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Muscle Aches/Arthritis Mix

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Muscle Aches / Arthritis Mix - Ingredients list

This mixture is designed to assist people who have aching muscles or arthritis accompanied by poor circulation. The herbs in the mix are either anti-lithic’s, analgesics, diuretics, or a combination of these actions.

Ingredients

Bogbean · Menyanthes trifoliata
Anti-inflammatory, diuretic.

Celery Seed · Apium graveolens
Anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, anti-arthritic, anodyne.

Crataeva · Crataeva nurala
Anti-inflammatory, anti-lithic, diuretic.

Dandelion Leaf · Taraxacum officinale
Antirheumatic, diuretic.

Devils Claw · Harpagophytum procumbens
Anodyne, anti-inflammatory.

Gravel Root · Eupatorium purpureum
Anti-lithic, diuretic.

Guaiacum · Guaiacum officinale
Anti-inflammatory, Anti -rheumatic, circulatory stimulant, diuretic.

Gotu Kola · Hydrocotyle asiatica
Anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, diuretic.

Juniper · Junipers communis
Antirheumatic, diuretic.

Meadowsweet · Filipendula ulmaria
Antirheumatic, anodyne, diuretic.

The flower head contains salicylic acid, from which the drug aspirin can be synthesised. Unlike the extracted aspirin, which can cause gastric ulceration at high doses, the combination of constituents in meadowsweet act to protect the inner lining of the stomach and intestines whilst still providing the anti-inflammatory benefits of aspirin.

Wild Yam · Dioscorea villosa
Anti-inflammatory, Antirheumatic, vasodilator.

Yarrow · Achillea millefolium
Anti-inflammatory, diuretic, peripheral vasodilator.

Important

Do not use if taking warfarin or any blood-thinning medications.

In this blend - from the garden

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