White Willow Bark…A Cure for Arthritis
No matter what advertisements say, no matter what your therapist tells you, there is no absolute cure for arthritis. Through experience, people who suffer from the debilitating effects of arthritis are most certainly aware of this fact. Why then do people jump every time they hear a “wonder drug” that would cure their arthritis? Simply, because people hate pain and arthritis pain impairs mobility and has a great effect on the life of the sufferer. Mobility impaired arthritic people do not lose hope, they would grasp at anything that will cure the pain.
Despite the immense discoveries in the field of medicine, drug treatments that would cure a number of diseases are yet to be discovered. One of these incurable diseases is arthritis. While alternative medicine that uses herbs have alleviating effect on the excruciating pain, these health practitioners are often ostracized by society and dubbed as quacks.
Some arthritis sufferers have asserted that using herb preparations have alleviated the symptoms and prolonged use has manifested favorable effects. White willow bark is used many centuries ago by Europeans for fever relief. White willow bark is a tree commonly found in Europe and Asia that is widely used for the treatment of arthritis. Ancient Egyptians use this concoction to reduce inflammations. Early American settlers use the bark of white willow tree (Salix Alba) to relieve pain.
Salicin is an active ingredient found in the white willow bark. Once ingested, it is converted into salicylic acid by the body. Acetylsalicylic acid is contained in aspirin thus white willow bark is also called the herbal aspirin. Salicylic acid is proven to lower the level of prostaglandins in the body. Prostaglandin is the compound that sets off the pain and inflammation in the joints.
White willow bark is as effective as aspirin in reducing the painful swelling of joints. Although the pain relief is a little slower than that of aspirin, it does not have the side effect of irritating the stomach lining. About 1 to 3 grams of white willow bark is boiled and steeped into tea and taken by people suffering from severe joint and muscle pains 2 to 3 times a day.
Herbal preparations like this can be taken by individuals in higher doses without fear of side effects. Arthritis patients can take this brew until the symptoms are no longer evident. White willow bark lowers prostaglandin level in the body. Asians who have been suffering from arthritis found relief when they continued taking white willow bark. When the swelling in the joints, knees and back subside, the pain was eased and their mobility was increased.
No matter what advertisements say, no matter what your therapist tells you, there is no absolute cure for arthritis. Through experience, people who suffer from the debilitating effects of arthritis are most certainly aware of this fact. Why then do people jump every time they hear a “wonder drug” that would cure their arthritis? Simply, because people hate pain and arthritis pain impairs mobility and has a great effect on the life of the sufferer. Mobility impaired arthritic people do not lose hope, they would grasp at anything that will cure the pain.
Despite the immense discoveries in the field of medicine, drug treatments that would cure a number of diseases are yet to be discovered. One of these incurable diseases is arthritis. While alternative medicine that uses herbs have alleviating effect on the excruciating pain, these health practitioners are often ostracized by society and dubbed as quacks.
Some arthritis sufferers have asserted that using herb preparations have alleviated the symptoms and prolonged use has manifested favorable effects. White willow bark is used many centuries ago by Europeans for fever relief. White willow bark is a tree commonly found in Europe and Asia that is widely used for the treatment of arthritis. Ancient Egyptians use this concoction to reduce inflammations. Early American settlers use the bark of white willow tree (Salix Alba) to relieve pain.
Salicin is an active ingredient found in the white willow bark. Once ingested, it is converted into salicylic acid by the body. Acetylsalicylic acid is contained in aspirin thus white willow bark is also called the herbal aspirin. Salicylic acid is proven to lower the level of prostaglandins in the body. Prostaglandin is the compound that sets off the pain and inflammation in the joints.
White willow bark is as effective as aspirin in reducing the painful swelling of joints. Although the pain relief is a little slower than that of aspirin, it does not have the side effect of irritating the stomach lining. About 1 to 3 grams of white willow bark is boiled and steeped into tea and taken by people suffering from severe joint and muscle pains 2 to 3 times a day.
Herbal preparations like this can be taken by individuals in higher doses without fear of side effects. Arthritis patients can take this brew until the symptoms are no longer evident. White willow bark lowers prostaglandin level in the body. Asians who have been suffering from arthritis found relief when they continued taking white willow bark. When the swelling in the joints, knees and back subside, the pain was eased and their mobility was increased.
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