ARTHRITIS: HOW TO CURE THAT?

Apr 07 2009

• Be patient. It takes up to twelve months to remove all excess copper and iron from arthritic joints and to completely repair tissue damage. However, you’ll be progressing all the time and should feel significantly better in five or six months. If you are one of those people who get dramatic results in the first month or so make sure you continue with the program. To break it will only see the problem return.

• Wash your daily multi-vitamin and mineral supplements down with a small amount of juice or water with one level teaspoon of vitamin C powder in it. Add also, twice only per week, one drop only of Lugol’s iodine solution, using an eye dropper. The iodine is available from your chemist. As it is an old remedy, the younger pharmacists don’t usually know how to mix it up. Go to a mature age chemist. Iodine, along with vitamin C powder and the multi-vitamins and minerals will help normalise the action of the thyroid gland. This is important as thyroid gland underactivity can cause the formation of a thick jelly-like substance (mucin) in the joints. This causes the joints to swell and when they swell they become stiff and painful.

• If, after six months of sticking strictly to the program, resting and following all the other instructions in this section, your joints are not reducing in size, pain and stiffness you most likely have an under-active thyroid gland. The best way to test for this is to take your under-arm temperature first thing in the morning on waking. Put the thermometer under your arm and lie perfectly still for ten minutes. Do not sit up or move around prior to the test as this will raise your basal temperature. Shake the thermometer down the night before. On waking reach out for it without sitting up. Ladies, take your temperature on the morning of the second and third days of your period only. Body temperature varies up and down through the cycle. If you have reached menopause, start testing any time of the month and continue it over a two-day period. If your temperature is below 36.6°C you almost certainly have an under-active thyroid gland. Ask your doctor to prescribe 0.1 mg daily of Oroxine and if in six to seven weeks the joints are still not improving take another 0.1 mg per day. This will usually do the trick though sometimes it takes 0.3-0.4 mg per day. As the oroxine begins to improve the function of the gland you will be able to reduce the dosage. The standard blood tests for thyroid under-activity are no good for diagnosing arthritis or those glands that are mildly under-active.

• Keep your doctor or naturopath informed.

• Take at least one teaspoon of cod liver or halibut oil per day.

• Consult a good osteopath or chiropractor to make sure there is no fibrous tissue component to your problem and if there is follow his advice.

• Make sure your fluid intake is adequate. The synovial fluid that lubricates joints is made from water. Joints can dry up and become stiff and sore when water intake is sub-optimum.

• Do the deep breathing exercises every day. Deep breathing feeds oxygen to the joints and muscles around the joints. The joints repair themselves faster and the muscles around the joints relax, reducing joint pain and stiffness.

• Pineapples and paw contain enzymes that have a natural anti-inflammatory affect on arthritic joints. Eat plenty of these if you are not allergic to them and you have completed the first four weeks of the Anti-Candida Program.

• The green-lipped mussel is a potent anti-inflammatory and painkiller that is a specific for arthritis. It’s available as an extract in Sea Tone tablets available from your health store.