| First, The Cause: | | | | "Side-Effects" |
| There are many kinds of arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the | | | | It is useful in all stomach troubles, sour stomach, and |
| most common type and is often seen in older | | | | heartburn. Excellent in all kinds of fevers, chills, ague, |
| patients. It is caused by everyday wear and tear on | | | | acute rheumatism. Good for bleeding and to increase |
| the joints over a period of many years. Sometimes it | | | | the flow of urine. |
| develops in a joint following injury. | | | | Ginger: |
| Rheumatoid arthritis, which can be a very crippling | | | | "Side-Effects" |
| disease, is most common in young and middle-aged | | | | Prevents bowel pain and is good for diarrhea, colds, la |
| women. Gouty arthritis is most frequent in | | | | grippe, chronic bronchitis, coughs, dyspepsia, gas and |
| middle-aged men, and is hardly ever seen in women. | | | | fermentation, cholera, gout, and nausea when |
| The exact cause of most forms of arthritis is not | | | | combined with stronger laxative herbs. Chewing it is |
| know; however, wrong dietary habits, which fill the | | | | good for sore throats. |
| system with uric acid and other poisons, seem to | | | | Lobelia |
| play a part in some types of arthritis, especially gout. | | | | "Side- Effects" |
| Exposure to wet and cold may increase the pain and | | | | It is the most powerful relaxant known among the |
| suffering. | | | | herbs that have no harmful effects. It makes the |
| The Symptoms: | | | | blood pulse fuller and slower in cases of inflammation |
| The joints become stiff and sore. Sometimes they | | | | and fever. Lobelia reduces palpitation of the heart |
| may enlarge and become very deformed. The skin | | | | (trembling or irregular, rapid heart beat). Pages and |
| over the joints may become hot and very tender to | | | | pages could be written on all the benefits of lobelia |
| touch of to any type of motion. | | | | Boswellia |
| Not infrequently, the joints become so stiff that they | | | | It is taken as an anti-inflammatory agent, much |
| cannot be moved. In some forms of arthritis the pain | | | | aspirin and ibuprofen, which are commonly used to |
| is intermittent, while in others it is quite constant. The | | | | treat pain. However, unlike the drugs, boswellia |
| muscles may become smaller and almost useless. In | | | | extract can be used for significant periods of time |
| some cases the joints farthest from the trunk are | | | | without causing stomach upset. |
| involved; for example, the wrists and hands; while at | | | | "Side-Effects" |
| other times the spine and larger joints are most | | | | Boswellia extract is said to lower cholesterol and |
| severely involved. | | | | triglyceride levels in the blood. |
| The Following Herbs are Used to Treat Arthritis: | | | | Tumeric: |
| Willow: | | | | Laboratory tests and clinical research indicate that the |
| The ability of willow bark to reduce fever and | | | | active ingredients have unique antioxidant and |
| alleviate pain has been known for centuries. It is | | | | anti-inflammatory properties. |
| closely related to the common aspirin. | | | | |