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Muscles, joints and nerves
Pain, arthritis, cramp, migraine
Pain, arthritis, cramp, migraine and nerve pain. The best-evidenced things in this section are usually not supplements: exercise and weight loss outperform most pills for knee osteoarthritis, and resistance training is what protects bone. Curcumin and boswellia have genuine trials as adjuncts, with real caveats about formulation and liver risk. Migraine has specific evidence, and specific red flags.
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Boswellia, ginger and other joint herbs
Several herbs have small positive trials in osteoarthritis. This page says which and how small.
remedyExercise and load: the intervention with the best evidence in this section
For the knee, the hip, the back and the tendon, exercise has better evidence than every herb in this handbook.
guideGout
Cherries have a modest signal. Uric-acid-lowering drugs have the outcomes. Do not confuse them.
remedyMigraine: the herbs with real prophylaxis trials
Butterbur, feverfew, riboflavin and magnesium all have trial evidence. Butterbur also has a liver warning and a supply problem.
remedyMuscle cramps, and the remedy that failed
Magnesium is the folk answer for night cramps. The trials found it unlikely to work, and this page records that.
remedyNerve pain: capsaicin, alpha-lipoic acid, and what has real evidence
Capsaicin has regulatory approval and trial evidence. Most of what is sold for nerve pain does not.
remedyTension-type headache
The commonest headache and the least pharmacological: sleep, hydration, and not taking painkillers too often.
remedyTurmeric, curcumin and osteoarthritis
A real signal in the trials and a real problem in the absorption. Both halves belong on the label.
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