Herbs For Joint Pain

As most people with joint pain know it can sometimes be hard to find medication to help the pain. One thing people often forget to look at is herbs that could be beneficial in making it easier to manage joint pain.

However, it has been shown that the use of herbs for joint pain is a safe treatment that actually works, and is all natural. Although there are some medications that have been found to treat joint pain, some people may have adverse side effects; this is not the case with herbs.

Ginger

Ginger, which is often used in cooking, can also be beneficial in helping ease joint pain. Gingerols, which is in ginger, has an anti-inflammatory agent as it blocks the productions of enzymes such as COX-1 and COX-2. One of the benefits of ginger is that one can consume it in the foods they eat by adding it as a spice while cooking; something a lot of people already do anyway.

Cayenne

Cayenne peppers, as well as, red peppers also have many healing properties. Although more popularly used to help people with bad circulation; it has also been found to be beneficial in helping the pain, especially those who have arthritis as a healthy circulation can help bring oxygen to the joints.

Herbs for joint pain are often used in many topical creams for joint pain and Cayenne is no different. Some people also simply add drops of cayenne to an ointment, but this needs to be done gradually.

Boswellia

One of the most popular herbs for joint pain is Boswellia and more specifically Boswellia Serrata. This herb, which is found in India, has been used to treat arthritis for hundreds of years. It has since been studied more and has been found to be a treatment for many inflammatory diseases.

Menthol and Camphor

Other herbs for joint pain include menthol and camphor which are found in many topical creams for backaches. Menthol comes from plants that are in the mint family such as including peppermint and spearmint; while camphor comes from lavender, hyssop and coriander.

Rosemary

Rosemary contains earnosol, oleanolic acid, rosmarinic acid and ursolic acid which have anti-inflammatory characteristics and has been shows to be effective in treating pain in your joints. It is possible to add rosemary  to foods while cooking, or also to make tea with rosemary in it.

Conclusion

There are many other herbs for joint pain, and other natural products that can help reduce the pain and inflammation.

More specifically, there is a product called Flexcin, which is the first to use a combination of natural products including CM8 which is considered as a triple threat in treating joint pain. First of all, it acts as an anti-inflammatory and diminishes the swelling.

After using it for 6-7 weeks, the pain caused by the swelling of the joints will also have diminished. Secondly, it acts as a lubricant for joints. This will help the muscles and other tissue to move better, thus without restraint. Finally, it will protect against diseases such as arthritis or other joint conditions of the sort.