- Boswellia is an Ayvurvedic herb that helps reduce inflammation and restore blood vessels in connective tissues. Have your pick from capsules or creams. Cat's claw, ginger and feverfew are beneficial for aiding arthritic pain and soreness. Support your joint health with Joint Care made by Himalaya Herbal Healthcare. Nettle leaf extract helps inhibit TNF-alpha and other pro-inflammatory signaling molecules. For those who have delicate digestive tracts, Phytodolor from Enzymatic Therapy is a blend of ash bark, goldenrod and aspen bark. It has many pain-relieving properties and is unlikely to cause stomach aches. Other herbs that are great for arthritis are burdock root, parsley tea, celery seed, yucca, devil's claw tea, buchu leaves, willow bark, borage seed oil and corn silk.
- Chinese patients have been using Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan for years to treat arthritis. Likewise, nexrutine made from the phellodendron tree has been used in traditional Asian medicine for over 1,000 years. This herb is used for pain management because it blocks the pain causing COX-2 enzyme. Noni is a South Pacific herb used for over 2,000 years to treat arthritis pain. Today, this herb is convenient for purchase from numerous websites and health food stores. People in the Mediterranean have been using olive leaf extract for thousands of years for curing arthritis pain. This herb's natural compound of oleuropein kills arthritis-causing germs and microbes.
- Devil's Claw tea has anti-inflammatory properties that relieve pain and swelling in joints. Drink two cups a day as soon as you start to feel pain, but for no longer than two weeks. Studies from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that drinking green tea can be very effective for preventing and reducing the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Mice in their study who were given the tea either did not develop arthritis or had a less severe form. People from all over the world have been drinking green tea for its antioxidant effects, and as this study reveals, there may be some scientific clout to this long-standing traditional herbal tea.
