Remedies For Arthritis That Help Relieve Pain

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It is nearly mind-boggling the number of alternative remedies created for the treatment of arthritis. Many are peculiar, like the suggestion of filling a canvas bag with the chaff from the bottom of a horse trough, then taking a bath with the bag. But, this remedy leaves one wondering if the curative agent is the hay, or horse saliva left on the hay. Either way, most people would rather sit in mud, which may actually have more curative properties than wet horse hay.

Because everyone, and their pets, seems to have a favorite remedy many of them end up contradicting each other. For instance, aspirin has been used for years to help arthritis sufferers, because of its anti-inflammatory properties. However, new research has indicated that the drug, and ones like it, may actually contribute to osteoarthritis for it inhibits the bodies natural ability to repair cartilage.