Each person, due to certain circumstances, once encounters a problem of pain in the knee joints, which knocks us out of the usual rhythm of life.
For some, this happens with the onset of a certain age, someone has to stand for several hours a day at work, others unsuccessfully fall or train hard.
Usually these pains are either the result of damage to the meniscus, or a consequence of the deposition of salts.
It is impossible to delay the treatment of this ailment, moreover, it is necessary to provide assistance to the affected joint as soon as possible. But at the current pace of life, it is far from always possible to find time to visit a doctor, so many initially resorted to simpler and less costly methods - traditional medicine.
The main methods of treatment of knee joints folk remedies
Below are the 10 most common and proven over the years recipes that are unlikely to be harmful to the body, except in cases of individual intolerance to one or another component.
Bay leaf
One of the strongest means to help remove accumulated salts. The recipe is very simple: about 25 leaves are poured with two glasses of water and allowed to boil for about 5 minutes. After this, the broth must be infused for 4 hours in a thermos and you can drink in small sips. The mixture is prepared three days in a row, one serving should be enough for 12 hours. With a break of a week, the course should be repeated. It is recommended to carry out no more than two courses of treatment per year.
It is important to know that this method can only be used after preliminary bowel cleansing. Otherwise, there is a possibility of an allergic release. If the appearance of frequent urination is observed, then this indicates that the broth began to act, respectively, the salts dissolve and are excreted along with the urine.
Strongly not recommended during pregnancy.
Eggshell
Everyone knows that the shell contains a lot of calcium. Also, it contains fluorine, iron, copper and other trace elements necessary for the body. It helps with intestinal disorders, insomnia and problems with the musculoskeletal system, including with the knee joints. The egg shell is completely harmless and has no side effects, so it can be safely used for treatment.
Before removing it, the eggs must be washed well with soap. In this case, there is no need to boil them or pour over boiling water - such a shell is extremely rarely infected. After it is removed, it is necessary to carefully crush it and add a few grams to any dish for breakfast. When joint pain is particularly acute, you can increase the daily dose to 8 grams (dessert spoon without top), but no more.
Barberry
A very famous recipe, which can often be found in newspapers and magazines. Effective for burstitis, arthritis and arthrosis. To prepare a potion in two liters of purified water, you need to boil 250 g. rye grains. After waiting for the broth to cool, strain and add a kilogram of honey, 500 grams of vodka and 20-25 grams of barberry root. Everything is thoroughly kneaded and cleaned for 20 days in any dark place. It is necessary to eat 50 grams of the aged mixture before meals. The course of treatment is quite long, since all you need to cook and drink about 9 liters of medicine.
There is only one difficulty in the prescription - the roots of barberry are not sold in pharmacies. It is best to seek them from amateur gardeners.
Cottage cheese
In the fight against pain in the knee joints, calcified cottage cheese helps a lot. In any pharmacy, you can buy calcium chloride, you still need 500 gr. milk 1.5 tablespoons of calcium solution are added to milk heated to 60 degrees and kept on low heat until the milk becomes curd. Then it is thrown back onto a sieve, wrapped with gauze and left overnight. By morning, the cottage cheese will be ready and you can use it in any quantities, since it does not pose any harm to the body.
Rice
It easily removes salts of ordinary boiled rice from the body. Before use, it must be soaked in water for 5 days. It should be eaten in the morning for two tablespoons without any spices and bread. After that, it is not recommended to eat anything in food for about three hours - this is the period that rice needs to remove salts. The course is 40 days. It should be noted that during treatment it is impossible to load the muscles physically.
Woodlouse (grass)
In addition to affecting the joints, it improves metabolism. It is recommended to use it in the summertime for a tablespoon 10 minutes before a meal. For cooking, grass is laid out in a three-liter jar, 500 g is poured. vodka and to the top is filled with cold boiled water. Infuse the mixture you need about 10 days. At the same time, it should not be filtered.
White lilac
When the lilac blooms, you can pick and dry the flowers. The color of the white bush is needed. Flowers are poured with vodka in a proportion of 1:10, the can is tightly closed and removed for 10 days. You need to use 20 drops three times a day. At the same time, you can rub the knee with tincture or make compresses from it.
Pine nuts
Washed and dried pine nuts are heated in a pan. Then remove the shell, pour it into a bottle and fill it to the top with alcohol. After 21 days, the mixture should be filtered and consumed 2 drops, dissolved in 20 grams of water, before dinner. Every day you need to add one drop. After they become 22, the countdown should be carried out in the reverse order and reduce the number of drops daily by one. At the end, the body needs to give a break of up to 3 to 4 days and repeat the entire course.
Celery with lemon
In a meat grinder, grind 500 grams of lemons and celery and mix with the same amount of honey. After 5 days, begin to take a spoonful before meals. When the remedy is over, you need a break of up to two weeks and a second course.
Lingonberry leaves
One of the simplest recipes for sore joints. For 15 minutes in a glass of water you need to boil a spoonful of dry leaves. The broth is drunk in small portions in one day.
External treatment of knee joints with folk remedies
In addition to tinctures for oral administration, you can use other methods of treatment. For example, techniques have a positive effect on the knee joints baths with essential oils.
You can also cook yourself ointments for rubbing the knee. One of the most effective means is horse chestnut. About 300 grams of fruit are poured into a glass jar and poured 500 gr. vodka. Strain the mixture for two weeks and rub it with a knee daily for a month.
Another option is mix 20 gr. apple cider vinegar, one yolk and 6 grams. turpentine. When the mass becomes homogeneous, rub into sore knees.
If there is no time to prepare such funds, you can simply rub about one month into the joints lemon juice. It also has a positive effect and relieves pain.
The most famous method is burdocking. A fresh burdock leaf is applied to the knee with the underside and fixed with an elastic bandage. Repeat the procedure daily at night until the edema has gone and the pain has subsided.
It is worth remembering that no matter what treatment method was chosen, you should always consult with a specialist. After all, folk remedies on their own more often act only as preventive measures, and for recovery it is required to use them in combination with drug treatment. Both options will enhance the action of each other, which will help to quickly eliminate the inflammatory process and forever forget about such unpleasant pains in the knee joints.
So you still have to limp to the doctor!
