Radiculitis, radiculoneuralgia
.Radiculitis is a disease caused by lesions of the roots of the spinal nerves. The combination of damage to the spinal nerves and their roots is called radiculoneuritis.
Radiculitis is known to be characterized by pain of varying degrees of severity in various parts of the spine. Often there is also an exacerbation of the disease, expressed in severe pain in one or another part of the spine.
Radiculitis is usually one of the manifestations of osteochondrosis, so it is treated in much the same way.
Natural medicine recommends treating sciatica with medicinal plants.
Cherry. Prepares a tincture for sciatica: 2 tablespoons of bark on 200 ml of vodka, insist for 3 weeks. Strain. Used tincture for sciatica externally for rubbing.
Laurel noble. Crush 25-30 g leaves, pour 1 cup of sunflower oil and insist for a week in a warm place (it is desirable daily 2-3 times shake the container with the contents). After infusion, the oil is drained, squeeze the plant material, strain and rub into sore places.
Aspen. Tincture for sciatica: 50 g of buds, 50 g of fresh leaves and 100 g of branch bark on 500 ml of 70% alcohol. Infuse for 10 days, strain. Tincture for sciatica is taken 20-40 drops 2-3 times a day.
Pine. 1 kg of ground chopped shoots pour 5 liters of water, boil for 5-10 minutes in a closed pot. Use for hot baths.
Sciatica, lumbago
.Sciatica - inflammation of the sciatic nerve, or lesion of the roots of the lumbosacral spine, manifested by pain in the lumbar region, irradiating to the buttock, the posterior surface of the thigh and shin, the outer edge of the foot. Sciatica, in addition, is characterized by pronounced symptoms of tension and the presence of intense pain points. Sciatica is seen in spinal osteochondrosis, infections, and trauma.
Lumbago (lumbar pain, shooting pain) is characterized by an attack-like sharp pain in the lower back, caused more often by osteochondrosis of the lumbar intervertebral discs. Lumbago pain usually occurs suddenly after some movement of the spine (bending the torso forward or turning it to the side).
Sciatica and lumbago can be cured by the following prescriptions.
Siberian fir. Camphor derived from this tree is used. Prepare bile-pepper camphor application: take 250 g of medical bile, 160 g of camphor alcohol and 5-6 pods of crushed red pepper. Mix all ingredients in a dark bottle, seal with a cork and store in a dark place for a week. The "applicator" is placed on the sore spot. On top of the damp cloth (on which the medicinal mixture is located) is covered with oilcloth, then put polyethylene or film, a layer of absorbent cotton, and everything is bandaged like a compress.
Horse Chestnut. Prepare a decoction: 1 tablespoon of leaves or 1 teaspoon of bark in 500 ml of water, boil over low heat for 15 minutes, strain. Take 100 ml 4 times a day before meals.
Aspen. Prepare an infusion: 1 teaspoon of buds on 250 ml of boiling water, insist 1 hour, strain. Take 50-100 ml 2-3 times a day.
Prepare the collection:
tamus common (roots) - 80 g;
horsetail (herb) - 80 g;
lopuchus big (roots) - 60 g;
white willow (bark) - 60 g;
quince tree (bark) - 20 g.
1 tablespoon of the collection pour 500 ml of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, strain. Take 100 ml.
4 times a day before meals. Separately, it is recommended to make rubbing the following mixture: 50 g of common cucumber crushed and insist 20 days in 1 liter of strong vodka.
Prepare the collection:
sagebrush (herb) - 100 g;
small goldenseal (herb) - 40 g;
St. John's wort (herb) - 40 g;
romache medicinal (flowers) - 40 g;
marena dye (roots) - 40 g;
black elderberry (roots) - 40 g;
heartleaf linden (flowers) - 40 g.
A tablespoon of the collection pour 500 ml of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes. Take 100 ml 4 times a day before meals. Externally - warm dressings of crushed seeds of hay fenugreek: prepare a decoction of 1 tablespoon of seed powder per glass of water and boil for 10 minutes until a mush.
It is then spread out in a layer on a piece of cloth and applied to the sore spot..
