what natural product can I take for the osteoarthritis in my neck.?
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I know how you feel, I used to suffer from this problem but since i am an alternative medicinal therapist I've managed to control it. Now let's see if i can help.\nThere are many effective alternatives for this condition so be patient.\nThis condition is an erosion of a cartilage of a joint.The aged sometimes suffer from a dimished supply of hydrochloric acid in the stomach which is necessary for normal calcium metabolism. An effective substitute is 2 teaspoons of cider vinegar in a glass of water sipped before or during meals.\nAlternatives are: Black Cohosh and Meadowsweet(natural sources of salicylic acid) Hawthorn for blood circulation or Devils claw.\nCelery seeds = 1 tsp to one cup of boiling water, infuse for 15 mins. Half to one cup 2-3 times a day,before meals.\nDiet: Oily fish,low fat, low salt,high fibre.Avoid lemons and other citrus fruits.\nCod liver oil is very good for cartilage repair.Hot and cold compresses twice daily.Capsicum cream. Hot epsom salt baths twice weekly.\nThe list is endless, but your GP won't give you any information like this.They like to dish out painkillers instead.\nSuppliments: Pantothenic acid, 10mg of Vitimin A = 7500iu \nVitimin B6 25mg, Vitimin E 400iu: Zinc 25mg\nI can also give you recipes for aromatherapy oils but it's much to long for this page.\nIf you need any more information please contact me by e-mail 'alternative@medicine123.wanadoo.co.uk or tele 01843 588668.I'm always here.\n\nGloria j Jones )BSYA-SEN)
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Chondrotin and msm are naturally found in our cartilage, as we age or if you have arthritis they decrease. My friend uses a skin gel and a drinking gel for his arthritis that contain these, he says since he has been taking them he has had relief from his symptoms and is on less pain killers.\n\n He says his general health and mobility have increased since starting this natural medicine 6 weeks ago. \nHe drinks the gel twice a day and rubs the cream into the problem areas. \n\nIf you contact foreverlivingdelicious@yahoo.co.uk they will be able to help as they are the distributors.
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Use a mixture of essential oils of peppermint, helichrysum, clove, wintergreen, lavader, and euclyptus. These all have pain numbing effects that can be used in long timeframes without any negative side effects. Additionally if you have bad muscle tension this will helpwith that too, this mixture doesn't only numb pain but it helps achieve a balnce in your muscular system so you heal up whats causeing the pain. Also if youend up being sensitive to the oil mixture wash it off with olive or almond oil, DO NOT USE WATER!!! Water pushes the oil further into the skin where as the vegetable oils will dilute them. Its rare to have reactions, but if you do use less of the oil or dilute it before application with either of the before mentioned vegetable oils. Hope this works for oyu.
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Hi Djinn\n\nHere are a few ideas to help the healing process.\n\nCause: \nArthritis is caused by acids and waste matter in the body, which eventually become solidified and lock the joint. This condition is caused and aggravated by improper diet. Some of the worst intakes are eggs, bread, milk, meat, salt, sugar, etc., because they cause arthritic calcification. The use of extremely hard water (generally of twelve or more grains in hardness) will often accentuate an arthritic condition where softer water will help relieve it. Sometimes an individual with a good inherent structure can throw off the hardest water without arthritic effect. The weaker person may drink water that is not very hard and absorb from it relatively larger quantities of the inorganic minerals. \n\n\nQuick Action Plan for Rheumatoid Arthritis\n\n1. Acupuncture treatment helps to reduce the body's aggressive defenses that inadvertently attack its own joint tissue. \n\n2. Massage affected joints with rosemary, benzoin, chamomile, camphor, juniper, or lavender. \n\n3. Diet plays an integral part in reducing or preventing the onset of all types of arthritic conditions. A diet rich in an abundant selection of fresh vegetables, and a wide variety of sweet and non-sweet fruits, soaked nuts and seeds, and whole grains is recommended. \n\n4. Tomatoes, cayenne, black and long pepper should be avoided by person's with rheumatoid arthritis. Minimize protein intake, choose small quantities of fish, legumes, eggs, soaked nuts and seeds. Eliminate beef, chicken, shellfish, and pork completely. Eat no hydrogenated fats, processed sugars, dairy products, alcohol, coffee, or black tea. \n\n5. Use the following powerful aids to speed and assist healing: Goji, Acai and Noni juice, bee pollen, royal jelly, and evening primrose oil are recommended, as is Shark cartilage, Wobenzyme, DMSO, MSM Manganese Cetyl myristoleate with lipase, and vitamin C.\n\n6. Test for food and environmental allergies and avoid all foods and substances to which you are allergic. \n\n7. Cleansing and Detoxification including colon and bowel cleansing therapies, fasting, kidney and gallbladder flushes, physical medicine, and homeopathic remedies. \nIsometric exercises, stretching, and yoga can help ease arthritis pain. \n\n8. Constitutional hydrotherapy (apply two to five times weekly) or heating compress (apply once daily to affected areas). \n\n9 Drink the juice of half a lemon before every meal and before going to bed. \n\nBest of health to your family.\n\nCheers
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I found my miracle pain killer after my knee surgery about a year ago. It is called tart cherry. You can find it at wild oats or any natural food store. It is both an anti-inflammatory and a pain killer. I am not positive it will be enough for an open sore, but at least it can ease some of your pain right now.
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Over the counter nutritional supplements (Glucosamine & Chondroitin sulfate) are vitamin pills for the knee cartilage, and have proven to be effective for some patients. These supplements are important because there are no nutrients for articular cartilage present in our every day diet.\n\nThese two compounds have gained widespread use for the treatment of arthritic conditions. Though initially skeptical of "homeopathic" natural remedies, some people reported excellent symptomatic relief, comparable to any non-steroidal (NSAID) drug. Additionally solid basic science studies and prospective blinded human studies have shown that glucosamine is effective in: \n\nReducing joint pain \nIncreasing lubrication of the joint \nStimulating cartilage matrix repair \nInhibiting enzymes that breakdown cartilage \nPreserving joint space \nAnti-inflammatory actions \n\nThe dosage that appears to be effective is 1500 mg of Glucosamine. The literature suggests that liquid forms are better absorbed than pills. The liquid (Joint Juice) or the pills can be taken once a day. \n\n \nThere is no allergic reaction known to glucosamine. No fish or shellfish products are present in the preparations. \n\nThere is no significant difference between the HCl and sulfate versions of glucosamine. \n\nThere is no over dosage of glucosamine possible that we are aware of.\n\nWide selection available at  www.gnc.com. Top seling product GNC Glucosamine 750 Chondroitin 600  ~ $34.99
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Hi !!!\n\nI think below article will be of interest.\n\n"Just about anyone suffering from stiff and aching joints has wished for magical oil to make those bones move more smoothly. Some have even tried rubbing sore joints with motor oil or spraying them with WD-40.\n\nSmearing yourself with these messy metal lubricants won’t do a thing for your arthritis. But you may be surprised to learn that putting the right kind of oils inside your body could help with the aches and pains. \n\nOut of all the choices, four oils rise to the top. There’s strong evidence that fish oil supplements with omega-3 fatty acids can ease rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms, help prevent Raynaud’s syndrome spasms and possibly relieve some lupus symptoms. Both borage seed and evening primrose seed oils have been shown to ease RA inflammation, and flaxseed oil may be also helpful. Readily available, these oils appear not to have serious side effects when taken as directed."\n\nComplete article "Medical Oils"  on "Arthritis Foundation" can be found here >> http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/1999_archives/1999_07_08explorations.asp\n\n\n>>> Naveen Kumar
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U could try Ginkgo.\n\nAsk @ your Health Food shop 4 dosage.
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Semper Fi, Gunny!  No, I'm afraid glucosamine and that other "alternative remedy", chondroitin, have been studied quite extensively, and no measurable benefit has been found.  This remained true whether the two substances were used alone or together.\n\nOsteoarthritis is a real bummer - mine has taken a big hunk out of my life by limiting my mobility and my flexibility.  It eventually does a number like that on most people who develop the disorder.  The only way to avoid it is to choose your parents carefully.  \n\nThere are some prescription medicines that can help; see your doctor.  If what he/she prescribes does not seem to help enough, ask for a referral to a rheumatologist, an MD who specializes in illness of this nature.\n\nGlucosamine and Chondroitin are not the only "alternative medicine" remedies suggested by herbalists and others who shouldn't be attempting to practice medicine ('cause they ain't nowhere near prepared or experienced enough), and some of them have appeared, at times, to offer slight to moderate relief from some of the symptoms of osteoarthritis.  Those results simply have not proven consistent. You might take a dose of Glucosamine and feel great the rest of the day, but next time you take it, you don't feel any relief or you feel worse than you did before taking the second dose.  \n\nI have interviewed several dozen folks over the past thirty years who have tried Glucosamine and Chondroitin together and tried each seperately.  None of them has obtained the hoped-for relief from those substances.  \n\nThe choice of whether or not to try either substance or both of them is up to you.  But after reading the above, at least, you will be able to make a more fully informed choice.  Good luck, Gunny.  Hope you find some relief.
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Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory..I have just found out that yucca is great for arthritis--breaks up calcium deposits and is anti-inflammatory..A natural healer I just saw prescribed large doses (for me 9 caps and 6 of nature's sunshine calcium with vit D --I am overweight so he may have used more??) for rheumatoid arthritis.\n\n.Please use caution with prescription anti-inflammatories..My mother got permanent kidney damage from taking Motrin for arthritis and is now dying and on dialysis.  \n\nAlso try raw apple cider vinegar in sea salt water or with honey (you may not be able to use honey being diabetic)and water --a few spoons and drink few times a day..\n\nI have heard a vegan diet will reverse arthritis.  Also see Dr. Richard Schulze's incurable (save your life) program..it has cured diabetes according to testimonials.  I definitely believe in it.
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extra virgin cocunt oil. cook with it.take a 1 tablespoon everyday for the oil your body needs. also rub in during the day. at night make up a scrunb of virgin oil and salt rub into neck,gently the rinse.
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Ginkgo is probably the best natural remedy. But sleep and proper nutrition will do even more.
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A few years ago, a new natural product hit the market. It's called AIRBORNE and was developed by a second-grade teacher. It is amazing. It is best to take it when you first notice symptoms.  I have used it several times with excellent results. I have also given it to my family members and they too have had their "cold time" greatly reduced.\n\nI also take 1000 mg C in the morning and another dose 12 hours later.\n\nhttp://www.airbornehealth.com/main.html
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I hope this is a genuine question and not a joke.\n\nIf you're having pain in the knees then you may want to try Obsteo-Flex, the new product that's being advertised, or a generic brand.\n\nGlucosamine HCL, Chondroitin, and MSM are known supplements for improving joint health.\n\nHopefully, you're not suffering from arthiritis but that could be a possibility.
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Chlorophyll is the way to go. Pills or parsley. \n\nGargling does no good as the smell is in your bloodstream, not your mouth.
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Try to find a very good Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) who does OMM--osteopathic manipulative medicine and who also does cranial osteopathy. A good one is worth their weight in gold! These doctors get a very rigourous training. Some are board certified in surgery, but  that should be an absolute LAST RESORT for any case. Osteopathic physicians can write out prescriptions for medications, and tests--X-rays, MRIs, etc. Many of them specialize in areas such as cardiology, gastro-intestinal disorders, etc. You want the person who still practices the science and art of manual manipulation--which, unfortunately is much rarer these days.\n\nALSO--there is a wonderful, but little known therapy that was developed by a British osteopath--Dr. Robert Boyd, called Bio-Cranial Therapy. The technique takes literally about 1-2 minutes. Only about 200 practitioners are available in the U.S. and many of them are chiropractors. The technique really is very helpful--to the entire body, not just the head/neck area.\n\nIf you go to a chiropractor, try to locate one that practices "Network Chiropractic." This is a technique that utilizes very gentle action in that it allows your body to make its own adjustment.\n\nOther modaltiies that may be of benefit: Medical massage therapy, deep tissue massage, craniosacral therapy, Feldenkrais Method, Alexander Technique, accupuncture, myofascial release.\n\nYou can apply a homeopathic cream/gel to the affected area of pain--it's called Traumeel (it comes in cream and a gel--the gel absorbs faster and is less greasy). It's a natural anti-inflammatory and acts to heal the tissue. Just follow the directions. A good health food store or nutritional pharmacy will carry it or you could probably find it online.\n  \nAlso-- if there is little or no more inflammation and you are suffering from stiffness--you may want to try a warm castor oil pack. A good health food store or nutritional pharmacy will have the castor oil (avoid a commercial grade, cheap oil, as it may contain toxins) and a flannel pack. Soak the flannel pack in the oil , place in a plastic bag and apply heat over the area for 20-25 minutes. The castor oil will have a very healing effect on the tissues. Do this daily--just before you go to sleep is a good time.\n\nAbout doctors and health care practitioners. It is very important that you feel comfortable and have confidence in the person you are seeing. Your practitioner should give you their full attention and not rush through the appointment. You have a right to be treated with respect, dignity and compassion. It's a good idea to write down a brief history of your situation and any questions you may have before your initial consultation. Get 2 copies (one for your first visit, and one for yourself to keep at home) of any tests, reports, etc that have been perfomed by an institution or another doctor. You have a right to have a copy of your medical records. It's possible that you may have to pay for copies from a hospital.\n\nListed below are some sources that may be of help.\n\nI know what it is like to be in pain. You WILL HEAL.\n\nBest of luck for a speedy and complete recovery.\n\nA Massage Therapist
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its arthritus, you can try glucosamine and chondroiton, and aleive for some pain help and ask your doctor for something like mobic, thats the anti inflamitory im on, it doesnt really stop the pain but it helps some, also lose weight. thats a biggie, next step is joint replacement. its old age hon.