Ayurveda for Treating Arthritis
March 13, 2009
With the changes in the lifestyle of the people, the bodies are getting more and more prone to various diseases. One such disease that is attacking more and more people is arthritis, which involves severe pain in the joints.
This is the disease which generally attacks those people who are above the age of 55 years. Arthritis is of various forms and the most common type of it is degenerative joint disease. There are many treatments offered various medicine systems.Even Ayurveda offers a treatment of this painful disease.
The Ayurvedic science explains this disease as being caused by the aggravation of vita dosha and due to an increase in ama of the body, it starts getting deposited in the weaker areas of the body. This disturbance results in arthritis. The ayurvedic treatment basically cures this disturbance. The treatment which it offers includes fasting, which helps digestion of ama.
A drink made of 2 teaspoons (tsp) of lemon juice, 1 tsp honey and 250 ml of warm water is recommended in the morning and in the evening. Even body massage with sesame or mustard oil reduces the pain. Light exercise without exerting too much can be opted and more and more intake of vitamin c in the form of orange and sweet lime juice can help. Eating a healthy diet can help to cure the disease.
Green salads, cucumber juice, carrots, beet root, fruits like apples, grapes, oranges, and papaya and vegetables like zucchini, pumpkin and squash can help to cure this health problem. Things to be avoided are hot, spicy food, fried food, and sweets. Consume only a moderate quantity of tea, coffee, white sugar, chocolate and cocoa.
Ayurveda recommends various herbs to cure this disease. Turmeric, popularly known as haldi; hing, called asafetida, with coconut oil; garlic, more popularly known as lehsun; ginger; zingiber officinalis i.e. Sunthi; and licorice, which is yashhtimadhu, are known to have medicinal values.
If they are taken in the proper way, they can make the pain less and even cure this disease. Therefore, if you are suffering from this painful and deadly disease follow the abovementioned tips and suggestions and see the difference in your body.
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Ayrvedic can cure the symptoms of the disesase or it will reduce the pain of arthritis.It is effective.