{"id":3042,"date":"2025-12-12T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.coloursoflife.it\/wp\/alleviate-articular-pain-devils-claw\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:49:31","slug":"alleviate-articular-pain-devils-claw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/alleviate-articular-pain-devils-claw\/","title":{"rendered":"How to relieve joint pain with Devil&#8217;s Claw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>To deal with the benefits of topical devil&#8217;s claw for joint pain, it is useful to have some knowledge about joints, what joint pain is, what its possible causes are.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>What are joints&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Joints are anatomical structures that connect two or more bones, their surfaces interconnected by connective tissues. The joints of the human body are the shoulders, hips, elbows, knees, and allow the bones of the skeleton to move.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>What are joints pains<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Joint pain can manifest itself through discomfort, soreness or actual pain in any of the joints of the body. This is a common disorder and can occur for several reasons.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>It requires further medical attention in the following cases:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>the area around the joint is swollen, red, tender or warm to the touch;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>the pain persists for three days or more;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>you have a fever but no other signs of flu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>It is advisable to seek emergency assistance in the following cases:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>a serious injury,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>the joint appears deformed,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>swelling of the joint occurs suddenly,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>the joint is completely still,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>joint pains are severe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>In cases not listed with mild pain, it is possible to act in ways that we will go into later.&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Causes of joint pain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>There are several causes of joint pain:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>injury or accident,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>chronic inflammation,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style='font-weight: 400'><span style='font-weight: 400'>diseases such as arthritis, bursitis, lupus, tendonitis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis and many others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Inflammation of joints<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>If joint pain is caused by inflammation such as arthritis, bursitis or tendonitis, it is possible to help by improving nutrition. Avoid all pro-inflammatory foods such as sugars, processed foods, sausages, gluten and dairy products. Increase consumption of anti-inflammatory foods such as omega 3-rich foods (fish and nuts), seasonal fruit and vegetables, and spices such as turmeric and ginger. In the acute phase, relief is possible with a natural topical remedy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Nature&#8217;s remedies for joint pain relief<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>In nature there are several remedies that can help relieve joint pain: Turmeric, Boswellia, Glucosamine, Magnesium, to name but a few. In this article we focus on one of the best-known remedies for this purpose: Devil&#8217;s claw.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>Devil&rsquo;s Claw<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Devil&#8217;s claw is a perennial herbaceous plant native to tropical Africa. Its extract is traditionally used both as a dietary supplement and for topical use, both of which have an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, to combat inflammation and pain, which are often related to arthritis, rheumatism, muscle pain, and inflammation of ligaments and tendons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Devil&#8217;s Claw, due to its contribution of plant compounds called iridoid glycosides, particularly harpagoside, is regarded as a potential remedy for inflammatory conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-weight: 400'>It is interesting to consider the possibility of a synergistic action by combining topical application with supplementation, subject of course to consultation with your doctor.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style='font-weight: 400'>Sources and insights<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style='font-weight: 400'>PubMed, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17212570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style='font-weight: 400'>Devil&#8217;s Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) as a treatment for osteoarthritis: a review of efficacy and safety<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style='font-weight: 400'>PubMed, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17128436\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style='font-weight: 400'>A review of the biological and potential therapeutic actions of Harpagophytum procumbens<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devil&#8217;s Claw extract is used both as a dietary supplement and topically for anti-inflammatory and analgesic action for the treatment of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articoli"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloursoflife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}