| Arthritis is easily among the most common of the | | | | very effective remedy in treating cardiovascular |
| geriatric problems faced by people over the world | | | | problems, and it can actually keep heart attacks at |
| today. It is characterized by mild to severe pains in the | | | | bay. |
| various joints of the bones, especially in the joints of | | | | Remedy # 6 |
| the hands, legs and the back. Arthritic pains are felt | | | | Mix some turmeric powder in a cup of warm water. |
| more acutely in the fingers. It makes the joints swollen, | | | | Dissolve it and then drink it when still a bit warm. This |
| and if not treated in time, the joints may become | | | | will reduce the severity of the arthritic pains. |
| permanently deformed. | | | | Remedy # 7 |
| Ayurveda does not treat arthritic pains as superficial | | | | Extract the juice of one raw potato. Drink this juice |
| joint pains. The root cause of arthritis is the buildup of | | | | every morning on an empty stomach. This is believed |
| poisonous substances in the body due to faulty | | | | to reduce the acute pains of arthritis. |
| digestive processes. These substances that build up in | | | | Remedy # 8 |
| the body are known collectively as ama. In order to | | | | Prepare a soup using one green leafy vegetable, |
| treat the arthritis, the first step should be to remove | | | | carrots, celery and beetroots. Mix all these individual |
| the ama. Only then can other treatment approaches | | | | soups in equal proportions to make one bowl. Have |
| be applied. | | | | this soup once daily. You will get all the necessary |
| Instead of living with arthritic pains and making life | | | | minerals required for the bones. |
| worse, you should make use of the several simple | | | | Remedy # 9 |
| herbal remedies that Ayurveda has developed for the | | | | Warm some coconut oil and put a few pieces of |
| treatment of this condition. | | | | camphor in it. Use this oil to massage on the aching |
| Treatment with Simple Home Remedies | | | | joints. You will find tremendous and quick relief in the |
| Remedy # 1 | | | | arthritic pains. |
| Take two to four tablespoonfuls of castor oil per day. | | | | Remedy # 10 |
| This will help to flush out the toxins collected in the | | | | Prepare some alfalfa tea and drink it regularly. Twice a |
| areas of the joints. Also have a cup of strong ginger | | | | day is the best bet. Your arthritic pains will show |
| tea each morning. This keeps the digestive system | | | | reduction from day one. |
| quite efficient and brings about a drastic reduction in | | | | Remedy # 11 |
| the severity of joint pains. | | | | Sandalwood is a good cooling herb to allay arthritic |
| Remedy # 2 | | | | pains. Prepare a paste of sandalwood with minimum |
| Crush two to three cloves of garlic and add it to a | | | | amount of water. Apply this paste thoroughly on the |
| glass of diluted milk. Boil this to one fourth of its original | | | | affected joints. You will find good relief in the |
| amount. Cool it down and drink it just before bedtime | | | | acuteness of the pains. |
| each night. | | | | Treatment with Special Ayurvedic Methods |
| Remedy # 3 | | | | Several herbs are made use of in the Ayurvedic |
| If you simply fast for one complete day, or stick to a | | | | treatment of arthritis. But the most important of them is |
| liquid diet (not milk or its products), then it will also help in | | | | certainly the guggul (Commiphora wightii, Mukul Myrrh |
| removing the toxins from the body. This will bring an | | | | Tree). Guggul is taken in the form of its combinations |
| immense relief to the arthritic pains. You can also go | | | | such as Yogaraja Guggulu and Mahayogaraja |
| on a total banana diet. Eat about eight to ten bananas | | | | Guggulu. These preparations contain guggul with |
| each day and nothing else; keep up this diet for three | | | | several other herbs and minerals in order to be |
| to four days. Bananas have all the important minerals | | | | effective in the treatment of arthritic pains. Triphala |
| bones need, including calcium, potassium and | | | | Guggulu is also very commonly prescribed. Triphala |
| phosphorus. | | | | Guggulu is a very beneficial preparation which contains |
| Remedy # 4 | | | | both the Triphala and the Guggulu components. In case |
| In a cup of warm water, put two teaspoons of lemon | | | | the arthritic pains reach a peak limit, Simhanada |
| juice and one teaspoon of honey. Have this twice a | | | | Guggulu is prescribed. |
| day. It will reduce the severity of arthritic pains. | | | | If the arthritis is beginning to spread to the spinal |
| Remedy # 5 | | | | column then guggul is no longer that effective. Hence |
| Every morning when you wake up, have two cloves | | | | another herb is introduced, with is the Brihadvata |
| of garlic before even brushing your teeth. If you cannot | | | | Chintamani. This is taken in the quantities of one-fourth |
| tolerate the pungent taste of the clove, then you can | | | | gram thrice or four times a day, depending on how |
| roast them in castor oil till they are golden in color. | | | | severe the pains are. |
| Apart from reducing the arthritic pains, this is also a | | | | |