Does anyone know what herbs or foods are good for someone who has lupus? Or eve!
Question:
Does anyone know what herbs or foods are good for someone who has lupus? Or even known home treatment.?
My mom was recently diagnosed with lupus and had pains on her joints, muscles, and back. After taking her to many clinics and hospitals, she finally found some medication that wasn't too strong but was good enough to calm her pain. I just wanted to know if anybody has had experience or just knows if there is any foods or treatments that are good for helping with lupus. I want to be able to reduce the chances of seeing her bedridden again like she was before.
Answers:
Hi I have Lupus, am an owner of an online support group and one of the groups main researchers. If your looking to reduce her pain through diets and a couple of healthy non organ supplements I will post an almost finished article im working on for the group.
To start, foods that are high in flavonoids are proven to be powerful anti-inflammatory foods. There are other foods, but we will start with this class. The reason they help pain, is that they help repair collagen structures. These enzymes are secreted in our white blood cells during inflammation. They also prevent free-radical damage with their antioxidant action.
FRUITS
Apples
Apricots
Blueberries
Cherries
Cranberries
Currants-Black
Grapefruit Juice (may have drug interactions so check with pharmacists)
Grapefruits (may have drug interactions as well)
Grapes (red)
Hawthorn Berries
Orange Juice
Oranges (specifically Valencia)
Peaches
Pears
Pineapples
Plums (Blue, Yellow)
Raspberries (Red, Black)
Strawberries
VEGETABLES
Cabbage (Red)
Onions
Parsley (fresh if possible)
Rhubarb
MISCELLANEOUS
Beans (Dry)
Chocolate (Dark, Semisweet)
Sage (Fresh if possible)
Tea
Wine (Red)
OTHER FOODS, SPICES, HERBS
Asparagus
Celery
Cucumbers
Fennel (bulbs, stalks, leaves, seeds)
Mustard Greens
Swiss Chard
Papaya
Watermelon
also included if you can handle spicy food, are cyanne pepper (red pepper), any chili peppers, Curris (found in Indian food)
also anything in supplement containing omega 3 or 6 derived from fish oil or flax oil.
the best non medication treatment, is also water exersice. the arthrise (sp) foundation can provide a listing of pools in your area that hold classes.
hope this help. you can always email me. I have a ton of reasearch information on lupus. and articles written by me on research done, and articles pulled written by dr's
chris