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5 Potent Natural Remedies For Inflammation
In this post we will cover the top 5 Natural Remedies for Inflammation.
Natural inflammation remedies and relief for face, joint, skin, swollen gums & back pain is on the rise.
Incorporating these natural remedies for inflammation into your daily routine, along with a holistic lifestyle, can promote overall well-being and ease your symptoms.
Bromelain For Inflammation
Bromelain is one of the key enzymes in pineapple and is excellent as a inflammation reducer.
There is plenty of solid science backed research that praises Bromelain for inflammation relief.
It is a top natural inflammation reducer because it is both safe and effective.
Bromelain helps to break down foreign proteins that contribute to inflammation and pain. It can also break down viruses because viruses are made of proteins.
It is best to get a natural bromelain supplement and not just rely on eating pineapple alone so that it is powerful enough to target the inflammation.
Eating pineapples may be beneficial but juicing pineapples for inflammation may not be the best way to go about it.
With concentrated sugar this could cause more inflammation depending on your constitution.
Fresh pineapple has the fiber intact so it will help your body handle the fruit sugars.
If on a healthy keto diet stick to a bromelain supplement for natural inflammation remedies.
You can open up a capsule in the mouth if you have gum inflammation or swollen gums.
Bromelain can also work as a natural inflammatory remedy for dogs targeting their joints and hips.
Speak to your vet or health care practitioner for dosage and usage.
Ginger For Inflammation
Adding ginger into your diet is a key to natural inflammation relief.
The natural compound known as gingerol is the powerful natural inflammatory remedy in ginger.
Gingerol plays a role in balancing out our immune system response to inflammation.
It makes soups, salads and hot tea tastes fantastic too.
Ginger has been studied as a natural remedy for inflammation. It seems to help our healthy DNA express it self and lessen the impacts of our junk DNA.
Taking Ginger & Natural Remedies For Inflammation
Gingerol seems to be higher in fresh ginger than powders.
Although the powders will be more concentrated you may feel more effects by using the fresh root.
Grating fresh ginger and adding into salads and soups is my favorite way to use it as a natural inflammation remedy.
You can also make a healing tea by boiling a cup or two of water and adding in chopped, peeled ginger root.
Let it simmer for at least 5 minutes. Then you have an elixir that works as a natural anti-inflammatory remedy.
This can help ease stomach inflammation and reduce swollen gums.
I love fresh ginger juice. You can add this to some green apple (far less sugar than other varieties) or cucumber juice and drink this down as a powerful anti-inflammatory.
Ginger for Inflammation and Pain
The studies show that ginger is very helpful in arthritis especially auto immune diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis.
If you have joint pain or muscle aches, a sore back or even symptoms of gout try a ginger poultice.
Ginger Poultice Instructions
- 1 tbs fresh grated ginger and its juices
- Small piece of non bleached cloth
- Wrap the grated ginger/juices into the cloth and apply to joint or swollen gums
- Leave it in place for a couple hours or if it gets too hot remove it.
Turmeric For Inflammation
If you are looking for actually studies and research done on any one herb for inflammation it would be turmeric.
Turmeric is full of potent bio-active compounds, one of the most notable is curcumin as a natural inflammation remedy.
To get the most out of turmeric be sure to not highly heat it.
If you do cook with it just know you likely won’t get as many of those inflammation reducing effects.
When looking at potent supplements to help as a natural remedies for inflammation remedy look for turmeric that is the whole root not just curcumin.
You can grate the fresh turmeric root into your salads or add it on top of soups.
Adding black pepper to turmeric increases the bioavailability of this anti-inflammatory substance.
The taste is actually pretty mild.
It is when you get it as a powder that the taste is more pronounced.
Turmeric also helps to modulate the immune system when it is over active in cases of extreme inflammation.
The other thing that is important to note that high doses seem to be safe and that there is a very low risk of adverse side effects from it.
For example in a study of over 2,000 patients with different arthritis conditions like Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) to name a few the results were very positive with little adverse side effects.
The dosage was in extract form from 120 mg to 1500 mg and lasted for 4 weeks or longer.
They had improvement in pain and inflammation using turmeric as a natural inflammation remedy.
Turmeric Tea Recipe
16 ounces Water
1-3 tsp fresh grated turmeric
1 tsp fresh grated ginger
1 fresh squeezed lemon
Cayenne or Black Pepper to taste
Stevia or Honey to Taste
Blend on high in the blender. Strain into a glass.
The lemon is very alkalinizing due to the mineral content and will help ease inflammation.
Then you have the fresh whole root of ginger and turmeric that is not heated so all healing components stay intact.
With the addition of the pepper it will drive it into the cells.
Here is your natural inflammation remedy tea.
Frankincense Benefits Inflammatory Response
Most know frankincense as an essential oil but it begins as a gum resin. It is also known as Boswellia.
The gum resin was used as a natural remedy long before you and I existed.
It was specifically used to reduce chronic inflammation.
In fact it was used as a medicine, in cultural ceremonies and in sacred rituals long ago.
The specific factor in frankincense is related to its ability to stop leukotrienes from releasing into the body.
It also helped regulate the immune response.
In fact studies show that frankincense helps improve osteoarthritis, pain, gingivitis and M.S.
This plays a huge role in our inflammatory response.
This was one of the 3 gifts given to Jesus by the Magi.
It is a great idea to get a bottle of Frankincense Serrata for your home remedy medicine cabinet.
You can use this topically on the inflamed area so long as no skin is broken.
You may want to dilute it in a carrier oil such as coconut or jojoba oil.
Swollen Gums Natural Remedies For Inflammation
For example with swollen gums and inflammation you can make a mixture of 1 tbs coconut oil, add 3 drops of Frankincense essential oil and one capsule of your favorite probiotic powder.
Swish and oil pull for 15-20 minutes then spit out in a trash can.
You are getting the anti-fungal benefits from the coconut oil along side the natural anti-inflammatory effects of the frankincense for the gums.
The probiotics will help create a friendly environment for good bacteria to thrive and ease the swelling.
Omega 3 Fatty Acids
One thing that is helpful is to keep your diet brimming with omega 3 fatty acids to lessen inflammation in your body.
You can get omega 3s from a high quality fish oil, flax seeds and walnuts to name a few.
There are two acids that are responsible for the anti-inflammatory effects: DHA and EPA.
I love to get fresh flax seed and grind them up fresh on salads, yogurt or acaí bowls.
Flax seeds go rancid fast so keeping the well sealed and in a cool place is important.
Grind them fresh to get max benefits.
You can also considered a flax oil to reduce inflammation.
In this post I shared 5 potent natural remedies for inflammation.
We talked about ginger, turmeric, bromelain, omega 3 fatty acids, and of course frankincense as natural inflammation remedies.
It is my hope you will try out some of the anti-inflammatory recipes and potent supplements discussed as natural remedies for inflammation.