A cheap herbal remedy may significantly reduce the pain associated with both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Rose Hips for Osteoarthritis
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What about rose hips for osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that’s very frustrating to treat—and worse to have, no doubt. It can be painful and debilitating. Rose hips have long been considered the traditional herbal remedy. Rose hips are the fruits of the rose bush. Good, bad, or useless?
Good; resulting in a significant reduction in pain. And it may help with rheumatoid arthritis, too. What if you don’t have any rose bushes, though? You can get them dried, in bulk, at your local natural foods store, and just eat them straight.
For arthritis sufferers, I’d recommend asking your doctor about starting on a dose of ten rose hip berries a day.
To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.
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- R. Christensen, E. M. Bartels, R. D. Altman, A. Astrup, and H. Bliddal. Does the hip powder of Rosa canina (rosehip) reduce pain in osteoarthritis patients?--a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Osteoarthr. Cartil., 16(9):965-972, 2008.
- S. N. Willich, K. Rossnagel, S. Roll, A. Wagner, O. Mune, J. Erlendson, A. Kharazmi, H. Sorensen, and K. Winther. Rose hip herbal remedy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - a randomised controlled trial. Phytomedicine, 17(2):87-93, 2010.
What about rose hips for osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that’s very frustrating to treat—and worse to have, no doubt. It can be painful and debilitating. Rose hips have long been considered the traditional herbal remedy. Rose hips are the fruits of the rose bush. Good, bad, or useless?
Good; resulting in a significant reduction in pain. And it may help with rheumatoid arthritis, too. What if you don’t have any rose bushes, though? You can get them dried, in bulk, at your local natural foods store, and just eat them straight.
For arthritis sufferers, I’d recommend asking your doctor about starting on a dose of ten rose hip berries a day.
To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.
Please consider volunteering to help out on the site.
- R. Christensen, E. M. Bartels, R. D. Altman, A. Astrup, and H. Bliddal. Does the hip powder of Rosa canina (rosehip) reduce pain in osteoarthritis patients?--a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Osteoarthr. Cartil., 16(9):965-972, 2008.
- S. N. Willich, K. Rossnagel, S. Roll, A. Wagner, O. Mune, J. Erlendson, A. Kharazmi, H. Sorensen, and K. Winther. Rose hip herbal remedy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - a randomised controlled trial. Phytomedicine, 17(2):87-93, 2010.
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