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Treatments -Arthritis
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| It is mainly the disease of mature age; however now a days it’s also found in young patients too. This disease is supposed to be incurable from treatment point of view. The main symptoms are : |
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Acute pain |
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Swelling |
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Weakness |
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Stiffness in joints |
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Difficulty to move |
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Cracking sound in joints |
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Prolonged Constipation |
Causes
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Patients whose bodies accumulation of morbid matter is of acidic nature. |
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Due to the alkaline nature of bones, acidic morbid matter has a tendency to move towards the bones so that it could be neutralised by their alkalinity. In this process, it usually gets deposited in the joints and the symptoms of swelling and pain start. |
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As per naturopathy treatment wrong eating, living and thinking habits are the principal causes of this painful disease. |
Treatment
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By taking fomentation of the joints where swelling and pain is present. |
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Application of cold pack/hot pack, steam bath, full tub bath |
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Cleansing of bowels by applying warm water enema |
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By using Epsom salt bath |
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Yog therapy |
As for diet, it should be alkaline because such patients must give special attention to the change of their diets. There should be at least 80% alkaline food items in their normal diet. Fruits e.g. sweet Orange, sweet Lemon, Mousami, Pineapple. Chakotara etc. provide benefit in this disease. Fruit i.e., lemon etc. give alkaline effect after digestion and are therefore considered as alkaline food substances. The patients should avoid foods which are of acidic in nature such as tea/coffee, bread, omelets, non-veg. items etc.
Arthritis being many types, requires correct diagnosis before taking to treatment. It is, therefore imperative that patients should consult some distinguished expert in case desired relief is not obtained from the prescribed procedures and after thorough examination he may take the treatment according to the type of Arthritis. |
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