Can Herbs for Arthritis help to
reduce your joint's pain?
The pain is unbearable. It's stubborn and won't go away. How can you improve arthritis pain for long term with herbs for arthritis?
Arthritis is a general term for joint's pain. It can
be mild or severe, affecting one or more joints. It causes inflammation, pain, swelling, warmth or stiffness
in the affected joint.
The three most common types are:
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. It is
caused by wear and tear due to excessive use over the years
or to old injuries in affected joints. It commonly affects
people over 60 years of age.
Osteoarthritis mostly affects the large weight-bearing joints
like the knees, hips and spine, causing pain and stiffness which
is worst at the end of the day. The affected person may have
difficulty in walking, climbing stairs, squatting or kneeling.
You can check the severity of osteoarthritis by having an X-ray
bone scan.
Causes of Osteoarthritis
Causes of osteoarthritis include:
1) Accidents or serious injury to joints
2) High heel shoe
Common use of high heel shoe injures your foot, knee and back
joints. You're recommended to use it only once a while.
3) Bad Posture
Remember to sit and stand with your head and back straight
up. Bad posture results in extra stress to the joints especially
around neck and back. It causes poor blood circulation too.
4) Menopause
Women hormones are responsible to lock calcium in their
bones. After menopause, when their hormones get lesser, calcium
loss increases. This speeds up their joints wear and
tear.
5) Unbalanced Diet
In your diet, acidic food mainly consists of meat, sugar and
peanuts. Alkaline food includes fruits and vegetables in general.
When you take too much acidic food and less alkaline food,
your blood becomes more acidic. As your body needs to maintain
blood acid/alkaline (pH) level of 7.4, it will transfer calcium
(alkaline substance) from the bones into the blood.
Therefore, acidic diet speeds up calcium loss in bones, causing osteoarthritis.
Acidic body also causes chronic fatigue, high blood pressure
and other diseases. For diet good for bone health, remember to:
- Reduce intake of acidic food. Take more fruits and
vegetables.
- Prevent consumption of soft drinks as it is highly acidic.
- Control intake of coffee and tea as these
drinks will increase calcium loss from bones too.
Besides this, you can take Ganoderma Lucidum herb for faster
improvement. As herbs for arthritis, this fungus can balance
your body acidic value. Therefore, it indirectly controls calcium loss
from bones.
Herbs for Arthritis
For arthritis, Cordyceps Sinensis herb works better than Ganoderma Lucidum herb. In Traditional
Chinese Medicine, kidney supports bone functions. Since Cordyceps effectively enhances your kidney energy, it is beneficial for arthritis and osteoporosis.
Another important supplement for arthritis is Coral
Calcium. This supplement can strengthen
your joint and increase bone density.
Coral Calcium is a type of organic calcium with the most similar
calcium form as calcium in our bone. Therefore, it has the highest and fastest bone absorption rate. Another advantage of Coral Calcium is that it won't cause
formation of stones. Excessive Coral Calcium will be excreted
out through urine.
Arthritis-Free Diet and Lifestyle
You are recommended to include these foods in your diet
for a stronger bone:
- Brown rice
- Black sesame
- Vegetables and fruits
These are natural foods high in calcium with other beneficial
minerals and nutrients.
Remember not to overstress the affected joint. For back bone
osteo arthritis, avoid carrying heavy thing. For knee osteo arthritis, do not run or climb mountain. Walk
and stand less. You can exercise by swimming or cycling.
Is it too late?
If joint's cartilage is totally worn
out, especially knee joint, it is impossible to
heal it with any supplements or herbs for arthritis. You need
to undergo operation to install an artificial cartilage.
But if the cartilage has worn out about half, there are still chances
for improvement.
Remember to adjust your diet, lifestyle and posture. And with the correct supplement and herbs for arthritis, you can improve the pain slowly.
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