Cervical osteochondrosis manifests itself when the intervertebral discs are damaged. Nerve endings, arteries, veins and capillaries are pinched. The disease develops, aggravating the general symptoms, there is pain, concern for one's health.
Perhaps treatment with folk remedies for osteochondrosis of the cervical spine. To solve this problem at home, ointments, decoctions, and independent massage are used.
Fundamentals of therapy
Alternative treatment of osteochondrosis is based on the use of three types of components:
- Herbal remedies.
- Animal products.
- Chemical substances.
Medicines can be rubbed into the skin or taken orally. Compresses and ointments are made from animal fats. Chemicals are used to improve blood supply, to warm the affected area. Rubbing drugs are being made to relieve stress from muscle tissue experiencing spasms.
The list of folk recipes for osteochondrosis includes heating the inflamed area. By using a warm scarf, effective treatment can be promoted. Several components are incompatible with medicines. Precautions must be taken into account. Some drugs provoke allergies, can cause poisoning. This applies to recipes using poisonous plants.
To eliminate osteochondrosis in the cervical spine, some substances can be dangerous. A horseradish compress is often used. The leaves of the plant are fired in boiling water for about a second. As soon as they cool down, they are applied to the affected area, wrapped in a scarf.
The procedure is performed 5 times. The patient experiences tension and pain comparable to burning with an iron. As a result, a burn may form, which worsens the general condition. Metabolism changes, the patient feels pain.
Such treatment of osteochondrosis impairs metabolic processes in the body. The technique allows you to adjust the amount of salt, but the pathology remains untreated. Salt no longer retains moisture, there is a lack of fluid in the intervertebral discs, they gradually dry out. The pathology is aggravated. Compounds of osteophytes, salts cannot be eliminated with tea.
Traditional methods of treatment
Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis with folk remedies may be effective. Before using them, you need to contact specialists who correctly diagnose the pathology, determine the appropriate therapeutic method. Help can be provided by a neurologist or exercise therapy trainer in various orthopedic clinics that solve problems of the musculoskeletal system.
Means for external use
Traditional medicine recipes for external use help eliminate pain, stimulate blood flow in the damaged area, and resume full motor activity. The above methods of treatment are effective, in combination with special drugs, exercises, massage procedures.
In combination with other drugs, ointments are used to treat osteochondrosis. Some remedies relieve the pain symptom and promote the renewal of cartilage tissue. Created according to folk recipes, such drugs become a wonderful analogue of popular remedies.
Let's list a few tools:
- Ointment based on birch and poplar buds with the addition of aloe and St. John's wort.
- Composition with burdock, plantain, chamomile extract. Helps reduce pain and inflammation while treating osteochondrosis.
- Ointment with the root of marshmallow, radish, horsetail, lavender can reduce the tension of damaged nerves in such a disorder.
An alcoholic tincture with the addition of honey and radish is used for grinding. 1 tbsp. honey for 250 g of shabby radish and 0. 5 tbsp. vodka. The combined ingredients are infused for a week. 3 times a day you need to use the product inside, 1 tea. lies.
Compresses
Compresses are used in addition to ointments. Such funds warm up, eliminate pain, eliminate stiffness in the back, and help eliminate unpleasant symptoms. Several ways to make compresses.
- A mixture of cottage cheese and vinegar. . . A few drops of vinegar are applied to the cottage cheese, gently mixed, the funds are applied to a piece of cloth, and kept on the neck until morning.
- Dough compress with the addition of turpentine. . . The dough is kneaded from flour and liquid, lays down for several days in a dark room, wrapped in a warm handkerchief. After the specified period, the neck is treated with turpentine. The dough is laid out on top, everything is wrapped in cellophane, a scarf. The compress is removed after the burning sensation becomes unbearable.
- Horseradish leavesare applied to the sore spot. First you need to pour boiling water over them. The leaves are wrapped in a scarf and last until the morning.
- Compress of potatoes with honey. . . The potatoes are rubbed and mixed with honey. The resulting gruel is applied to the neck, wrapped in cellophane, then with a warm scarf, the bandage is fixed with a plaster, held for 2 hours. At the end of the procedure, wipe the neck with a damp cloth, apply fir oil.
- Burdock leaves. . . 1 tbsp. lies. chopped leaves are poured with boiling water, brewed for 30 minutes. the resulting mixture is cleaned, dipped with a rag, used as a compress for 15 minutes. First you need to wrap your neck with a thin film, wrap it with a scarf.
When the compresses are removed, doctors advise protecting the neck from the cold for some time to consolidate the procedure. It is allowed to use compresses 2 times a day until the pain disappears completely.
Baths
A relaxing bath is always beneficial for a sore back. You can use medicinal plants, chamomile, pine needles. The therapy is complemented by the following methods of bath preparation:
With the addition of coniferous extract
You need to throw branches, cones, needles, a little bark into a container of water, boil for 30 minutes. The broth is covered and wrapped in a cloth, infused for 12 hours. The prepared extract can be recognized by its rich brown hue. You need to take a full bath of water, add 1. 5 liters of the prepared mixture, 2 kg of salt.
Similar procedures for the elimination of osteochondrosis in disorders of the cervical spine are performed once a day. The course of treatment will be 10-12 sessions.
Chestnut
The fruits of the plant can be crushed, boiled for half an hour, then cooled, purified water, poured into a bath. This recipe allows you to resume blood supply to problem areas, relieve pain, and allow you to relax.
Juniper medicine
This will require 200 g of juniper needles, a liter of water. Water and grass need to be poured, boiled for 30 minutes. you need to cool the product, clean through cheesecloth, add to the bath. The amount of funds is designed for 14 procedures that need to be carried out every other day.
Bath with thyme and calamus
100 g of each type of plant are brewed in 3 liters of water. You need to insist the remedy for 3 hours. This volume is enough for 12 days.
Internal recipes
Here are some useful medicinal recipes for internal use. These funds have proven to be effective in the treatment of osteochondrosis.
Celery tincture
The finely pounded root of the plant must be poured with boiled water, insisted until morning. Then the mixture is filtered, used for 1 dec. lies. 3 times a day half an hour before eating.
Celery seeds can be used. To do this, 1 spoon is poured into a glass of boiling water, brewed for 2 hours. You can drink such a remedy for 1 tbsp. lies. 2 times a day. The course of treatment lasts up to 1 month, then after 2-3 weeks it is repeated.
Sunflower root
Tea is made from such an ingredient, which allows you to remove salts from the body. This has a positive effect on the general condition of the area affected by osteochondrosis. The roots of the plant are harvested in advance in the fall, washed, dried, kept in a dry place. Before use, you need to finely chop 150 g of roots, cook in 3 liters of water for 30 minutes.
It is advisable to use such tea in 250 ml doses 30 minutes after a meal. After 3 days, a new portion is brewed. The course of treatment continues for a month. It is advisable to exclude spicy and salty foods from the diet.
Honey
Honey is used as a wonderful remedy for removing toxins and salts from the neck. Endowed with analgesic properties, it can have an anti-inflammatory effect. These recipes are a mixture of honey, olive oil, lemon in equal proportions. It is used for 1 tbsp. lies. 3 times a day before meals.
Coltsfoot
A finely chopped plant is filled with ammonia in equal proportions, placed in a dark place for about a month. The strained tincture is used to lubricate the inflamed areas a maximum of 1 time per day.
Due to the too sick concentration of toxins in plants, restrictions are imposed on the use. Can only be taken for 1. 5 months throughout the year.
How to do exercises correctly?
Regularity and moderation must be observed when exercising physical activity on the body. In the process of aggravating the signs of osteochondrosis, it is necessary to reduce the load when charging. If you follow these recommendations, you will be able to achieve suitable results, consolidate them quickly.
Consider what can be achieved from such physical education:
- Elimination of stagnant processes in the circulatory system and muscle tissues.
- Manages to successfully resist physical inactivity.
- Neuralgia and other disorders of the general condition are stopped.
- Osteochondrosis does not develop further.
Herbal teas
Herbs are considered the most popular homemade herbal ingredients. Such medicines can get rid of bone and joint diseases.
When eliminating osteochondrosis of the neck, together with traditional medicine, the following herbal collections are used: calendula, chamomile, strawberry and birch petals, licorice root, simple yarrow, lingonberry, nettle, strawberry.
These and other herbs are mixed in the indicated proportions, then tea is made from them. The number of dried plants per 1 tbsp. boiling water corresponds to 1 tbsp. lies. These magical remedies help patients with osteochondrosis, eliminate symptoms, and allow coping with pathologies at the initial stages of onset.
How to prevent an exacerbation?
Compresses for cervical osteochondrosis help to eliminate pain and discomfort, it is preferable not to bring the situation to the development of the disease. To prevent exacerbation, you need to follow these tips. First, to reduce the pressure on the spinal column at home and at work, it is better not to make sudden movements, to choose comfortable postures.
Secondly, do not expose the problem area to cold, dampness, and stay less in rooms with drafts. Use a warm scarf around your neck between seasons and winter. Perform exercise therapy exercises. Do not expose the body to intoxication, smoke less, drink alcohol. This impairs the functioning of the immune system.
When working for a long time with a bent head or a stiff neck. Less than 1 time per hour, sit in a different position, do gymnastics, stretch more often. Do not eat much, adjust the pressure of body weight on the spine. Take a bath every day, go to the bathhouse.
Sleep on hard orthopedic mattresses. A thick and low pillow is required. Every month you need to carry out a course of massage for 10 days. Carry a maximum of 5 kg. For people with osteochondrosis of the neck, 5. 5 kg is already too much.
These recommendations have helped many to get rid of problems with the musculoskeletal system. Treatment of osteochondrosis with folk remedies is available to every patient. But you need to start the procedures only after a doctor's recommendation.