some cases they are used as an infusion, that is to say, as a tea. But in most cases the routine included being stung by the plant. This process is known as urtication, because of the raised welt that the stinging nettle plant leaves. The nettle plant contains tiny hair like stingers which, when activated give miniscule injections of a co-mingling of chemicals, many of which are not classified as anti pain, or anti inflammatory, however, one MD reported that she believed that many of the chemicals which were injected could create some type of anti histamine response within the body due to the injections of a histamine and while part of the body response might go to the injection site, the other part may in fact go to the joint to relieve that inflammation.

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