14 Home Remedies for Arthritis & Joint Pain

Your freedom of movement is very important. The blessing becomes a curse when it comes in a limited condition –when there’s inflammation in one or more joints, your freedom of movement becomes very limited.

Osteoporosis and rheumatoid are two main kinds of arthritis and joint pain complaints. When the cartilage between your bones give in, the bones start grating on each other. There are other chances that there is an inflammation of the soft tissue that protects your body joints (synovial membrane) and this causes rheumatoid issues. This being the case, these conditions can be managed with certain natural treatments from the comfort of your home. When more medical attention is needed, Ayurveda has prescribed medicines for that as well, with the herbs doing its maximum best to improve your bone and joint health.

Read through these simple tips you can follow from home and keep away the inflammation:

1. Let’s indulge in some tea

Immerse half a teaspoon of ground ginger and ground turmeric each into your tea pot with 2 cups of water. Boil the whole mixture, let it cool, strain it and your steaming cup of bone-friendly tea is ready to sip.

2. Soak up

In a large bowl of warm water, throw in half a cup of Epsom salt. Stir it around and immerse your sore joints into the liquid. If you cannot soak a particular part of your body into this mixture, use this water to take bath. You’ll gradually discover healthy bones and joints.

3. Call for some extra

Rubbing your bones and joints with some warmed up extra virgin olive oil and massaging them will provide nice relief. You can wash it away with water and soap, later.

4. Dan-dan dandelion

In a tea pot, add in a cup of water, 3 teaspoons of fresh dandelion leaves and a dash of olive oil. Boil this mixture and drink it once a day.

5. Take help from the original aspirin in herbal form

White willow tea is believed to be the herbal form of aspirin. In a cup of water, stir in 2 teaspoons of chipped white willow bark and add a dash of lemon and honey to sweeten it up.

6. Walk the walk

Step out and walk at least for 15 minutes a day. You can gradually improve on the timing. But, walking the walk will help for sure!

7. Essentially essential oils

A backrub or massage with a blend of peppermint and eucalyptus essential oils will provide instant relief.

8. Alternate with temperatures

After a nice massage to those affected and sore bones and joints, pamper yourself with some massage. For this, you could alternate a warm and cold towel over the affected region and you’ll find it soothing enough!

9. Munch those miracle seeds

Throw in a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds into warm water and leave it overnight. The next morning, munch these seeds and drink the water that you used to soak the seeds.

10. The golden milk

Very popularly called yellow milk or golden milk off late in the abroad countries, turmeric milk is India’s own privileged baby. Turmeric has a lot of anti-inflammatory properties and helps reconstruct your bones and joints when you add a pinch of it to plain warm milk and gulp it down your throat.

11. Your morning vinegar

Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is known to cure joint and bone problems. Mix up half a teaspoon of organic ACV into a cup of warm water. You can sweeten it up with a few drops of honey and drink this in the morning.

12. Care it with cayenne

Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin and acts exactly like turmeric, effect-wise. Heat a cup of coconut oil, stir in a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in it and apply it to your sore joints for instant relief.

13. Rejuvenate and relax

Indulge in some oil massage over the affected area. You can ask your masseur to adjust the pressure according to your pain and this will go a long way in helping reduce your joint pain.

14. Garlic God

Rich in Sulphur and selenium, garlic acts as an excellent remedy for joint pains. You can add a few pods of peeled or mashed garlic to all your recipes and it will be sure to lessen your joint pain.

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