Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis with folk remedies can be used in addition to the main treatment or after its completion, in a phase of stable remission.
Homemade tinctures and rubs work well for discomfort and less severe pain, as well as relieving morning stiffness. They have a mild analgesic, decongestant and anti-inflammatory effect.
General rules
It is best to agree on prescriptions with your doctor in advance to make the effects of traditional medicine as effective as possible. This will ensure the safety and compatibility of home methods. In addition, even seemingly harmless herbal infusions and compresses can distort the effects of medications and increase the risk of adverse reactions.
Extremely harmful components should be used with special care - for example, kerosene, as well as unknown plants and herbs whose names are not found in medical records.
Homemade ointments and lotions are effective only in mild to moderate pain. Climate change will help relieve pain caused by high physical exertion or hypothermia. However, traditional treatments do not restore damaged spine and intervertebral discs.
Typical Symptoms: How to recognize chondrosis?
Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is accompanied by symptoms that are difficult to miss. In the early stages, it can manifest itself as follows:
- Anxiety and pain in the neck, back of the head, arms and shoulder girdle. The exact location and intensity of pain depends on the location of the lesion;
- decreased sensitivity and numbness more often in the hands, and especially in the hands;
- Decrease in muscle strength and tone.
In addition to the above, symptoms of vegetative diseases may appear - increased sweating, redness or pallor of the skin, muscle swelling and chest pain. The latter are often mistaken for heart problems, so many patients seek help from a cardiologist first.
If there is a constriction in the spinal artery, you may experience headaches and dizziness, noise or tinnitus, a lump in the throat, and difficulty swallowing. In rare cases, nausea and vomiting are possible.
How to treat
Various ointments, rubs, compresses, lotions, as well as oral infusions and mixtures are used to treat osteochondrosis at home. Massage sessions and sports therapy will help increase the effectiveness.
It is recommended to perform a tolerance test before starting treatment, especially if you are prone to allergic reactions. A pea-sized amount is applied to the elbow or wrist. If after an hour there are no signs of redness, itching or other allergies, the procedure can be performed safely.
Oral remedies - sources or infusions - take half a teaspoon first. Therapy is continued in the absence of symptoms such as nausea, heartburn, flatulence, headache or high blood pressure.
fast pain relief methods
There are several tools that can be used to quickly relieve unexpected pain:
- Rub the sore spots with vodka or alcohol diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1;
- Stick the pepper plaster for half an hour. If the pain persists, you can keep it for another twenty minutes and then take it;
- make a compress on the neck with turpentine diluted in half with warm water;
- Take a bath with sea salt or herbs - chamomile, sage, mint. Bath water should not be hot;
- Add a cabbage leaf lightly rubbed with washing soap to the wound;
- Apply mustard plasters for ten to fifteen minutes;
- Self-massage by pressing on the pain points for three minutes.
ATTENTION:In folk medicine, not only drugs, but industrial turpentine. It can also be called "turpentine oil", which is prescribed for neuralgia, myalgia (muscle pain), lumbar lumbago and rheumatism.
Wipe
For cervical chondrosis, various rubs based on herbs and pharmaceuticals are widely used. One of the best and most popular is a tool that contains crushed painkillers. There are several similar recipes, and one of them is:
- Crush 5 tablets anesthetic; Pour about 2/3 cup of alcohol into
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- Add 5 milliliters of camphor.
Apply to skin of affected areas for 7-10 days after thorough mixing.
WARNING:Avoid the area of the cervical lymph nodes during friction.
Mother and stepmother
1/3 of the plant is placed in a dark glass jar, vodka is added to it and removed to infuse for a month. The container is shaken daily to release nutrients more quickly. No need to filter the product; Used to rub in case of discomfort.
Horseradish and elderberry
Put a leaf and a chopped horseradish root, 3 tablespoons of elderberry in a half-liter glass jar and pour all of them with alcohol, fill the jar to the brim. Insist for a month, then use to rub. If there is a strong burning sensation, you can dilute the mixture with water. This tincture eliminates painful sensations, especially after hypothermia.
Compresses and applications
Medical applications and compresses for cervical osteochondrosis improve the blood supply to the affected segment, eliminate stiffness and heaviness in the neck. They are made from grasses, flowers and rhizomes of various plants, as well as honey and vegetables.
Kerosene
Dissolve 1 tablespoon of kerosene in half a glass of heated water, moisten the bandage or skin wrapped in the solution several times. Squeeze a little, put on your neck and hold for at most an hour. Then wash the skin with warm water and soap and rub with a towel.
Turp
Larger than a medium-sized black radish grate or mince. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and honey (preferably thick), mix well. Spread the resulting mass on the back of the neck, cover with polyethylene and cotton cloth. Keep for a maximum of one hour, then rinse the compress with warm water.
Horseradish Leaves
This is one of the simplest folk recipes that requires only one or a few horseradish leaves. It is burned with hot water and applied to the back of the neck. It is recommended to perform the procedure at night, so you should carefully wrap the leaves with a scarf.
Potato honey
2 raw potatoes, peel, grate or chop in another way. Squeeze the juice a little and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Wrap the resulting mass in a bandage or gauze, glue it to the neck and put a food film under it and straighten it with a bandage. The duration of the procedure is 2 hours. The course of treatment consists of 10-15 applications.
Ozokerite sarar
Wrapped with ozokerite or mountain wax, reduces pain, has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and mild compression effect. This substance has a low thermal conductivity with a high heat capacity, due to which it deeply heats the tissues and enriches them with oxygen and minerals.
Ozokerite is used successfully not only for the cervix, but also for thoracic osteochondrosis. First you need to melt a small amount of wax - about 30 grams -, then pour it into a bowl in which you need to put a film in front. Then wait until it cools to a comfortable temperature and wrap the neck with a film of melted hot wax. The duration of the procedure is 1 hour, the number of sessions is up to 20.
WARNING:The agent should not be used in case of exacerbation of cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure.
Sour cream and comfrey
Peel a large camphor root and grate it, then add 1 tablespoon low-fat sour cream. The mixture is distributed evenly along the neck and straightened as in the previous recipe. You should remove the density after about an hour. In general, 10 procedures are enough to eliminate anxiety.
Honey and Salt
Honey is mixed with salt in equal proportions and covered with a cloth and cellophane and applied to the neck. To increase the effect, you can warm the compress with a warm scarf or a fluffy shawl.
Phytotherapy
Folk remedies for cervical osteochondrosis include rubbing infusions of coltsfoot, celery, elderberry and pine needles. It is very useful to rub plantain, nettle, burdock and aloe juice on the neck area.
Infusions and decoctions
Pine buds
Most infusions are best consumed 15-30 minutes before meals. The standard duration of treatment is usually 3 weeks.
Pine buds are combined with sugar in a ratio of 2: 1 and stored in a dark, cool place for 2 weeks. Take a teaspoon. by oral ingestion three times a day. This is a very good tool that allows you to achieve such a stable remission with advanced forms of the disease.
It is better to take medium-sized kidneys of more than 2 centimeters, as large kidneys contain less biologically active substance to prepare the drug. Collected in early spring, washed, dried and crushed well before use. The finished product turns brown and can be stored for a long time due to its phytoncides and other natural preservatives.
Pine cones and needles
1 st. l. Pour half a liter of boiling water over the cones and needles and keep in a water bath for about half an hour. Then cool the finished broth, strain it and divide it into three parts, each of which should be drunk during the day. You can add 1-2 tablespoons to improve the taste and increase efficiency. l. bal.
Cervicothoracic osteochondrosis, folk healers recommend the treatment of various decoctions. Made from yarrow, plantain, sweet clover, hips, calendula & licorice rootAlmost all recipes are the same: take 1 tablespoon for a glass of boiling water. l. vegetable raw materials. The mixture is drunk 1/3 cup 3 - 3 times a day at most.
Sunflower roots
In a small bowl - a pot or a pot - put 50 g of carrots and pour a liter of water. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for about 40 minutes. After cooling, take 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day after meals. The course of treatment is one week.
Sunflower roots are a storehouse of vitamins and minerals, but are especially rich in calcium, magnesium and potassium.
WARNING:Decoction of sunflower roots can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Coniferous
Pour a liter of boiling water over a glass of spruce or pine needles and cook for half an hour. Drink 1, 5 tablespoons a boil. l. 30-40 minutes after a meal, for a month.
Karahindiba
1 st. l. Infuse dandelion flowers in a glass of warm water. After cooling, use the broth as a compress, put the flowers in gauze or moisten in a solution. Hold for 15-20 minutes, the full course consists of 10-12 procedures daily.
To take, you need to cook the same number of flowers for 15 minutes and then drink three times a day before meals.
Another remedy for internal reception is made from young flowers (about a glass) infused in hot water, dried and crushed. Add half a lemon and half a glass of honey. Take 1 tbsp. l. twice a day before meals. Keep the sweet medicine in the refrigerator.
Monastery River
Cook this tea in a thermos with 1 teaspoon of grass:
- burdock;
- wheat grass;
- purple;
- veronica;
- burdock;
- stripes.
Pour the mixture into a liter of boiling water and leave for 3 hours. Twice a day as a tea, for half a cup after a meal. You can add honey or lemon slices to the drink to improve the taste.
Ointments
The doctor involved in osteochondrosis usually prescribes an ointment with anti-inflammatory, warming or analgesic effect. However, you can prepare it yourself at home using herbs and available foods. Suitable as a base for any butter, buttermilk or vegetable. You can add calendula, chamomile, eucalyptus, burdock, nettle or thyme.
Mustard egg ointment
Beat 3 egg whites with a mixer, add 50 grams of mustard powder and half a cup of butter. Mix everything and remove the ointment in a dark place for 12 hours, then lubricate the neck for pain and stiffness.
Egg vinegar
To prepare the ointment, mix 1 egg, 1 tbsp. l. vinegar, half a cup of butter and 1 tbsp. l. un. After mixing thoroughly, remove the mass in a dark place and after 2 days remove the film formed on the surface. It is preferable to use the product by rubbing it on the neck before going to bed at night.
Ginger Ointment
Fresh ginger root is chopped in any convenient way - in a grater, mixer or meat grinder - put 2 chopped garlic cloves in a mortar and grind. Then butter is added. If desired, a drop of citrus essential oil can be added to enhance the aroma.
Baths
Taking a hot bath in the evening helps to fall asleep faster, strengthens the immune system, improves blood circulation and nutrition of spinal structures. If you add salt, herbal infusion or turpentine to the water, the effect of the procedure will be greatly increased.
Straw powder bath is an old method of treatment that has virtually no contraindications and is useful for both sick and healthy people.
1 st. l. Dissolve the turpentine in half a glass of warm water and pour into a full bath. Both white and yellow turpentine will do. Take a bath for 20-25 minutes, then be sure to rinse in the shower and wipe with a towel.
Turpentine products, including bath, help reduce inflammation, activate blood circulation and stimulate the recovery process in damaged and worn intervertebral discs.
ATTENTION:Turpentine treatment should be regular. Single procedures - baths or compresses - will only have a temporary and insignificant effect.
½ cup sea salt, can be mixed with additives, dissolved in a liter of warm water and added to a common bath. The duration of the procedure is half an hour.
Herbal tea is brewed in a thermos containing thyme, elecampane, birch shoots, eucalyptus leaves and pine needles. If you take 1 tbsp. l. herbs, then a liter of water is required. The mixture is brewed for 3 hours, then filtered and added to the bath. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
You can take a bath with common table salt based on 1 kg of salt per 20 liters of water. Such concentrated salt baths are taken for 2 consecutive days, then take a break for 1-3 days.