- One of the main ingredients for spondylosis home remedy treatments is garlic. Place 1/2 cup of mustard, sesame or coconut oil in a frying pan and slowly cook 10 garlic cloves in it until they brown. Cool the garlic-oil mixture then apply it with firm rubbing movements on the area painful with spondylosis. Leave the oil on the area for not less than three hours after the massage. Follow with a warm bath. This should be done for no less than two weeks for effective results. According to another home remedy method, spondylosis pain can be reduced if the person suffering from it takes lemon juice with salt at least two times a day. Also consider a mild oil massage on the neck, hands and shoulders every day.
- Take 1 tsp. of triphala powder (available in Indian grocery stores) blended with one cup of hot milk and a spoonful of sugar, every day, which will help too. Hot packs may also help. Take a thick cotton scarf and place 1 pound of salt in it. Tie up the scarf and place the bundle on a frying pan for as long as it takes to become endurably hot, remove the bundle from the pan, and place it on the neck for about 10 minutes. Do this procedure two times a day, every day. Rest after using hot packs so you run a lower risk of injuring the affected area.
- Vegetables that taste bitter, such as neem leaves and flowers, bitter gourd and drum sticks, all available in any Indian grocery store, have been known to provide relief from spondylosis. Avoid sour foods like unsweetened yogurt and pickles, sweets, fatty foods and beverages like tea and coffee. Raw vegetables like tomato, carrot, cabbage, cucumber, radish, lettuce, cauliflower, spinach and fresh fruits eaten over the course of four daily meals help in relieving spondylosis pain. Eat wheat rather than rice, and avoid refined wheat such as flour and semolina, which might lead to constipation and hinder recuperation.
- People with jobs requiring them to sit in one position for a long time should take hourly breaks and move around during the day. These movement breaks, along with regular walking, exercising, cycling and swimming, all done with the back held upright, will help provide nutritional elements to the discs or bones in the spinal cord. This helps block degeneration of the spine with age. Move your joints like knees, elbows, wrists and ankles, fold and unfold your fingers, sleep on firm mattresses and thin pillows, and avoid smoking.
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