Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Happy New Year, everyone! I read the posts about cherry juice with interest. My husband works for a distributor of health/natural foods and he occasionally brings me home one of his products. He brought home the tart cherry juice awhile back and it looked like it might be sour and not very tasty. Now that I know it might be helpful, I'll be brave and try some tomorrow. Also, last summer when I first had symptoms of my hands hurting, I drank some ginger tea from Traditional Medicinals because I had an upset stomach. I remember noticing that it had a short term effect on relieving the pain in my hands - maybe an hour at the most. I periodically started drinking some in the evenings. After my diagnosis with RA, I forgot about the tea. My sister read me an article on Christmas in one of her natural healing books (I do not remember the name) about ginger and RA and that, although not proven in any clinical trials, ginger may offer some anti-inflammatory relief for RA symptoms. Suddenly, I remembered my ginger tea experience. I've decided to try drinking more of it again (and I don't like the taste of ginger!) to see if it still seems to relieve some hand pain. Has anyone else ever tried this? I'm very appreciative of all the kind people here and the many things I have learned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Sara, I use ginger quite a lot. It has a great reputation as a natural anti-inflammatory. Plus, it has many other benefits (especially helpful with digestive troubles). In Chinese medicine, powdered ginger is considered more powerful than fresh ginger. I happen to love the taste of ginger; so I use both kinds (fresh & powdered). Ginger tea is also considered helpful in preventing colds & flu--just boil some fresh ginger root and let it steep for a bit; add maple syrup, honey, milk, soymilk, cinnamon, or whatever you like. It's also just nice and warming, so it's great for cold, damp weather (like we're having here). Please note that I'm not saying ginger cures anything. But I do believe it offers some nice natural support. wishing everyone an ouchless 2006 (well, one can wish!) - Prakasha On Jan 2, 2006, at 1:43 AM, Sara wrote: > Happy New Year, everyone! > > I read the posts about cherry juice with interest. My husband works > for a distributor of health/natural foods and he occasionally brings > me home one of his products. He brought home the tart cherry juice > awhile back and it looked like it might be sour and not very tasty. > Now that I know it might be helpful, I'll be brave and try some > tomorrow. > > Also, last summer when I first had symptoms of my hands hurting, I > drank some ginger tea from Traditional Medicinals because I had an > upset stomach. I remember noticing that it had a short term effect > on relieving the pain in my hands - maybe an hour at the most. I > periodically started drinking some in the evenings. After my > diagnosis with RA, I forgot about the tea. > > My sister read me an article on Christmas in one of her natural > healing books (I do not remember the name) about ginger and RA and > that, although not proven in any clinical trials, ginger may offer > some anti-inflammatory relief for RA symptoms. Suddenly, I > remembered my ginger tea experience. I've decided to try drinking > more of it again (and I don't like the taste of ginger!) to see if > it still seems to relieve some hand pain. Has anyone else ever > tried this? > > I'm very appreciative of all the kind people here and the many > things I have learned! > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Can you add you recipe for ginger tea or ways you drink it to the files section..also what it is used for. Toni > > > Happy New Year, everyone! > > > > I read the posts about cherry juice with interest. My husband works > > for a distributor of health/natural foods and he occasionally brings > > me home one of his products. He brought home the tart cherry juice > > awhile back and it looked like it might be sour and not very tasty. > > Now that I know it might be helpful, I'll be brave and try some > > tomorrow. > > > > Also, last summer when I first had symptoms of my hands hurting, I > > drank some ginger tea from Traditional Medicinals because I had an > > upset stomach. I remember noticing that it had a short term effect > > on relieving the pain in my hands - maybe an hour at the most. I > > periodically started drinking some in the evenings. After my > > diagnosis with RA, I forgot about the tea. > > > > My sister read me an article on Christmas in one of her natural > > healing books (I do not remember the name) about ginger and RA and > > that, although not proven in any clinical trials, ginger may offer > > some anti-inflammatory relief for RA symptoms. Suddenly, I > > remembered my ginger tea experience. I've decided to try drinking > > more of it again (and I don't like the taste of ginger!) to see if > > it still seems to relieve some hand pain. Has anyone else ever > > tried this? > > > > I'm very appreciative of all the kind people here and the many > > things I have learned! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Toni, I would be happy to do this. But how does that work? Do I just go to the web page for our group, find file section and add info? Prakasha On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:35 PM, Ms radar wrote: >Can you add your recipe for ginger tea or ways you drink it to files section..also what it is used for. Toni > > > Happy New Year, everyone! > > > > I read the posts about cherry juice with interest. My husband works > > for a distributor of health/natural foods and he occasionally brings > > me home one of his products. He brought home the tart cherry juice > > awhile back and it looked like it might be sour and not very tasty. > > Now that I know it might be helpful, I'll be brave and try some > > tomorrow. > > > > Also, last summer when I first had symptoms of my hands hurting, I > > drank some ginger tea from Traditional Medicinals because I had an > > upset stomach. I remember noticing that it had a short term effect > > on relieving the pain in my hands - maybe an hour at the most. I > > periodically started drinking some in the evenings. After my > > diagnosis with RA, I forgot about the tea. > > > > My sister read me an article on Christmas in one of her natural > > healing books (I do not remember the name) about ginger and RA and > > that, although not proven in any clinical trials, ginger may offer > > some anti-inflammatory relief for RA symptoms. Suddenly, I > > remembered my ginger tea experience. I've decided to try drinking > > more of it again (and I don't like the taste of ginger!) to see if > > it still seems to relieve some hand pain. Has anyone else ever > > tried this? > > > > I'm very appreciative of all the kind people here and the many > > things I have learned! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Wow you must be on moderate too. I got your message early today and it just appeared in the group. Please send me the recipes and I can post them for you. To post you go to the files section and click on create file. It will ask you to give it a name and a description. Then below you can add the recipes. I hope that helps. Toni > > > > > Happy New Year, everyone! > > > > > > I read the posts about cherry juice with interest. My husband > works > > > for a distributor of health/natural foods and he occasionally > brings > > > me home one of his products. He brought home the tart cherry > juice > > > awhile back and it looked like it might be sour and not very > tasty. > > > Now that I know it might be helpful, I'll be brave and try some > > > tomorrow. > > > > > > Also, last summer when I first had symptoms of my hands hurting, > I > > > drank some ginger tea from Traditional Medicinals because I had > an > > > upset stomach. I remember noticing that it had a short term > effect > > > on relieving the pain in my hands - maybe an hour at the most. > I > > > periodically started drinking some in the evenings. After my > > > diagnosis with RA, I forgot about the tea. > > > > > > My sister read me an article on Christmas in one of her natural > > > healing books (I do not remember the name) about ginger and RA > and > > > that, although not proven in any clinical trials, ginger may > offer > > > some anti-inflammatory relief for RA symptoms. Suddenly, I > > > remembered my ginger tea experience. I've decided to try > drinking > > > more of it again (and I don't like the taste of ginger!) to see > if > > > it still seems to relieve some hand pain. Has anyone else ever > > > tried this? > > > > > > I'm very appreciative of all the kind people here and the many > > > things I have learned! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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