Treat Your Arthritis with Traditional Kerala Ayurveda

Ayurvedic treatments for arthritis offer a holistic approach focused on restoring balance and reducing inflammation. Here are some key aspects:

Dietary Recommendations:

• Personalized diet: Based on your dosha imbalance, emphasizing warm, nourishing, and easily digestible foods.
• Focus on: Grains like rice, barley, oats, legumes, leafy greens, vegetables like broccoli, and carrots, fruits like berries, and papaya, and healthy fats like ghee, avocado, and olive oil.
• Avoid Cold, dry, astringent foods that aggravate Vata, like cold cuts, processed foods, and excessive red meat.

Herbal Remedies:

• Turmeric: Rich in curcumin, a potent anti-inflammatory. Recommended dose: 200-500mg four times a day for up to 8 months.
• Boswellia: Anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving, helpful for joint pain and stiffness.
• Guggulu: Blood-purifying and anti-inflammatory, reducing joint swelling.
• Ashwagandha: Adaptogenic herb, that manages stress and balancing hormones, indirectly benefiting arthritis.

Panchakarma Detoxification:

• Aimed at eliminating “ama” (toxins) believed to contribute to the disease.
• Involves therapeutic procedures like medicated enemas, massages, and herbal baths.

Additional Practices:

• Local fomentation: Applying herbal pastes with anti-inflammatory properties, like Nirgundi, to affected joints.
• Oil therapy: Massages with warm sesame oil to improve circulation and joint mobility.
• Sauna or hot therapy: Can ease stiffness and pain.