The knee joint is very important for human life, the treatment of which is popular with folk remedies, primarily because it is often injured or hurts due to various ailments. Of course, in the arsenal of traditional medicine there are a lot of methods to restore its functionality, but why not use what Mother Nature can give? A harmonious combination of science and folk knowledge will only benefit.
There are many reasons for the ailments of this important element of the human body. However, you can list a number of the main ones, due to which the knee joint can get sick. Treatment with folk remedies or traditional medicine may be needed for injuries, arthritis, arthrosis, meniscus damage, gout, bursitis.
Compresses can be used to relieve pain in case of damage on the third or fourth day. However, due to the fact that a knee joint injury is a very dangerous thing, immediately after receiving it, you need to contact a medical institution. If the doctor makes sure that this is a slight injury, then a finely grated potato compress will quickly relieve pain.
If arthritis is the cause of the knee pain, treatment with folk remedies will include proper diet and the use of tinctures and decoctions. In particular, it is necessary to exclude wheat, corn, vegetable oils, milk, potatoes, citrus fruits, meat, sour and spicy foods from the menu. And, conversely, increase the consumption of fatty fish, ginger, seaweed. As medicinal preparations, you can use birch tincture (20-30 g of kidneys per 100 ml of alcohol) or lingonberry decoction (two spoons per glass of water).
If the knee joint hurts due to arthrosis, treatment with folk remedies must necessarily include the fight against excess weight. This is necessary to reduce stress and reduce the amount of fat in the body. You should use a burdock leaf greased with olive oil (apply its fluffy side to the knee) or a decoction of bay leaves (20-30 pieces per 0.2 l of water, take several tablespoons during the day). For the prevention of gout, tea with lingonberry leaves or drinking with chicory helps well.
When the knee joint hurts after surgery, you can use various compositions to relieve the syndrome: for example, gruel from horseradish roots and radish in the form of a compress. Another recipe is s alt and fir oil (or turpentine), which is impregnated with a napkin and then applied to the sore spot. A gruel of grated quince, barley flour and vinegar helps.
During the exacerbation of rheumatic pain in the joints, you can use lemon tincture. ExceptIn addition, the use of compresses from bulbs grated on a fine grater is effective. Ordinary nettle has good healing properties, it is enough to systematically add it to food. A tincture of hazel on medical alcohol can serve as an effective rub or compress for the night. Eating specially prepared cooked rice will help draw out excess s alt from the joints.