Category: Bone spur

Aug 13 2010

Acute myeloid leukemia needs proper care and guidance

Acute myeloid leukemia needs proper care and guidance

Acute myeloid leukemia is cancer of blood, or you can say its cancer in bone marrow. Mainly it occurs in adult but now kids are not safe with this cancer. The basic treatment is bone marrow transplantation. Bone marrow basically is tissue or soft tissue placed under bones; here the blood cells are also made. When young white cell uncontrollably multiply and thrown out normal cell this condition causes acute myeloid leukemia. They flow into the blood stream and damage the organs like liver, kidney, skin, brain and many more organs.
Ayurvedic treatment is available in which you may get medicines like Abhrak-Bhasma, Heerak-Bhasma, Nagbala (Grewia hirsuta), Bala (Sida cordifolia). These medicines are sed to clean up system and strengthen the immune system to fight with illeness. Even green tea Camellia sinensis can also help in treating acute myeloid leukemia.

Aug 04 2009

Home remedies to treat Bone spur

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When an unnecessary bone grows on an already existing bone; it is termed as bone spur. Jargon wise it is known as osteophytes. On most occasions it occurs on the joints. Bone spur in itself is not painful; however, if it rubs against the adjoining bone or a nerve then the pain can be excruciating. It is rampant in people above the age of 60 and it leads to spine degeneration. This ailment is a crippling one and can be fatal also. So, it is advised to take precautions from the onstart of this ailment; otherwise you would be a burden on others or perhaps land in a rehab. However, there are some home remedies to deal with bone spur.

The first thing to do is to reduce the swelling. Cold compress is very essential atleast three to four times daily. This is the easiest possible home remedy for bone spur treatment. If the problem is severe then heat compress would help as another home remedy. Curcumin, which is the yellow pigment of turmeric and flaxseed are also recommended as a home remedy to treat bone spur. One more home remedy is very effective to treat bone spur and that to dip a piece of cheese cloth in warm linseed oil. You would need a heating pad as the compress would last for two minimal hours.