Natural remedies for sciatica pain

Natural remedies for sciatica pain

“Oh, my aching back!”

If you find yourself saying that on a regular basis, you may be suffering from sciatica, constriction of the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is a medical condition of pain going down the leg from the lower back. 

The sciatic nerve is the longest in the body, stretching from the lower back down into the legs and feet. Sciatica is a medical condition of pain going down the leg from the lower back. Sciatica can be caused by injury, chronic inflammation, herniated disc, pressures from pregnancy, a tight piriformis, or other reasons.

Finding the cause of the sciatica is important to alleviating the problem and the pain that goes with it. Below are natural remedies for sciatica pain that will actually help to relieve the pain and discomfort while you work on the physiological reason for your sciatica.

1) Eucommia

Eucommia can be used by almost anybody to promote the functions of the endocrine system, to promote sexual functions, to enhance normal growth, to promote healing, to strengthen the physical structure and to strengthen resistance.

2) Rhizoma Corydalis

People use the tuber and root for medicine. Corydalis is used for mild depression, mild mental disorders, emotional disturbances, severe nerve damage, and limb tremors.

3) Safflower

Safflower might help prevent “hardening of the arteries”, lower cholesterol, and reduce the risk of heart disease. Safflower contains chemicals that may thin the blood to prevent clots, widen blood vessels, lower blood pressure, and stimulate the heart.

4) Radix Angelica Duhuo

Research has demonstrated that Radix Angelica and its active ingredients, as anti-arthrosclerotic, anti-hypertensive, antioxidant anti-inflammatory agents which would limit platelet aggregation, are effective in reducing the size of cerebral infarction and improving neurological deficit score.

5) Ahyranther Root NiuXi

NiuXi has the function of tonifying the Liver and Kidney, strengthening the tendons and bones, treating weakness in the legs and knees, difficulty in walking and edema in the legs.

6) Stigma Maydis Corn Silk

Corn silk contains proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. It also contains chemicals which might work like water pills (diuretics), and it might alter blood sugar levels, and help reduce inflammation.

7) Common Flowering Quince Fruit

Common Flowering Quince Fruit can dispel wind-damp, sooth tendons and activate collaterals, resolve dampness for harmonizing stomach.

8) Rhizoma Areactylodis Lanceae

The constituents in the volatile oil of atractylodes have the functions of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, promoting gastric emptying and anti-inflammation.

9) Radix Clematidis

Combined with radix angelicae tuhuo decoction into a soup, the treatment of blood stasis type of lumbar disc herniation has a prominent effect.

10) Turmeric

Turmeric and especially its most active compound curcumin have many scientifically-proven health benefits, such as the potential to prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's and cancer. It's a potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant and may also help improve symptoms of depression and arthritis.

Summary

There is some evidence to support the claim that the combination of the above 10 Traditional Chinese Medicine have shown to be clinically effective at reducing pain caused by herniated disc and sciatica.

These herbal remedies are generally safe, but it is important to consult a doctor before taking them in conjunction with other types of medication.