In most people, low back pain is associated with sciatica, although the causes are quite different.
Such a symptom accompanies not only the defeat of paravertebral structures, but also many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary system, as well as metabolic disorders and oncological processes.
Therefore, it is recommended to consult a doctor and find out the cause of pain before using alternative methods.
In addition, acute back pain is not always stopped by the usual methods - pills or lotions. Sometimes surgery or therapeutic blockade is required.
Complex approach
If you have low back pain, the most common diagnosis is "osteochondrosis" or "intervertebral hernia. "The main condition for successful treatment is the elimination of the causative factor that causes the pain. Otherwise, medications or physiotherapy will be weak and the disease will be chronic.
Treatment of the back and spine begins with a careful regimen, which means the rejection of any physical activity. Bed rest is recommended for severe pain. To speed recovery and relieve discomfort, doctors recommend getting an orthopedic pillow and mattress.
This will reduce the load on the spine, prevent compression of nerve endings and muscle spasms. If it is not possible to buy special devices, it is better to sleep on a mattress of medium hardness and a pillow of medium thickness.
Medication prescribed by a doctor usually contains not only anti-inflammatory and analgesic, but also vitamin complexes. Physiotherapy, exercise therapy and massage are carried out during the rehabilitation period. As an additional method, you can use folk remedies that must be agreed in advance with your doctor. With a known diagnosis and the approval of a specialist, home treatment of the spine will be more effective.
Folk recipes for back pain
With the help of ordinary mustard plasters, which are available in almost every home, you can relieve pain. They irritate the skin and increase blood flow due to the local reflex effect. Due to the haste of the blood, metabolic processes in the tissues are accelerated, oxygen transport is improved, pain and inflammation are reduced. Another important effect of mustard plasters is to stimulate the synthesis of adrenaline and norepinephrine, which have a beneficial effect on the central nervous system.
Recipe number 1. For mustard plasters, add 50 ml of Furacil to water and a teaspoon of liquid honey. You can use a ready-made solution of Furacil (sold in pharmacies) or dissolve 1 tablet in 50 ml of water. Immerse the prepared mustard plaster in the solution for a few seconds, then remove and apply to the painful area.
Hold the compress until a burning sensation appears, then remove the skin and wipe dry. Lubricate with cream or oil, cover with plastic wrap and wrap with a warm cloth.
Recipe number 2. Burdock leaves are another affordable home remedy that helps relieve back and back pain. Wash a few fresh leaves, then stack them so that the green and purple sides come in contact with each other. Immerse this stack in boiling water and boil for 2-3 minutes, carefully remove and cool without disturbing their mutual arrangement. Apply to the lower back, straighten with a bandage and a warm scarf.
What to do if the back is "entered"
Men are thought to be more susceptible to sciatica because they engage in physical activity or sports, lift heavy loads, drive for long periods of time, and are often overweight. Therefore, they often complain of being "caught in the back" or "puzzled" in the lower back.
Back pain can happen anywhere: at work, in the gym or at home. In this case, first aid measures will help:
- find the most useful position where the pain is least felt and stay in that position;
- do not act suddenly, it is advisable not to move at all;
- take analgesics or anti-inflammatory drugs (Diclofenac, Ibuprofen);
- apply anti-inflammatory ointment to the painful area;
- If the wool has an elastic belt, tie it around the waist, straightening the waist in a stable position;
- lie on your back, bend your knees and place a pillow made of a folded towel or blanket underneath. In this case, the back muscles relax as much as possible.
When the recommendations described are followed, the pain usually subsides within about half an hour. If a burning pain attack occurs after a serious spinal injury, you should contact a traumatologist.
Medical assistance is also required in the following cases:
- the victim is over 60 years old;
- presence of oncological disease;
- increased body temperature;
- long-term treatment with hormonal drugs before the attack;
- back pain for more than a month;
- Significant weight loss despite lack of diet.
If you do not have analgesics at home and do not have the strength to prepare means according to folk recipes, you can try to anesthetize your back with a burdock leaf. It does not need to be burned, soaked or boiled with hot water, it is simply applied to the body with a shiny side. Cover with a bandage and wrap with a woolen scarf. Keep the compress for no more than 12 hours.
An equally simple recipe involves the use of valerian tincture when burdock is not found. The gauze or cotton cloth inside should be moistened, then placed on the lower back.
The next 2 recipes are a bit difficult to prepare: one of them needs black radish, and the other needs turpentine and red clay.
Recipe number 1. Grate the radish and place it on gauze. Pull back, cover with cellophane and insulate the affected area of the back. Hold until strong heat is visible.
Recipe number 2. Dilute 1 kg of clay with water, add 3 tablespoons of turpentine. You will get a mass that looks like a cake used as a compress.
Treatment with infusion at home
Recipe number 1. Combine the same amount of horsetail, sweet clover, calendula flowers, blueberry stalks and plantain, take 2 tbsp. l Pour the mixture and pour 0. 5 liters of boiling water. Drink 1/3 cup a week after meals.
Recipe number 2. Infuse 2 tablespoons in 0. 5 liters of boiling water. l plant collection, including:
- chamomile,
- mint,
- cowberry,
- nettle,
- hop cones.
Insist 8-10 hours, before breakfast and dinner for ½ cups.
Recipe number 3. Collection of plantain, valerian root, lavender, celandine, eucalyptus and dandelion root Pour 500 ml boiling water and simmer on low heat for at least 15 minutes. Take half a glass 3 times a day before meals.
Recipe number 4. Pour a glass of water with 10-12 leaves of fresh basil (you can take dried grass, about 20 g) and keep in a water bath until half of the liquid evaporates. Add a pinch of salt to the remaining 100 grams. Drink 1-2 times a day for 100 g (1/2 cup).
Recipe number 5. 50 g cinquefoil roots pour 0, 5 liters of vodka and put in a dark place for a month. Take one teaspoon 3 times a day.
Recipe number 6. Put 100 g of yeast, 3 tbsp in a three-liter jar. l herbs elecampane and 1 tbsp. l bal. Add water to leave 5-6 cm on the edge and put a rubber glove around his neck. The mixture should be fermented for a month, then take half a glass 2 times a day.
Caution: Almost all home remedies for internal use are best drunk half an hour before or an hour after a meal.
Compresses, lotions, rubs: fast and effective
The treatment of back pain at home is primarily therapeutic applications using herbs, vegetables, mustard powder, honey and even dough. They have all the features needed to eliminate unpleasant symptoms.
A hot compress can be prepared from an herbal infusion, for which you need black maple, chamomile, thyme and St. John's wort. The herbs should be taken in equal parts, poured with boiling water and infused for 15-20 minutes. The procedure is best done at night: moisten the gauze in the infusion, glue it to the lower back, cover with polyethylene and straighten.
Dissolve the mustard powder in warm water until creamy. Spread the ointment on the back and heat. Hold until a burning sensation occurs, but not more than 5 minutes.
Butter yeast dough is spread on several layers of gauze wrapped in this way and fastened with a compress. The layer of dough is about two centimeters. It is better to do the procedure before going to bed and leave the test lotion overnight. The course of treatment is 10 days.
Caution: all hot compresses should not cause pain and discomfort, the desired effect is a slight warmth and tingling. In case of concern, the application should be removed and the composition should be washed with warm water.
Thoroughly removes body dust mixed with olive oilSuch an ointment is applied to the lower back and warms it. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes.
Horse chestnut can be found in many cities, the fruits ripen in full in September. You can use fresh chestnuts for treatment or buy ready-made tincture at the pharmacy.
Horse chestnut is used for back or joint pain. This plant has a pronounced anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect, so it is widely used in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
With sciatica, it is recommended to wear a belt or trousers with pockets where horse chestnut fruits are placed. An ointment is made from them by mixing crushed fruits with camphor oil. For the treatment of osteochondrosis or neuralgia, you can replace camphor oil with internal or melted lard. If you put the mixture on a piece of black bread and apply it to the affected area, the effect will intensify.
For the next recipe you will need: a glass of triple cologne, 2 vials of valerian and iodine, 5 pod red hot peppers. Mix the ingredients in a dark glass jar, shake and insist for a day. At night, simply lubricate your lower back with tincture or pull a mesh like iodine. From above, wrap your back down or with a woolen scarf.
Kerosene and beet lotion can relieve pain in just one day. Here's how to do it: Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. Combine the remaining cake with kerosene (1 st. L). To avoid burning the skin, the mixture is first spread on the fabric and then on the back. Put cling film on top and wrap a warm scarf around it.
Recipes with garlic
This vegetable is not a cure for 100 diseases in vain. It contains many useful substances, the most valuable of which is allisin. Garlic is useful for both adults and children, it is indispensable for colds and reduced immunity. It was used in the Middle Ages to protect against plague and plague.
According to recent research, the presence of garlic in the human diet can even prevent cancer, as it destroys cancer cells in the oral cavity and upper respiratory tract. Some scientists equate the power of garlic with chemotherapy.
If you have back pain, you can prepare a garlic elixir or lubricant. Therapeutic mixture for internal use is prepared as follows: Peel a clove of garlic in a blender or grater and chop. Do the same with the lemon, do not peel and pre-boil with boiling water.
Pour a liter of warm water with lemon and garlic gruel, leave for two days, then strain and pour into a glass jar. Drink 2 tablespoons. l 3 times a day after meals. The course of treatment is one month. Store the prepared mixture in the refrigerator.
If garlic-lemon compresses are applied within 30-35 days, the back pain will stop. Therapeutic fluid for them is prepared a little differently. 2 heads of garlic should be pressed or otherwise chopped, combined with 1 liter of water and insist one day in a dark place. The filtered infusion is then mixed with the juice of two lemons. In this recipe, you can replace the lemon with lime.
Garlic-lemon tincture is stored in the refrigerator for no more than two weeks. To compress, moisten a gauze or cotton cloth with tincture applied to the back under polyethylene. The duration of the procedure is 20-30 minutes.
The following remedy is recommended for rubbing and warming lotions: pressed garlic is combined with melted lard in a ratio of 1: 2. Suitable for any fat - beef, pork, lamb, goose or domestic fat. Store the mixture in a glass jar with a tightly closed lid, refrigerate for 2 weeks.
Before use, the product is heated 2-4 times a day and rubbed on the affected area, after treatment it is better to wrap the back with a warm or woolen cloth.
Horseradish recipes
Treatment with folk remedies at home includes the use of horseradish. Alcohol tinctures, ointments, compresses and lotions are made from it, for which the leaves or roots of the plant are taken.
Recipe number 1. Put a few leaves horseradish in a glass bowl and pour 0, 5 liters of vodka. Insist for two days. The procedure involves kneading wet leaves on a painful area. The same tincture can be prepared from the root, for this you need 8-10 small roots filled with vodka. The duration of exposure here is longer - at least two weeks. Rub the prepared back down.
Horseradish roots retain all the healing properties, even if ground in a blender or rubbed: the therapeutic effect lasts for three days.
Recipe number 2. Squeeze out the crushed or grated horseradish in a meat grinder, combine the resulting juice with olive oil in a ratio of 2: 1. Rub the spasmodic muscles of the lower back in a circular motion.
Recipe number 3. Prepared, as in the previous recipe, applied to the back, covered with horseradish, food film and a warm scarf, mixed with sour cream (2 tbsp). Apply a compress for 30-40 minutes, rinse the composition, wipe the skin and wrap the lower back with a warm cloth. The course of treatment is 3 weeks, the procedure is performed 2-3 times a day. You can take honey instead of sour cream.
Recipe number 4. Pass the horseradish roots and leaves through a meat grinder, then place the resulting "minced meat" in a linen bag. It is more convenient to do the procedure together, because it will be difficult to do it yourself. Put a bag of horseradish on the lower back and iron with a preheated iron for at least three minutes. After that, cover the compress from above with a warm scarf and lie down for 15-20 minutes. Then remove the bag. A bag of horseradish leaves can be used several times.
Recipe number 5. Fried horseradish root and potatoes (one each), 1 tbsp. l Mix honey and place on the waist area with a layer of 1 cm. Cover with polyethylene and a warm scarf. You need to stand for at least half an hour to be effective. Sessions can be done daily until the pain disappears.
According to folk recipes, treatment is not an alternative, but an additional method with many advantages. Due to the use of natural ingredients, side effects are minimal. It also excludes addiction, which cannot be said about some painkillers.
However, it should be borne in mind that serious diseases require mandatory medication. By applying treatment at home, you can waste time or speed up the pathological process. Therefore, it is necessary to consult a specialist in case of the appearance of back pain with deterioration of the general condition. The attending physician can not only confirm, but also recommend this or that remedy from the pig bank of folk recipes. Bless you!