Myalgia

What you need to know:

Polymyalgia Rheumatica is a particularly unpleasant condition which is more common in older women and may often be helped by natural remedies. These natural anti-inflammatory herbs and supplements could be useful.

The most useful Herbs:

Birch
Black cohosh
Meadowsweet
Poplar
Willow
Devil’s claw
Ginger - extracts of the medicinal Chinese variety of this herb

The most useful Supplements:

Green-lipped mussel extract
Evening primrose oil
Glucosamine
Cod liver oil
Fish oils
Pycnogenol

Other useful advice:

It’s important to remember that this condition is sometimes part of the serious circulatory disease arteritis. If you’re already taking steroid drugs for this condition, you must never stop taking those pills in favour of complementary treatment and never supplement them with natural remedies without your doctor’s or consultant’s agreement.

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