Osteochondrosis of the cervix is the cause of acute pain, which is poorly controlled by drugs. The use of folk remedies allows you to get rid of the unpleasant symptoms of this disease and will not harm the body. They are used in conjunction with conservative therapy, physiotherapy, massage, as an adjunct and increase the chances of recovery.
Characteristics of a non-traditional approach
The 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, which is why 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 characteristics of the treatment are:
- The minimum number of side effects and availability for all segments of the population.
- The tested 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, physiotherapy with techniques of traditional medicine.
- Low probability of side effects, depending on the dosage and duration of the course.
- Successful relief of the syndrome of inflammation and pain, elimination of muscle spasms, stabilization of the central nervous system.
- The ability to prepare everything yourself from high quality ingredients, the whole process is easy and does not require special knowledge and training.
- The treatment is carried out at home.
Traditional methods allow you to get a stable remission and stop the progression of the disease, increase immunity and improve the general 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 means of treatment
Osteochondrosis of the cervix manifests itself with a number of unpleasant symptoms. Many patients complain of reduced vision or hearing, the appearance of tinnitus, increased fatigue, muscle pain, toothache and headache, inability to perform simple exercises to the fullest extent due to stiffness. To combat them, various methods and recipes of traditional medicine are used, namely:
- ointments,
- friction,
- tinctures,
- decoctions,
- compresses,
- baths.
All the ingredients for proven prescriptions can be found in any pharmacy and are usually cheap. This applies not only to herbal preparations, but also to bee products (bee venom, propolis, bee bread), snake venom, aromatic oils and others.
Compresses can be applied for several hours or overnight, depending on the selected substance.
The best compresses for neck pain
Treatment of cervical chondrosis with folk remedies is better to start with the use of various types of rubbing and compresses. Topical exposure will warm the area, reduce pain, improve blood circulation and relieve inflammation. Do the procedure several times a day, usually no more than five. In this case, the specified exposure time must not be exceeded. The best recipes for compresses are:
- You need to find fresh horseradish leaves, pour boiling water over them. After the solution has cooled slightly and infused, the gauze is moistened in it and applied to the affected area. It is better to do all this not at night. Thanks to the special components, such an effect relieves pain well.
- Take fresh cottage cheese, mix it well and add a little vinegar. The resulting mass is applied evenly on the neck area. You should put a scarf or a warm towel on the compress. All this lasts at least 12 hours, so it is usually recommended to do at night.
- Ordinary turpentine has proven itself well in the fight against cervical osteochondrosis. Water is added to 200 g of rye flour and a hard cake is made. It is infused for two days, after which turpentine is applied to the affected area, covered with dough and wrapped in a scarf. As long as the discomfort is tolerable, 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 coarse grater, mixed in half with a natural bee product and all this is applied to the affected area. Put paper and a clean cloth on top of everything. Hold for 2 hours, then rinse with water and dry the place. Rub fir oil into the skin.
Eggs, vodka, aloe juice with honey, garlic and kerosene are also used as the main ingredients for compresses in osteochondrosis. For some products, it is especially important to observe the dosage and duration of exposure, as if used carelessly, they can cause burns.
Neck rubbing with osteochondrosis
Alternative treatments also involve the use of good rubbing along with compresses. They can be composed of a wide variety of components to deal with pain, pinching or other pathological conditions in the neck. The following recipes are very popular for this:
- Take half a packet of natural oil (72%), mix with a tablespoon of flour, beaten egg and 25 g of vinegar. The mixture should be of uniform consistency and then sent to a dark place for infusion. The resulting composition is washed in the painful area, covered with a film for several hours and then washed off with warm water.
- Grated radish is rubbed on a coarse grater, in the end you should get about half a cup. 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 a grain. The mixture perfectly warms and relieves painful sensations.
- In severe pain it is good to use a mixture of ethanol, iodine and camphor alcohol. They are mixed in a ratio of 300 ml: 10 ml: 10 ml. To the resulting composition are added 10 tablets of analgin in crushed form.
If there is a cut or open wound at the site of friction, they cannot be used. Better to use compresses or other proven techniques. Their use in the presence of chronic skin pathologies, the exacerbation of which can provoke such treatment, is also unacceptable.
Popular ointments
It is impossible to cure osteochondrosis with ointments alone, but they are an important component of complex therapy. Different formulations can anesthetize the problem area, relieve inflammation and improve the general condition. The following proven recipes are very popular:
- Take half a packet of high quality oil (you can replace it with lard), add to it the herb mint, coriander and birch buds. Apply the resulting ointment on the problem area 23 times a day.
- Add St. John's wort, snake mountaineer root, birch buds to a little or fat. Insist the resulting mixture a little and use only as directed.
- Take marigold flowers, mint grass, hop seeds, meadow flowers, eucalyptus leaves and mix everything with fat. Apply the resulting composition on the painful area.
- Take 6 large bay leaves, mix it with juniper needles (about 1 teaspoon), add 70 g of oil. Grind the mixture well, preferably in a blender until a homogeneous consistency and rub into the sore spot. The composition perfectly relieves pain and soothes the affected area.
Ointments can also be used as compresses by wearing a scarf on them. It is important to fix everything firmly with a bandage and in order not to absorb the fabric mixture, put plastic wrap.
Decoctions of useful plants
Traditional medicine offers not only a local effect on neck pain, but also the intake of many home remedies by mouth. If ointments, compresses and rubbing help to locally solve 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 blueberries and peeled garlic cloves, a small average amount is enough. Grind them well or cut into small pieces, leave in a clean container for a day. Then add 800 g of honey to the composition, stir until a homogeneous consistency. The drug is applied on a teaspoon 3 times a day.
- Take a 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 ignited and boiled. The resulting broth is infused for two days, then taken on a tablespoon 30 minutes before meals. It is recommended to prepare a new portion of the drug in advance so as not to interrupt the course.
- Take 250 g of peeled needles, pour one liter of water. Put all this 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 portions, which should be drunk within three days at intervals of 8-12 hours.
- Dandelion root (about 15 g) is cleaned of dirt, dry shoots and flooded with half a liter of boiling water. The resulting solution is infused for an hour, then filtered and taken on a tablespoon before meals.
Such decoctions well remove salts from the body, it is easy to understand this by the changing color of urine. At the beginning of the process, it becomes almost orange, after which it becomes more transparent as soon as all harmful components leave the body. But we must not forget that for the period of treatment spicy and salty foods are strictly prohibited.
Decoctions work well with other more conservative methods and help maintain the body in the fight against pathology. Medicinal herbs such as burdock, wheatgrass, string, violet and plants are also used.
Healing baths
In cervical osteochondrosis, warm water, to which various components have been added, relieves tension, pain and cramps. The procedure is performed using a temperature in the range of 37-39 ° C; a higher rise in the thermometer 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,
- camomile,
- bischofite,
- needles 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 relaxes, the inflammation decreases and the pain is practically not felt. Such baths are also useful for dizziness, frequent pain and to raise mood, improve psycho-emotional state.
Herbal teas
You can check the effectiveness of this or that medicine by looking at the reviews of other patients with a similar disease. Usually patients share prescriptions as to which remedies have worked best, which has proved completely ineffective. One of the most popular treatments is herbal teas. The following fees are used in the fight against osteochondrosis:
- Marigold + chamomile + strawberry + birch leaf + St. John's wort.
- Licorice root + yarrow + mint + calendula.
- Cranberry + thyme + plantain + balm + rosehip + saber.
- Nettle + chamomile + dried flowers + calendula + dandelion.
- Strawberry + motherwort + pine buds + linden flowers + lavender.
Herbal preparations can be chosen independently, assembled from different plants or ready-made collections can be purchased.
Such fees are sold in pharmacies or herbal stores and usually when cooking you do not need to choose the dosage yourself, it is shown on the package. In most cases, a teaspoon of 350 g of boiling water is sufficient. Drink the drink without added sugar. Collections are especially effective in the early stages of the disease.
Other treatments
Traditional medicine uses various ways to combat pathologies of the musculoskeletal system. Not only foods and herbs are used, but also dirt, paraffin, wax and other compounds. As practice shows, they also relieve pain, eliminate inflammation, improve blood flow and allow you to prolong the period of remission.
Healing mud is used in various ways. The procedures are usually 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 mistakes
Folk methods, despite their safety and naturalness, can be harmful if used incorrectly. Treatment should be performed under the strict supervision of specialists, as self-medication often leads to rapid progression of the pathology. To prevent this, you should avoid the most common mistakes:
- The use of heating pads or hot compress in the acute phase is not allowed. 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 pressure surges, baths and steam baths are contraindicated with cervical osteochondrosis. Even people without hypertension cannot walk in them during colds when the body temperature is very high.
- Prescriptions of traditional medicine that have proven effective in excreting salts will not work with spinal proliferation.
- Self-massage or other direct effects cannot be performed in the area of the pathological process, they will only worsen the health condition and lead to complications.
These are the most common mistakes of patients who self-medicate at home or use prescriptions of traditional medicine. Therefore, it is better to deal with the pathology of the cervical spine together with the attending physician.
How to prevent deterioration?
The fight against cervical osteochondrosis can last a long time and the patient is required not only to follow all the doctor's prescriptions, but also to exclude all factors that provoke exacerbations. You can prevent deterioration in the following ways:
- In everyday life it is necessary to avoid stress on the spine, not to make sharp turns of the head, squats, turns or a quick change in posture.
- Dress 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 hours, follow the technology and the sequence of actions.
- If the professional activity is related to sitting in one position or on a computer, then every 1, 5 hours you should take a short break and just warm up to restore blood circulation in the neck.
- Quit 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 prescriptions.
- Control your weight, exclude unhealthy foods and overeating in the evening.
- Give up hot tubs or tubs.
- Buy a high quality orthopedic mattress with a sufficient degree of firmness.
Also, patients should visit a masseur for a course of treatment in the neck, usually prescribed for 10 days. It is equally important to refuse to carry weights, not more than 5 kg in one hand, otherwise there is a risk of provoking deformation processes in the spine.
Osteochondrosis of the cervix is the destruction of cartilage tissue, which leads to a number of unpleasant consequences. If you do not start the battle on time, it leads to pinching of nerve endings, compression of blood vessels and reduced productivity. It is possible to treat pathology not only with drugs but also with folk remedies. Therefore, choose the most effective methods and recipes that are safe and will not cause an allergic reaction.