Rosehip 'better than painkillers' for arthritis
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The pain-relieving properties of rosehip, which has previously been linked to reduced inflammation in osteoarthritis, have been suggested for decades. Now scientists have found that powder made from a wild variety of rosehip, Rosa canina, is better at reducing pain in patients than paracetamol.
It is hoped that the fruit of the plant could bring relief to the more than two million sufferers of osteoarthritis in Britain, many of whom suffer acute pain.
A review of studies, published in the medical journal, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, looked at the effect of the powder on more than 300 patients who were given different pain-relieving medications for an average of three months.
They found that rosehip was almost three times more effective than standard paracetamol at relieving pain. It was also almost 40 per cent more effective than another common therapy, the drug glucosamine.
NOT SOMETHING THE DRUG COMPANIES WILL BE PROMOTING I BET!
It is hoped that the fruit of the plant could bring relief to the more than two million sufferers of osteoarthritis in Britain, many of whom suffer acute pain.
A review of studies, published in the medical journal, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, looked at the effect of the powder on more than 300 patients who were given different pain-relieving medications for an average of three months.
They found that rosehip was almost three times more effective than standard paracetamol at relieving pain. It was also almost 40 per cent more effective than another common therapy, the drug glucosamine.
NOT SOMETHING THE DRUG COMPANIES WILL BE PROMOTING I BET!
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- cubbingabout
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I am not surprised. It makes sense that nature would have a remedy for ailments and illnesses that occur as a result of too much of anything in our bodies. The problem is there are so many artificial ingredients in things (food, medicine, cosmetics, etc) and ingredients that are chemically altered in labs, that some illnesses may be harder to cure with natural remedies than others. I do believe mother nature has a fix for everything, we just have to look for them and find a way to administer them without altering their makeup with chemicals.
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Nice piece. We should all pay attention to the information on alternative medicine. Many drugs started out as herbs and flowers and roots. Big Pharma shuns them until they find a way to turn those herbs into medicine for mega profits.
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