Our life is poisoned by a great number of diseases. One of them is osteoarthritis of the knee joint. This disease manifests itself more often in women, especially after forty years. Often, the disease spoils the lives of overweight people, due to the increased load on the joints. But the disease can affect the body not only from mature age. It often develops in young athletes as well as after injuries, which is why it is often confused with other diseases of the knees. To be sure that you are developing osteoarthritis of the knee, you need to determine the presence of certain symptoms.
Symptoms
Osteoarthritis of the knee joint is called gonarthrosis. Gonarthrosis occurs in three stages, each characterized primarily by increased pain.
The diagnosis can be determined by characteristic signs of the first stage:
- mild knee pain when walking;
- increased pain when going down or up stairs;
- severe pain in the morning after rest, which weakens over time;
- swelling of the knees, in severe cases, synovitis is observed - the accumulation of fluid in the joint bag, which later fills the space behind the knee.
It's also worth noting that severe pain doesn't come out of nowhere. They are preceded by a long period (usually several months) of mild pain in the knees.
The second stage of the development of osteoarthritis of the knee joint, in addition to increasing pain, is characterized by the presence of a painful crisis and the inability to bend or bend the leg normally.
In the third stage, the pains become even stronger, because of them it is now not even possible to fall asleep. Now the knee can only be bent at a 90 degree angle, and it's very difficult to find a position where it doesn't hurt. In the affected joint, blood circulation is disturbed and its deformation also begins.
It is quite difficult to treat osteoarthritis of the knee joint in the third stage of development. Therefore, when the first symptoms and signs are detected, it is necessary to immediately look for ways to put the joints in order.
Methods of treatment of our ancestors
Treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee joints can be carried out by modern methods and with the help of traditional medicine. It is advisable to turn to the recipes of our ancestors when you are allergic to modern medicines or for some other reason modern medicine cannot help you.
In addition, folk remedies have an incomparable advantage over modern medicines - recipes have been compiled for more than a century, which is why they have passed more than one test and really shown their effectiveness.
Ancestors compiled many recipes for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Which remedy to choose depends on the availability of the necessary ingredients, the individual characteristics of the body and the patient's preferences. But you shouldn't do away with traditional medicine if the methods you choose don't help you. Keep looking and eventually you will get what you want.
horseradish compress
The miraculous properties of horseradish are used to treat more than a dozen ailments, and the availability makes this plant very popular. In the case of osteoarthritis of the knee joint, it can also help. To cure this disease, you will need to prepare a horseradish compress.
To do this, take some plant roots, grind them finely on a grater, and then steam them in water. A pot of water should be kept on low heat and not boiled. Wrap the resulting product in a linen towel, soak in a decoction and apply to the painful joint. This folk remedy must be prepared immediately before use, because mashed horseradish loses its medicinal properties within a week.
prefabricated compress
Arthrosis of the joints is often accompanied by salt deposition. Especially this manifestation of the disease torments the elderly. To alleviate the condition, you can use a folk remedy such as a combined compress.
To prepare this medicine you will need:
- medical iodine;
- ammonia (ten percent);
- honey (best flower, collected in May);
- medical bile;
- glycerol.
Taking all the components for the treatment in equal proportions, mixing them well and placing them in a dark place, away from sunlight, you can prepare this healing compress. Before use, the product must be shaken, pour a small amount into a jar and heated in a water bath.
Moisten a small napkin in the heated mixture, place it on the sore knee, put cellophane on top and wrap everything with a warm thing (wool handkerchief or handkerchief). Use this folk remedy every day until full recovery.
cabbage leaf compress
A folk remedy like a cabbage leaf compress is an effective remedy that is easy to prepare. To start treating a joint, you need to get a fresh head of cabbage, pluck some leaves, spread honey on the inside of the chi and apply it to the painful knee. To improve the effect, place a plastic bag on top and then a warm wool cloth. It is best to apply a compress before going to bed, for at least a month.
oat compress
Preparing this folk remedy is also very simple. To do this, take oatmeal (the same Hercules) in the amount of five tablespoons, pour a small amount of boiling water to make a viscous porridge. Put the resulting mixture on the fire and cook for no more than 7 minutes.
After cooking, transfer the porridge to a natural fabric (wool or linen) and attach it to the sore knee. From above, wrap the leg with cellophane and tie everything with a bandage. Make a compress before bed, removing only in the morning. Before a new use, this folk remedy must be prepared again.
Compress into eggshell and kefir
To heal a painful joint, use a compress of crushed eggshell and kefir. After mixing these two components together to form a thick paste, transfer it to a linen cloth. Apply the finished remedy to the sore spot for no more than three hours. To enhance the effect, cellophane is placed on top of the linen fabric at the knee.
dandelion compress
Traditional medicine uses dandelion to prepare many medicines that can also be used to treat gonarthrosis. To prepare the composition, fresh flowers collected in May can be used, as well as already dried leaves and inflorescences.
If you have fresh flowers, they should be washed well and also chewed until a thick paste is formed. If you only have dried leaves and flowers, you must first fill them with hot water and then chew them.
The resulting mixture is applied to diseased joints and covered with a plastic bag on top and left indefinitely. It is worth using this folk remedy every day.
camphor-based ointment
Ointments are often used to treat osteoarthritis of the joints. One of these ointments can be prepared from the following components:
- camphor, 50 g;
- alcohol, 100 g;
- mustard powder, 50 g;
- chicken eggs, 3 pcs.
Take the camphor and dissolve it in alcohol. Then add mustard powder to the resulting solution and mix everything together. After that, beat the egg whites separately and add to the pre-prepared remedy. The resulting ointment should rub the joints.
Celandine Ointment
The fact that many diseases can be treated with celandine is known to everyone, but not everyone knows that ointments based on it are used to treat osteoarthritis of the knee joint. To prepare it, you need to take three tablespoons of chopped celandine, pour them into a bottle and pour 250 ml of sunflower oil. The resulting mixture must be infused for 2-3 weeks.
To treat the affected joint, it is necessary to rub the ointment on the affected joints with massage movements. Can be used as a massage ointment. Apply for at least one month.
Elecampane and mummy ointments
Popular methods of treatment use the healing properties of elecampane for the preparation of many medicines. To prepare this ointment, you need to mix 50 g of elecampane and 125 ml of alcohol. It will be possible to treat the knees after infusing the ointment in a dark place for two weeks. Daily rubbing significantly speeds up the healing process.
Honey can also be used as an ointment, just pre-mixed mummy. To do this, take 100 grams of bee product and 3 grams of mummy, mix the components until smooth. Treat the joint with this ointment at bedtime for a week.
The methods used to treat osteoarthritis of the knee joint were developed by our ancestors over a hundred years ago. That's why they have such effective healing properties. But still, before starting to treat osteoarthritis with one or another remedy, consult a specialist.