The word “inflammation” is defined in Webster’s new 20th Century Dictionary as, “a disease condition of some part of the body, resulting from injury, infection, irritation, etc. and characterized by redness, pain, heat and swelling”. As far as particular predicaments characterized by inflammation, the first think that comes in our mind is arthritis. Amidst the most usual of these ailments are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. While there is no heal for arthritis, there are other natural methods that are proven effective and leave an affected person free of the distressing negative effects caused by some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) commonly prescribed to treat the ailment. Some of these herbal medications include ginger, turmeric and feverfew. These are all available in health and natural products stores.
Ginger in already used in India to cure pain and inflammation. In the book authored by Kathi Keville entitled Herbs for Health and Healing she said that, “When Indian researchers investigated their culture’s ancient claims for ginger, they discovered that it did indeed relieve pain.” Kathi cites in her 1992 study in which ginger was provided to people suffering from muscle pain which caused in “at least some improvement” for all the attendants in the same study. 75% of the attendants who are recorded suffering from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis revealed that the ginger treatment concluded in “substantial relief”. Moreover, no distressed negative effects were documented, even among attendants who tried ginger for almost 2 years.
Keville also characterizes feverfew as a type of natural aspirin and notes its capability to lessen the levels of prostaglandins of hormones-like chemicals that are produced in the body which are thought to result inflammation if manufactured too much as a potential reason for its inflammation-reducing abilities. Turmeric is a traditional Ayurvedic Herb and considered as the oldest natural anti-inflammatory drugs used in Ayurvedic medicines. It can really reduce an inflammation even due to arthritis.