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Iodine
Posted by Joe (Upper Darby, Penna) on 02/24/2008
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Iodine- poss cure for knee pain. This was suggested by my 195b16yo daughter
Distilled Water
Posted by Anna (Philadelphia, Pa, USA) on 03/04/2009
I am a biologist and I don't think drinking distilled water is good for you!
1. you will lose a lot of minerals with it
2. water will enter body cells through membranes via osmosis - this may lead to their damage
I strongly recommend drinking mineral water!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Pamela (Midlothian, Virginia) on 03/24/2007
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I have had joint pain in my hip and knees for years after a car accident..I had a total hip replacement in May of 2006 because the pain was so bad. I thought I may have to have my knee replaced also. A friend told me about ACV and how it helps your joints I have made a cocktail with ACV daily, I am so amazed I am totally pain free. I noticed a difference in two days.. I no longer take tons of aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs. I save so much money now and my liver and kidneys are better off..It truly is a miracle in a bottle.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Sheri (Auburn Hills, Mi) on 06/14/2006
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I originally tried ACV for weight loss; I have a stubborn 20 pounds to lose. I was pleasantly surprised as to how pain-free I became in a matter of a few days. My knees no longer 'click' when I go up stairs. I can bend and squat to play with my children and no longer suffer ankle pain from the effort. My acid reflux is gone as well. When I run out of ACV, in a matter of days, the pain returns and I'm like an old lady once more. It works for me!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Tim (Elizabethtown,KY) on 08/16/2005
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I have been in sports all my life and now at 40 I suffered very bad joint problems in knees, shoulders,and back.I have tried everything I could think of after 4 months on apple cider vinegar "tablets" my shoulders and back are as mobile and pain free as when I was 20. My weight training and karate is now pain free.
Serrapeptase
Posted by Deano63 (CHESHIRE) on 11/07/2024
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I have tried everything to get rid of my tendon pain and Bursitis in my right knee. My pain has been 9 out of 10. A work colleague advised me to take serrapeptase . I started on one tablet 250,000 iu daily. I increased it to two tablets a day on an empty stomach. I also bought some new footwear with arch support insoles and do a few leg stretches each day. Its a miracle for me as no pain now and I can walk a long distance without pain. I will never stop taking this supplement now, I will just take it as a top up each day to keep my body clean of dead tissue and fibrin.
Dental Extraction
Posted by HisJewel (New York) on 10/27/2023
Dental Extraction
Posted by Hollyhock (America ) on 10/29/2023
I am still amazed at this! I was in such pain! Now I walk normal, can get out of a chair or the bed without the pain I grew to expect! I wouldn't have believed this if someone told me my pain in my knees was from a tooth! I would have laughed! I have a molar on the opposite side the dentist talked me into saving, now I am wondering if that is the source of my 6 years of ear pain on that side? Could be! Thank you for finding this article, its very interesting!
Comfrey Oil, ACV
Posted by Charity (faithville, Us) on 04/03/2021
I think this is good. I will add that you might want to go watch John Bergman on youtube before surgery, you might change your mind. He had knee surgeries and was in a wheelchair. He teaches doctors on spine health. I learned a lot. Eric Berg on youtube could probably help get the pylori under control. I grow comfrey. You might read up on Dr. Batmanghelidj to get your minerals in balance with hydration so you can get peaceful again.RA is autoimmune and water minerals balance is the cause of most autoimmune issues. You are doing lots of good things and borax is a mineral to put calcium in the correct place in the body. Study a lot before you try it, it is part of the cure for RA.
Borax and Magnesium
Posted by Art (California ) on 09/05/2018 2891 posts
Dave,
I would try mag oil directly on the knee in addition to the oral magnesium and borax.
Art
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 10/21/2017
Micheal,
Thanks for the remedies! I love the Russian poultice recipe with mustard! I once bought a 5 pound container of dry mustard at a health food store. I think the cashier thought I was crazy. But mustard has great medicinal properties. (This I was reminding myself yesterday when I was eating pretzels with mustard. Yum! )
Very good point that the other knee is the same age and is fine, so the old age theory doesn't make sense.
Keep us posted!
~Mama to Many~
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Steve (Nv) on 06/13/2017
Try DMSO, it's a lot more powerful than MSM and penetrates deep into the knee immediately.
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Charity (Faithville, Usa) on 06/13/2017
I use charcoal on top of drops of castor oil on a bandage with glue all around edges and apply to area of pain overnight and add some heat to drive it in with a rice pack or hot water bottle or heating pad....been working overnight for my problems. Alpha lipoic acid helps with my pain issues
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Michael (New Zealand) on 06/13/2017
Hello Gracie of Nottingham,
I think I know what you are going through!
A crook knee is not pleasant at all. I wonder what your X rays will show? The radiologist will probably tell you that you have some osteoarthritis in the knee (surprise) but most people in their seventies will have that, and, if it is diagnosed as being "early" or "mild", that would not account for the severity of your pain which seems to be quite debilitating and restricting your mobility.
You are doing some great things to try to ameliorate the issue and I have tried most of them myself, especially after having suffered a similar, unexpected flare up five months ago after digging a deep drainage trench on my property. (We have to do most things ourselves out here "Down Under" in the sticks beyond the Black Stump and it takes its toll on body parts! ). I am yet to resort to pulling my own teeth yet though!
I strongly suspect that you MAY have either Tendonitis OR twisted or strained an important LIGAMENT around the knee joint.
This can take up to a year to heal unless we crawl around on all fours.
At this point I would like to refer you to my recent posting on this subject in the joint and knee section of Earth Clinic, so I don't repeat it here. They were kind enough to bestow an "Editor's Choice" on that one so it's rather like being mentioned in the Queen's Birthday Honours List!
In addition to the above (and what you are already doing which is great) I would seriously consider your doing the following: Organic Tea and Coffee if you drink those beverages, a little Hemp Seed Oil internally once a day, more Gelatine and three tablets of "Heal n Soothe" by the Living Well group just prior to retiring BUT one hour after food. Said to contain many of the ingredients you favour and possibly in a better combination for assimilation.
Lastly, and best of all, visit the best Acupuncturist you can find (even if you have to travel some distance to get there). Mine has not "cured" me yet BUT I gained noticeable relief after the first session-have regressed a little bit since - but hope for steady progress from now on. Did some of that "cupping" woodoo and massaged until I winced in pain. (It must be good-right?) She was rather keen on the exercises I mentioned in the (above) posting too and recommended that I continue with them. Well that's my take on your problem and it would be great if you could let us know of your progress. Be staunch and stick with it. As you lot say... "Keep calm and carry on"!
If you are a walker or keen gardener, then I recommend you desist for the next few months. Your knee will be grateful for the resting. Otherwise remain active.
Cheers and all the best,
Michael
Multiple Remedies
Posted by Jackie (USA) on 04/10/2024
I know I am about 6 1/2 years too late, but in case I can help someone else, I will say what helped me. I was helping someone in the bathroom, and I made a 180 to go toward the front door. Nothing abnormal or unusual. Just a normal turn. My left knee went out. No former warning or problem. So I tried to make an appointment with the orthopedist. While waiting for a month, I decided I couldn't get anywhere without a solid brace. So I bought a knee brace at Walmart, the best one, with side bars. I wore it for 2 months, and took it off. I walk on it now. But it took about 2 months to get it that way. I wonder how many people would have gotten knee surgery, and then not been as mobile as I am. I feel like I shouldn't do 180 turns anymore, but I get around fine and exercise caution. I do recommend Carlson's cod liver oil, as I feel it helps ligaments and surrounding tissue. Two months+ with brace is key.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Charlotte (Texas) on 05/02/2017
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I made an ACV wrap for my painful arthritic knee, and it did help lessen some pain, however, it sure does smell! The strong odor bothers me at times...
Collagen and Calcium Hydroxyapatite Supplements
Posted by Tom (Livingston, Tx) on 05/30/2016 67 posts
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I had knee bone on bone rubbing and taking 1 capsule mornings of chicken sternal/sternum collagen type 2 cured the bone on bone over several months. Improvement occurred within days. I will always take it. It didn't heal my non-painful shoulder.
I also take 1 capsule evenings of the calf bone concentrate "calcium hydroxyapatite" because it feeds the bones and teeth and has type 1 collagen which feeds the ligaments and tendons. I will always take it, although I still have a small amount of bending knee pain but it's no worse.
I also think I would have sensitive teeth if I didn't take calcium hydroxyapatite.
Some joints never heal with supplements, but I think the skeletal system still needs feeding and maintenance with these two supplements.
Gum Spirits and Peanut Oil
Posted by Gigi (Edison, Nj) on 02/20/2014
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Mixed 1:4 ratio of gum spirits and peanut oil, massaged into knee, sprained from shoveling snow. Pain went away for four to five hours, reapplied. Pain went away completely in two days. You can feel the warmth penetrating, feels great.
Hemp Oil
Posted by Birdy (Iowa, Usa) on 12/01/2013
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So I've gone thru all these ideas for helping my sore knee. It was feeling very sore (on the side, like a stiffness etc), and I was waiting for it to heal for several days. Instead of healing while walking up the stairs I actually heard it make a tear sound and that was 3 days ago. Severe pain. Tried several things, but decided to use a hemp lotion I have and it is all but GONE. It's just a Hemp moisturizer (that is not the brand name), with coconut oil, sesame oil, tea tree oil, calendula, cammellia, tocopherol acetate (e) and a bunch of other stuff. My point is that it eased the pain and made it more flexible and is healing better. Nothing else worked. I believe it needed the lubricant and I wanted you to know this works.
Fish Oil
Posted by Susan (Carmel Valley, California) on 06/23/2013
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Year ago I injured my right knee - the meniscus - working out. It was very painful for a few weeks, but I continued to exercise and it healed, but not completely. I can't do high impact workouts. I was travelling last week and forgot to bring my supplements with me. When I returned, I went for a walk in our hilly neighborhood. By the second small hill, the knee with the meniscus issue starting killing me and I limped home, barely making it up our driveway it was hurting so badly. My knee never gives me this kind of pain! Then I realized that what I stopped taking for the past week was my omega 3 fish oil capsules. I immediately took one and then 2 more the next day. My pain level went down 80% within a day and was back to my "normal" (that is, ocasional inflammation with fast recovery) within 2 days. I am amazed at how much the fish oil helps. I have taken fish oil regularly for years, but only now figured out that it's what has been helping my knee this whole time!!!
Gelatin Powder
Posted by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 05/19/2015
Dear Jane,
A friend uses the Great Lakes brand. I think it fits what you are looking for. You can get in from amazon.
~Mama to Many~
Apple Cider Vinegar and Cayenne Wrap
Posted by Jane (Idaho Fall, Idaho) on 05/13/2010
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I am 52 had started jumping on a trampoline on the fourth day I hooked my foot on a torn section of trampoline bed, could feel the outside of left knee tender. Then I wore 2.5 in. heels that night walking around four hours, by 10 p.m. I had such pain, off with those cruel shoes. The pain was felt especially if I moved leg laterally. After search on earthclinic I decided to use ACV mixed with water (70-85% ACV) and a small amount of Cayenne pepper (depends on your tolerance). Soaked a piece of cloth in mixture, wrapped my left knee with cloth then wrapped it in plastic wrap. I took off cloth on awaking. Knee felt better, but still small pain, by afternoon I forgot about pain and realized I had no pain. It was amazing! My knees have always been on the weak side, it has been 2 months since that happened and my knee is painfree. Thanks so much to all on earthclinic.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 09/28/2024
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I found these references to HOT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WRAPS in old medical books.
Apple Cider Vinegar Hot Compress for Arthritis – You don't need fancy specialists and expensive drugs to help you deal with your arthritis. A few changes in your habits and some tried-and-true folk remedies can help just as much – at a fraction of the cost.
Try some of these effective arthritis treatments:
Mix 1 quart of hot water with 1 quart of apple cider vinegar. Cover sore areas with a compress made of a cloth soaked with this hot liquid a covered with a heating pad. Continue treatment for 30 minutes and pain should be relieved.
From Weekly World News, December 9, 1997.
LECTURES ON MASSAGE & ELECTRICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE 5th Ed. by THOMAS STRETCH DOWSE, M.D. ABD., F.R.C.P. ED., page 404,1903.
In joint pain from sprain, rheumatism or gout, my mode of procedure is very simple, but efficacious; the joint is swathed (wrap in several layers of fabric) in flannels which have been wrung out of hot vinegar and water, and over this is placed a piece of very thin plastic sheet forms the moisture barrier. The poultice is allowed to set for ten minutes; after this the joint must be well extended and flexed some twenty times, and then masséed (massaged). This mode of procedure will be found very advantageous for the knee, shoulder, and elbow joints, but for the wrist and ankle joints the foot and arm bath are very convenient and useful. A joint which is too tender to bear movement or pressure before these applications will be comparatively painless after, and the opportunity should be taken to manipulate them freely. You must clearly understand that I do not advise the application of or massage to a joint in a state of acute inflammation, take the muscles of the forearm, for instance, after Colles' fracture. By massage the arm is restored to use in one third of the time that it would be if left to the ordinary modes of manipulation, and without the patient experiencing a tithe part of the pain.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda
Posted by Steve (Victoria BC, Canada) on 12/06/2007
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Hi everyone at earthclinic! I am a 60 year male. I found your site after a search for arthritis and natural cures. I started taking the ACV and BS two months ago. It has significantly reduced the pain and swelling between my knuckles. My hips and knee pain are getting better and the food taste better as well. My energy has increased and I am not napping as much. I don't feel as cold anymore and no more shivers in bed. It has also helped my wife with her knees. I can't thank you enough for your wonderful natural cure. I almost got sold on the Swedish joint pain formula but I' found your site and I am now saving my much needed money. Now I am going to start using the H202 inhalation method and I will let you know how that turns out.You are on my 649 list and you can hold me to that.
Blackstrap Molasses
Posted by Frankie (Franklin, Louisiana) on 08/10/2007
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I am new to using BSM...4 weeks ago had an MRI which showed I had a torn meniscus in the right knee, along with arthritis. Orth doctor said at this time, there is no need for surgery. He recommended I take 500mg of calcium a day to help heal the knee and help the bones. This got me very down because I am very active. I was not going to wait around so a friend in Ca. said how BSM was good for tons of things. I found Earth Clinic and I referred to it several times. I LOVE to research and research. Living in Louisiana, we have many sugar cane mills. I found thru friends a gallon of BSM from the mill. And OH YES.....it is nasty. BUT, every morning I take a Tablespoon right down....no time to play with mixing it in anything. I have been taking BSM for 3 weeks now. This I have noticed and right away. Although active, I was tired everyday......everyday. I ate right but was still tired....NOT ANYMORE......trust me on this one.....I saw the surgeron last week and he commented on how the leg was easy to move and how I was coming along so well. He commented on how I was very up beat and was even losing weight....for some reason I am not hungry all the time. I need to lose some weight to help the knees and I feel that the BSM has come to my rescue....We all know that it takes time for many remedies or meds. to help in various health issues. As I have researched on BSM, it can only benefit you and not harm. My husband began to take it daily also. He has been dealing with hip pain for the last 3 years..bursitus...in the last 3 weeks he has seen a difference. He also has more energy. I will keep you informed of our progress.
Serrapeptase
Posted by Don (London, England) on 01/21/2007
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I tried serrapeptase 200mg. took it as suggested first bottle(90 tabs) 3x3/day, then 3x1/day , this cured the pains in my knees and legs. It's made from enzymes originating from the silk worm. also cleared my cholesterol.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Courtney (Granite Bay, Ca) on 05/27/2013
Brenda - Since it's not a drug, there is zero risk. You have nothing at all to lose by trying it. If it doesn't work for you, you've lost nothing. And if it does work, HOORAY! :) That's the beauty of alternative/natural treatment. I have read many, many ACV success stories. You won't know if yours will be a success story unless you try it.
Go for it! :)
Iodine
Posted by Frankie (Franklin, Louisiana )
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1st I tried BSM remedy for a knee issue but I needed surgery for it. Arthritis was found in right knee and now is in left knee. For a week and some I have been doing the honey-cinn and I positively feel the difference. I have not taken any prescribed meds. for a week. I add 2 teaspoons honey and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and add this to a cup very hot water. I drink this morning and nite. I also love the fact that it benefits me in other ways. Hope this helps someone else.
Comfrey Oil, ACV
Posted by M.A (Phoenix) on 04/05/2021
I also want to add that I'm taking borax for my RA. 1 large pinch 4x's daily in water. It's been 2 weeks and I think it might be helping. Not sure bc I have so many areas that are painful (ie hands, ankles, knee, arms, and shoulders).
For my RA pain, I'm taking 1/16 tsp of pure powder aspirin (bought at a feed store for horses) and then 1/16 tsp of lysine with 1/8 tsp of chlorophyll and 2000 mg of vit c powder with bioflavonoids in my yogurt. I only take this once in the morning as it lasts me all day as a pain reliever.
I also have h.pylori that I'm dealing with which I take 1 tsp black seed oil 2x's day and 15 drops of oregano 2x's day with black walnut wormwood and clove extract from NOW. I think the oregano is working bc I'm having less burping, gas, and nausea. I'm also drinking cabbage juice. Going to try this for 2 weeks and see how I feel. Next, I will add turpentine and dgl and mastic gum to see if that works. So many Natural remedies out there it's difficult to know what to try.
Thanks for the info.
Borax
Posted by Art (California) on 10/13/2020 2891 posts
Hi Mary,
As I mentioned to Gracie, I have not tried it topically for anything except the hands and it was effective for that, but the hands are relatively thin and apparently enough borax is able to penetrate the the hands to be effective. For arthritis of the the hips and knees, the oral route is already proven effective for many people. Borax is very poor at penetrating the skin and dermal layers and this is why I have never mentioned it for anything other than the hands. I have only used it orally for other areas of the body.
Orally, I use Ted's method of 1/8th level teaspoon per day for women measured with a measuring spoon set using the 1/8th teaspoon at level full and adding that to a quart or liter of water, stirring or shaking until dissolved and drinking it throughout the day. For men it is 1/4th teaspoon per day in a quart or liter of water. I drink the whole quart during the day and make a new bottle each day. I drink one bottle each day of the week and take Friday, Saturday and Sunday off now.
If you want to try making the borax lotion, I have written about that already on Earth Clinic here :
https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/art-solbrig-topical-arthritis-lotion.html
Art
