Half a teaspoon in warm milk at night, daily. A warm haldi-and-water paste on the swollen joint for twenty minutes eases it from outside.
Documented
Curcumin has human trials behind it for osteoarthritis of the knee.
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
अदरक · Ginger
Fresh ginger in food or as a decoction. In a flare, a cloth wrung out in hot ginger water and laid on the joint for ten minutes.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
तिल · Sesame
Warm til oil on the joint every night before a warm bath — the single most used external remedy in vata arthritis.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
A teaspoon in food. Do not use ghee on a joint that is hot and red to the touch — oil holds that heat in; use it when the joint is cold and stiff.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Alternate hot and cold fomentation three minutes each, four cycles; gentle daily movement.
Weekly fruit fast; mud pack on the swollen joint.
Classical Formulations
योगराज गुग्गुलु · Yogaraj Guggulu
Dose: 2–4 tablets (500 mg) · Warm water after meals
Bhojanveda
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