Our life is poisoned by many evils. One of them is arthrosis of the knee joint. This disease most often manifests itself in women, mainly after forty years. Very often, the disease spoils the life of overweight people, due to the increased load on the joints. But the disease can affect the body not only in middle age. Very often it 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 proceeds in three stages, each of which is mainly characterized by an increase in pain.
The diagnosis can be determined by characteristic signs of the first stage:
- mild knee pain when walking;
- increased pain when descending or ascending 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 then fills the space behind the knee.
It should also be noted that severe pain does not occur out of the blue. They are preceded by a long period (usually several months) of mild pain in the knees.
The second stage of the development of arthrosis of the knee joint, in addition to increasing pain, is characterized by the presence of a painful creak and the inability to bend or straighten the leg normally.
In the third stage, the pains become even stronger, because of them it is not even possible to fall asleep. Now the knee can only be bent at an angle of 90 degrees, and it is very difficult to find a position in which it would not hurt. In the affected joint, blood circulation is disturbed, and its deformation also begins.
It is quite difficult to treat arthrosis 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 bring order to the joints.
Methods of treatment of our ancestors
Treatment of arthrosis of the knee joints can be carried out both by modern methods and with the help of traditional medicine. It is advisable to resort to the recipes of our ancestors when you are allergic to modern drugs or for some other reason modern medicine cannot help you.
In addition, folk remedies have an incomparable advantage over modern drugs - recipes have been compiled for more than a century, which is why they have passed more than one test and really shown their effectiveness.
The ancestors compiled many recipes for the treatment of arthrosis. Which remedy to choose depends on the availability of the necessary ingredients, individual characteristics of the body and patient preferences. But you should not put an end to traditional medicine if the chosen methods did not 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 diseases, and the availability makes this plant very popular. In case of osteoarthritis of the knee joint, it can also help. To cure this ailment, you will need to prepare a horseradish compress.
To do this, take a few plant roots, finely grind them on a grater, then steam them in water. A pot of water should be kept over low heat and not brought to a boil. Wrap the resulting product in a linen napkin, soak it with a decoction and apply it to the sore joint. This folk remedy should be prepared immediately before use, since horseradish in a puree state loses its medicinal properties within a week.
Premade compress
Osteoarthritis of the joints is very often accompanied by salt deposits. Especially this manifestation of the disease torments the elderly. To relieve the condition, you can use such a folk remedy as a combined compress.
To prepare this medicine you will need:
- medical iodine;
- ammonia (ten percent);
- honey (best flower, harvested in May);
- medical bile;
- glycerol.
Taking all the components for treatment in equal proportions, carefully mixing and placing in a dark place, protected from sunlight, you can prepare this healing compress. Before use, the product must be shaken, pour a small amount into a jar and heat in a water bath.
Moisten a small towel in the heated mixture, put it on the sore knee, put cellophane on it and wrap everything with a warm thing (wool scarf or scarf). Use this folk remedy every day until complete recovery.
cabbage leaf compress
Such a folk remedy as a compress from cabbage leaves is an effective and easy-to-prepare medicine. To start treating a joint, you need to get a new head of cabbage, tear off a few leaves from it, smear the inside of the chi with honey and apply it to the sore knee. To enhance the effect, place a plastic bag on top, then a warm woolen cloth. It is best to apply a compress before bedtime, for at least a month.
oat compress
The preparation of 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 get 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 tie it to the sore knee. From above, wrap the leg with cellophane and tie everything with a bandage. Make a compress before going to bed, removing only in the morning. Before further use, this folk remedy must be prepared again.
Compress on eggshell and kefir
To cure a painful joint, use a compress of crushed eggshells and kefir. After mixing these two components until a thick slurry forms, transfer it to a linen cloth. Apply the finished remedy to the sore spot for no more than three hours. To accentuate the effect, cellophane is placed on the linen fabric on the knee.
Dandelion Compress
Traditional medicine uses dandelion to prepare many medicines that can also be used to treat knee osteoarthritis. To prepare the composition, fresh flowers collected in May, as well as already dried leaves and inflorescences, can be used.
If you have fresh flowers, they should be washed thoroughly, then chewed thoroughly until a thick porridge forms. If you only have dried leaves and flowers, then you need to fill them with hot water first, and then chew them.
The resulting mixture is applied to diseased joints and covered with a plastic bag on top and left for an indefinite period. It is worth using such a folk remedy every day.
Camphor ointment
Ointments are often used to treat arthrosis of the joints. Such an ointment can be prepared from the following components:
- camphor, 50 g;
- alcohol, 100 g;
- mustard powder, 50 g;
- chicken eggs, 3 pcs.
Take camphor and dissolve it in alcohol. Then add mustard powder to the resulting solution and mix everything. After that, beat the egg whites separately and add them to the remedy prepared in advance. 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 celandine ointments are used to treat arthrosis 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 should be infused for 2-3 weeks.
To treat the affected joint, it is necessary to rub the ointment into the affected joints with massage movements. Can be used as a massage ointment. Apply for at least one month.
Elecampane and mummy ointments
Traditional methods of treatment use the healing properties of elecampane for the preparation of many medicines. To prepare such an 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 greatly speeds up the healing process.
Honey can also be used as an ointment, only pre-mixed mummy. To do this, take 100 grams of beekeeping product and 3 grams of mummy, mix the components until smooth. Treat the joint with this ointment at bedtime for a week.
Methods for treating arthrosis of the knee joint have been developed by our ancestors for more than a hundred years. That is why they have such effective healing properties. But still, before you start treating arthrosis with one or another remedy, consult a specialist.