I understand. There is a stigma on natural remeedies that mainstream media keeps reinforcing, sadly. When I was young it was very difficult but my mother took a homeopathy course and went on a retreat with Amerindians. When I say I'm like a witch because, like my mother, I have jars of herbs and I make brews and "potions". There was no internet back then, so it was tough to get a hand on this information. Now it's easier and more and more people are getting informed of the benefits of natural remedies and of the bad effects of medication.
I don't know what remedies are good for what you have, but I'm pretty sure there is a homeopathic granule that could help you or a combination of herbs and such.
Most of what I have is for mental things and colds and flus, BUT, I found this in what I do have:
Nettles: good for sore joints, weakness, fatigue, stabalises blood sugar.
Plantain: uninary infections, anti-inflamatory, anti-allergenic, good for bites, blood purifier.
Burdock Root: arthritis and rheumatism, sciatica dn lumbago, tonic, blood purifier, has minerals, especially iron.
Might be a good combination. You'd need to brew the root first in boiling water, turn it down to 3, for 20 minutes. Then add leafy herbs, turn off the pot and let steap for 20 minutes. I'd add to that Hibiscus and Rose Hips for flavour and vitamin C. Because that combination of herbs is not going to taste good :p Nothing's as bad as comfrey though, that was the worst tasting brew I had ever drunk.
Alternately, you can make a compress with Burdock Root, using a face cloth and putting the boiled roots into a cheese cloth. But it won't be as effective as drinking it.
Thank you for this information. I copied it to my files. I'm in Bangkok now and it's hard for me to find some of these things, but I will be on the lookout. I'm not too worried about taste :)
That's good, if you can handle the taste, then you're good to go for almost any kind of brew. I'm glad I could help :)