Osteochondrosis of the cervix is the cause of acute pain, which is poorly controlled by medication. The use of folk remedies allows you to get rid of the unpleasant symptoms in this disease and will not harm the body. They are used in conjunction with conservative therapy, physiotherapy, massage, as supplements and increase the chances of recovery.
Characteristics of an unconventional approach
Treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine with folk methods is carried out under the supervision of a specialist. The disease itself is considered dangerous, therefore, without qualified medical care, it progresses rapidly and leads to a number of complications. An unconventional approach is used by doctors in case of detection of serious contraindications or acute intolerance to anti-inflammatory drugs. Thus, the main features of the treatment are:
- Minimum number of side effects and availability for all segments of the population.
- Proven recipes contain only natural ingredients, which increases the safety of their use.
- High efficiency of treatment with the right approach.
- The possibility of combining traditional therapy, massage, exercise therapy, physiotherapy with traditional medicine techniques.
- Low possibility of side effects, depending on the dose and duration of the course.
- Successful relief of inflammation and pain syndrome, elimination of muscle spasms, stabilization of the central nervous system.
- The ability to cook everything yourself from high quality ingredients, the whole process is easy and requires no special knowledge and training.
- The treatment is performed at home.
Traditional methods allow you to get a lasting remission and stop the progression of the disease, boost immunity and improve the overall condition of the patient. Due to the naturalness of the composition, there is a low probability of side effects or the development of complications.
The main methods and tools of treatment
Osteochondrosis of the cervix is manifested by a number of unpleasant symptoms. Many patients complain of decreased vision or hearing, the appearance of tinnitus, increased fatigue, muscle aches, toothaches and headaches, inability to perform simple exercises completely due to stiffness. To combat them, a number of methods and recipes of traditional medicine are used, namely:
- pomada,
- friction,
- tincture,
- decoction,
- fasha,
- banjot.
All the ingredients for proven recipes can be found in any pharmacy, and they are usually free. This applies not only to herbal preparations, but also to beekeeping products (bee venom, propolis, bee venom), snake venom, aromatic oils and others.
Compresses can be applied for several hours or overnight, depending on the substance chosen.
The best compresses for neck pain
Treatment of cervical chondrosis with folk remedies is better to start with the use of different types of rubbing and compresses. Local exposure will warm the area, reduce the manifestation of pain, improve blood circulation and relieve inflammation. Do the procedure several times a day, usually no more than five. In this case, the set exposure time should not be exceeded. The best recipes for compresses are:
- Necessary it is necessary to find fresh horseradish leaves, pour boiling water over them. Once the solution has cooled slightly and is injected, gauze is soaked in it and applied to the injured area. It is better to do all this not at night. Thanks to the special ingredients, such an effect relieves pain well.
- Take fresh cottage cheese, cook well and add a little vinegar. The resulting mass is applied evenly to the neck area. On top of the compress, you should put a scarf or put a warm cloth. All this is kept for at least 12 hours, so it is most often recommended to do it at night.
- Common turpentine has been well-proven in the fight against cervical osteochondrosis. Water is added to 200 g of rye flour and it becomes a strong cake. It is inserted for two days, after which turpentine is applied to the sore spot, covered with dough and wrapped in a scarf. While the inconvenience is patient, all this should be kept, then removed, the place rinsed with warm water.
- Effectively relieves inflammation and pain with honey and potatoes. To do this, the peeled tubers are rubbed on a thick grater, mixed in half with a natural beekeeping product, and all this is applied to the sore spot. On top of this, place paper and a clean cloth. Hold for 2 hours, then rinse with water and pat dry. Rub the fir oil on the skin.
Eggs, vodka, aloe juice with honey, garlic and kerosene are also used as the main ingredients for compresses for osteochondrosis. With some products, it is especially important to observe the dosage and duration of exposure, as if used carelessly, they can cause burns.
Friction of the neck with osteochondrosis
Alternative treatment methods also suggest the use of good rubbing along with compresses. They can consist of a wide variety of ingredients to treat pain, stinging or other pathological conditions in the neck. The following recipes are very popular for this:
- Take half a packet of natural butter (72%), mix with a tablespoon of flour, beaten eggs and 25 g of vinegar. The mixture should be of a uniform consistency, after which it is sent to a dark place for infusion. The resulting composition is washed off the painful area, covered with a film for several hours, and then washed off with warm water.
- The minced radish is rubbed on a thick grater, at the end you should get about half a glass. Vodka and honey are added in the same amount, ordinary salt is added to them, 2 tablespoons are enough. After obtaining a homogeneous mass, the composition can be used as sand. The mixture warms perfectly and relieves painful sensations.
- For severe pain, it is best to use a mixture of ethanol, iodine and camphor alcohol. They are mixed in a ratio of 300 ml: 10 ml: 10 ml, respectively. In the resulting composition, 10 analgin tablets are added in granular form.
If there is a cut or open wound at the friction site, they cannot be used. Better to use compresses or other proven techniques. It is also unacceptable to apply them in the presence of chronic skin pathologies, the deterioration of which may provoke such treatment.
Popular lipstick
It is impossible to cure osteochondrosis with oils alone, but they are an important component of complex therapy. Various formulations are able to anesthetize the problem area, relieve inflammation and improve the overall condition. The following proven recipes are very popular:
- Take half a packet of high quality butter (you can replace it with lard), add to it mint grass, coriander fruits and birch buds. Apply the resulting oil to the problem area 23 times a day.
- Add a little St. John’s wort, snake climber root, birch buds or a little. Insist slightly on the resulting mixture and use only as directed.
- Take calendula flowers, mint grass, hop seeds, meadow flowers, eucalyptus leaves and mix it all with fat. Apply the resulting composition on the painful area.
- Take 6 large bay leaves, mix with juniper needles (about 1 teaspoon), add 70 g butter. Grind the mixture well, preferably in a blender until a homogeneous consistency is obtained and rub in a sore spot. The composition perfectly relieves pain and soothes the affected area.
Ointments can also be used as bandages by wearing a scarf over them. Importers it is important to fix everything tightly with a bandage, and so that the fabrics do not absorb the mixture, they place a plastic wrap over it.
Decoction of useful herbs
Traditional medicine offers not only a local effect on neck pain, but also taking many home-made medicines by mouth. If oils, compresses and rubbing help to solve on the spot the problem of inflammation and pain, then decoctions, infusions perfectly stimulate the immune system, improve metabolism from within.
The most popular recipes are:
- Take about 400 g of cranberry and peeled cloves of garlic, a little medium is enough. Grind them thoroughly or finely chop, leave in a clean container for a day. After that, add 800 g of honey to the composition, mix until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. The drug is applied to a teaspoon 3 times a day.
- Take sunflower root (finding it out of season is problematic), rinse thoroughly and dry, chop. 150 g will be enough, which are added to 3 liters of water. All this is put on fire and brought to a boil. The resulting broth is infused for two days, after which it is taken in a tablespoon 30 minutes before eating. It is advisable to prepare a new part of the medicine in advance so as not to interrupt the course.
- Take 250 g of peeled needles, pour a liter of water. Put all these on the fire and cook for half an hour. Clean the resulting broth from the branches and divide into equal parts so as to form 6 servings, which should be drunk within three days at intervals of 8-12 hours.
- Dandelion root (about 15 g) is cleaned of dirt, dried shoots and poured with half a liter of boiling water. The resulting solution is infused for one hour, after which it is filtered and taken in a tablespoon before meals.
Such decoctions well remove salts from the body, it is easy to understand this by changing the color of urine. At the beginning of the process, it becomes almost orange, after which it becomes more transparent, as soon as all the harmful ingredients are removed from the body. But it should not be forgotten that for the period of treatment, spicy and salty foods are strictly forbidden.
Decoctions work well with other more conservative methods and help support the body in the fight against pathology. Medicinal herbs such as burdock, wheat grass, string, violet and herbs are also used.
Healing baths
With osteochondrosis of the cervix, warm water, to which various ingredients have been added, relieves tension, pain and spasms well. The procedure is performed using a temperature in the range 37-39 ° С; a higher thermometer rise is unacceptable. It should be remembered that this is a medical procedure, so it is important not to overdo it. As a useful addition, you can use:
- birch leaves,
- horse chestnut,
- chamomile,
- biskofite,
- needle branches.
The time spent in the water is 10-20 minutes, even if the procedure is performed for preventive purposes. Due to the optimal temperature and the presence of phytocomponents in the water, the muscle tissue calms down, the inflammation is reduced and the pain is practically not felt. Such baths are also useful for dizziness, frequent pain and to increase the mood, improving the psycho-emotional state.
Herbal teas
You can verify the effectiveness of this or that medicine by examining reviews of other patients with a similar disease. Usually, patients share prescriptions, which medications helped best, which turned out to be completely ineffective. One of the most popular treatments is herbal teas. The following tariffs are used in the fight against osteochondrosis:
- Calendula + chamomile + strawberries + birch leaves + St. John's wort.
- Licorice root + yarrow + mint + marigold.
- Lingonberry + thyme + plantain leaves + lemon balm + rosehip + saber.
- Nettle + chamomile + dried flowers + calendula + dandelion.
- Strawberries + mother + pine buds + linden flowers + lavender.
Herbal preparations can be selected independently, collected from different plants, or you can buy ready-made collections.
Such rates are sold in pharmacies or phyto-stores, and usually, when ripe, there is no need to choose the dose yourself, it is indicated on the package. In most cases, a teaspoon of 350 g of boiling water is enough. Drink the drink without adding sugar. Meetings are especially effective in the early stages of the disease.
Other treatments
Traditional medicine uses a variety of ways to combat pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Not only foods and herbs are used but also impurities, paraffin, wax and other compounds. As practice shows, they also relieve pain well, eliminate inflammation, improve blood flow and allow you to extend the remission period.
Healing clay is used in a variety of ways. Usually, the procedures are performed in a sanatorium or special medical offices. Exposure time is determined individually. The technique is also suitable for preventive purposes.
Mud treatment is also an unconventional way to deal with osteochondrosis.
Possible errors
Popular methods, despite their safety and naturalness, can be harmful if used incorrectly. Treatment should be done under the strict supervision of specialists, as self-medication often leads to a rapid progression of the pathology. To prevent this from happening, you should avoid the most common mistakes:
- The use of heating pads or hot compresses in the acute phase is not permitted. Temporary relief does not mean relief, as exposure to heat only leads to the spread of inflammation and worsening of tissue damage.
- If the patient often has increased pressure, baths and steam rooms are contraindicated for him with cervical osteochondrosis. Even people without hypertension can not walk in them during the cooling period, when the body temperature is too high.
- Traditional medicine recipes that have been proven to be effective for extracting salts will not work with vertebral proliferation.
- In the field of pathological process, self-massage or other direct effects can not be performed, they will only worsen the state of health and lead to complications.
These are the most common mistakes of patients who self-medicate at home or use traditional medicine prescriptions. Therefore, it is better to deal with the pathology of the cervical vertebrae together with the attending physician.
How to prevent deterioration?
The fight against cervical osteochondrosis can take a long time, and the patient is required not only to follow all the doctor's prescriptions, but also to exclude all the factors that provoke a deterioration. You can protect yourself from getting worse in the following ways:
- In everyday life, it is necessary to avoid stress on the back, not to make sharp turns of the head, squats, bends or a rapid change in posture.
- Wear warmly, according to the weather, to prevent hypothermia of the neck and shoulder girdle, always wear a scarf.
- Constantly do the exercises provided in the physiotherapy exercises, do not miss classes, follow the technology and sequence of actions.
- If professional activity is related to sitting in a position or at the computer, then every 1. 5 hours you should take a short break and a simple warm-up to restore blood circulation to the neck.
- Refuse alcohol and smoking, as they reduce the body's defenses, provoke complications and deterioration.
- Treat acute respiratory diseases and viruses in a timely manner, follow all doctor's recommendations.
- Control body weight, exclude unhealthy foods and overeating in the evening.
- Refuse baths or hot baths.
- Buy a high quality orthopedic mattress with a sufficient degree of durability.
And also, patients should visit a massage therapist for a course of treatment in the neck area, usually prescribed for 10 days. Equally important is to refuse to hold weights, not more than 5 kg in one hand, otherwise there is a risk of provoking the processes of deformation in the spine.
Osteochondrosis of the cervix is the destruction of cartilage tissue, which involves a number of unpleasant consequences. If you do not start the fight on time, it leads to tightening of the nerve endings, squeezing of blood vessels and decreased performance. Pathologically it is possible for the pathology to be treated not only with medication but also with folk remedies. For this, the most effective methods and recipes are chosen that are safe and will not cause an allergic reaction.